ENVIRONMENT minister Phil Hogan said the “statutory bodies are not doing enough” in the south-east regarding unemployment and “dealing with the jobs situation”.

A SUPERMARKET group owner has taken over as president of Waterford Chamber of Commerce and vowed to forge closer links with other bodies in the south-east.

BUSINESS and tourism leaders in Waterford are furious with the country’s tourist agencies after the city was omitted from a map on the Meet in Ireland website.

Dr Frank Dolphin has been named as the new chairman of the HSE succeeding Liam Downey who has completed the permitted two terms, it was announced today.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology is gearing up for next week’s world-class business and education conference which will feature representatives from 20 countries and guest lecturers from Malaysia and the US.

RESIDENTS of the southeast are earning less, and have less disposable income, than the national average due to poor economic performance in recent years, a study has revealed.

A report commissioned by Waterford Chamber of Commerce has backed calls for Waterford Institute of Technology to be upgraded to a university.

WATERFORD Chamber has launched an innovative new networking website in direct response to the needs and demands of younger members who are busy trying to successfully balance work, home and parental responsibilities.

A DECISION on Waterford Institute of Technology’s application for university status is expected shortly.

WATERFORD is bracing itself for an influx of 50,000 plus extra visitors over the busy Christmas shopping season with plans for its ‘Waterford on Ice’ festival stepping up a gear.

WATERFORD Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with IT experts to ensure member companies are up to date on all the latest computer skills.

MORE men and women working in the private sector should take up roles in the public sector, bringing their entrepreneurial skill with them, a former business leader says.

IT may be just mid-September, but business leaders in Waterford are already planning a Winter wonderland in the heart of the booming city at Christmas.

ONE might have thought that those who were responsible for the electronic voting debacle would have learnt some humility from the experience.

MANUFACTURING has a “huge future” in Ireland despite job losses in the sector, according to IDA chief executive Sean Dorgan.

WIT management insists the institute is ready for the transition to a university, writes South-East Correspondent Neans McSweeney.

GOVERNMENT ministers are at odds over the future of Waterford Institute of Technology with one proposing it be upgraded to a university, the other shunning the idea and the Taoiseach taking a ‘wait and see’ approach.

PUBLIC relations consultant and former public relations adviser to the Government Monica Leech was last night approved as chief executive officer of Waterford Chamber of Commerce by a chamber sub-committee.

A UNIVERSITY in Waterford would generate 2,000 jobs and up to €100 million for the local economy, economic consultants have found.

A report commissioned by Waterford Chamber of Commerce has recommended that the city's Institute of Technology be given university status.

A TIRELESS group which organised one of the summer’s best family festivals has been honoured.

WATERFORD Chamber of Commerce and the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) have been selected as finalists in next week’s World Chambers Competition.

Waterford Chamber of Commerce and the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) have been selected as finalists in the World Chambers Competition.

CLOSE to 300 submissions have been made to An Bord Pleanála on the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway - more than twice the anticipated tally.

WATERFORD’S residents and visitors will all be ship-shape this weekend as they are given a flavour of what is to come later this summer.

MORE than 100 objections are expected to be lodged with Bord Pleanála against the new Waterford to Kilcullen dual carriageway.

WATERFORD and the South East are to be promoted to tourism and industry leaders from the top 100 cities in the world at a major international congress this summer.

THE GOVERNMENT is playing politics with the people of Waterford and the South East on the issue of university status for Waterford Institute of Technology, according to the Labour Party.

A LEADING academic has called for the development of a university in Waterford with satellite campuses in Wexford and Kilkenny, claiming it would demand only “marginal costs” from the State.

IRELAND is “too small to be slow” and needs to strengthen policy and regulation if it is to increase competition, the chairman of the Competition Authority told business leaders in Waterford yesterday.

FINANCE Minister Brian Cowen’s first Budget will not be dramatic, a leading economist told business people in Waterford city yesterday.

AS the Government prepares to introduce a controversial new system that would enable gardaí to impose on-the-spot fines for alleged public order offences, the vexed question of civil liberties assumes ever-increasing significance.

Waterford Chamber of Commerce has expressed its concern regarding a possible hold up in the work on the Waterford City Bypass after the recent discovery of Viking remains along the route.

CITY councillors in Waterford will discuss the potential significance of a Viking settlement find along the planned route of the €300 million Waterford city by-pass at a committee meeting of the local authority next week.

A €1 BILLION dual-carriageway linking the outskirts of Dublin to the south east is expected to get the green light next week, despite more than 100 objections to the route.

BEST-SELLING author and Renault distributor Bill Cullen, who was paid a €2.2 million dividend in 2002 by his group Glencullen Holdings, believes that “you have to risk big to win big”.

THE super-rich can not be allowed to continue to save on, or avoid, tax while soft targets are crippled by legislation, penalties and levies, a business leader has urged.

LAWYERS’ lobby groups are the only ones who don’t believe the legal profession is in need to reform, according to Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny.

BUSINESS and local political leaders in Waterford are urging the public to support the new air service between the city and London, a long-awaited link which starts from next Monday.

WATERFORD’S rail and air links are secure and progress on the long-awaited motorway is proceeding at pace, Transport Minister Seamus Brennan has confirmed.

The Waterford-based Rail User's Alliance says it has received assurances from two Government ministers that lines in the South East will not be closed.