NEARLY 800 jobs will be created by Enterprise Ireland-supported start-up companies over the next three years, according to Enterprise and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton.

A LIVESTOCK feed technology specialist firm received a warm reception at a promotional event for its nutrition boosting Gain Plan product at a high-profile event in Washington.

THE luck of the Irish will help us get through the next few years, according to the chairman of Enterprise Ireland.

BANKS and lenders chasing troubled mortgage holders for repayments face a raft of restrictions on reining in loans which will be rolled out by the end of the year.

ANXIOUS staff at Arnotts are seeking a meeting with the company over the management of their pensions in the wake of the move by banks to control the debt-ridden department store.

MORE than 19,000 jobs were lost in 2009 in Enterprise Ireland-backed firms while exports fell 10% to €13 billion.

A GROUP tasked with advising the Government on how best to help people struggling with their mortgages is expected to call for an overhaul of the banking sector’s code of conduct when dealing with borrowers in arrears.

A 14-POINT action plan of initiatives to deal with problems caused by people suffering major personal debt is to be launched by the Law Reform Commission later today.

MORE than 900 jobs are to be created over the coming three years, as a boost to the Government’s ongoing “smart economy” strategy.

More than 28,000 homeowners are three months behind with mortgage repayments, official figures revealed today.

The expert group set up to address crippling mortgage debt is being described as a "meaningless talking shop".

LAST year’s pattern of approximately 8,000 more jobs being lost in Enterprise Ireland (EI) supported companies than were created, is likely to be broadly repeated this year, management at state development agency, EI said yesterday.

Chairman of the board of Enterprise Ireland, Hugh Cooney, said Irish exporting companies are the country’s best prospect for trading its way through the recession.

A new chairperson has been appointed to Enterprise Ireland.

BUILDING services group SiteServ made a pre-tax profit of €5.3 million in the 12 months to end April.

IAWS Group plc has today announced its intention to seek admission for its subsidiary Origin Enterprises on the IEX market of the Irish Stock Exchange and the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Siteserv chairman Hugh Cooney has spent nearly €90,000 increasing his stake in the building site fencing business.

Andersen, one of Ireland’s leading professional services firms, has launched its Technology Business Roadmap Series.