The annual awards of the IGNITE business start-up programme that supports third level graduates take place on Thursday at University College Cork. Pádraig Hoare spoke to director of the programme, Eamon Curtin.

Business outsourcing company Voxpro has been named as the Cork Chamber/Vodafone Cork Company of the Year. The company has recorded huge growth and has ambitions to become a recognised global brand, with offices on four continents.

A technique using milk proteins and other biomaterials to create capsules that can protect and deliver sensitive ingredients to a target site has won the Ignite Graduate Business Innovation Programme’s Awards held in UCC yesterday.