VACANCIES for senior executives across a range of industries have offered a glimmer of hope to the recruitment sector over the past week.

OVER 200 jobs are to be offered at a major careers event taking place in one of the country’s worst unemployment blackspots next week.

THE lack of a university in the south-east is a “roadblock” to development in the region, business leaders have claimed.

WATERFORD was overrun by pirates of all ages yesterday morning but trainee sailors regained control of the city’s streets in the afternoon as a crew parade resulted in large splashes of colour in the Tall Ships Races 2011 festival.

A TRAINING course for unemployed people interested in starting their own business in the tourism and hospitality industry will begin in Waterford next month.

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.

CIVIC and business leaders in the south-east have called for “fair pricing” during Waterford’s hosting of the Tall Ships this summer.

WATERFORD Chamber has launched a new “free to members” seminar series dealing with six key issues facing business today.

FOR fashionistas, Waterford is the place to be from Friday when the city will play host to a variety of stylish events and tempting offers.

WATERFORD’S city manager yesterday told an urban regeneration conference that the “onus and responsibility” for growth opportunities “falls on ourselves”.

ENTERPRISE Minister Batt O’Keeffe said he has “heard what the people of Waterford have had to say” in terms of the lack of IDA-led visits to the south-east, which has the highest unemployment levels in the country.

A MAJOR conference on urban regeneration this week in Waterford will hear about the importance of vibrant city centres to economic recovery.

THE People Before Profit organisation in Waterford city has called on the City Council and the Chamber of Commerce to “facilitate attendance” for local residents, community groups, trade unionists and local environmental activists at a regeneration conference.

THE city of Waterford should be making the most of its 1,100-year history to build sustainable economic growth and an enhanced quality of life, according to a British heritage expert.

TRADERS in Cork have expressed concerns that theirs is the only major Irish city without a pre-Christmas parking incentive.

VERY little of the much-heralded €350 million in funding set aside for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ireland by the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been lent by the banks to date, a Dáil Committee was told yesterday.

THE iconic Waterford Crystal brand which once employed more than 3,000 people in the southeast will soon have just 200 people left in Waterford city following the latest round of job cuts announced yesterday.

A €400 MILLION development planned for an iconic location in Waterford will create more than 3,000 jobs for the city when completed, backers said yesterday.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology’s reputation as a key national centre for research and development activity has received a further boost with the announcement of more than €3.2 million in additional grant aid.

BUSINESS leaders in Waterford have called for the establishment of a high-powered group to drive forward the city’s development over the next seven years.

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.

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.

WATERFORD’S leading business people hope to pick up a few tips from an Olympic coach and some of the country’s leading entrepreneurs tomorrow as a major retail conference gets under way.

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.

A DEVELOPMENT company planning a project which will transform a key hub in Waterford city say they will be consulting with the community impacted this time round.

A MODEL of a 1,900 job development which will transform Waterford city, if given the green light by planning officials, is to go on display in the city on Friday.

PLANNING for the financial future for women will be discussed at a retirement tax planning conference on October 6 in Dooley’s Hotel in Waterford.

Business people in Waterford are calling on the Government to grant the city "university status".

AN ADDITIONAL 736 jobs could be created in Waterford and the south-east if Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) were upgraded to a university, the local Chamber of Commerce says.

WATERFORD Institute of Technology (WIT) has made a formal application to the Department of Education & Science to upgrade to university status.

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.

DISASTROUS road links between Waterford and Dublin are costing businesses using the busy route more than 40m each year, a report to be launched next week reveals.