The Cork Foundation is calling on entrepreneurs to get applications for funding in before the May 9 deadline so that they can provide funding for job creation.

Two businesses at opposite ends of the scale have received donations from the Cork Foundation.

Key survival strategies for small businesses will be outlined at a showcase for businesses based on Cork’s northside later this month.

Cork-based accountancy firm Quintas has merged with DMB & Co chartered accountants in Mallow, Co Cork, its second such merger in recent months.