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posted on Thursday, 9 Dec 2010 by John Hanna 1 Comment

Ireland has had more bad publicity that it would like in recent times – the last two and a half years to be precise. Even today the spectre of Ireland defaulting on its debts, failing to secure …

posted on Saturday, 25 Sep 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

UK regions will soon have to turn to their European, North American and Australasian cousins for examples of what can be achieved with much less government funding – no problem, many good and effective examples exist.

But why?  What’s happening?

The UK …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Mike Gourlay Comments Off

Greater Manchester inward investment agency MIDAS has launched a business club in New York to attract investment into the city region. The New York branch of the Manchester Business Club is the third in the series. The launch event …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

The Greek prime minister George Papandreou met senior executives of Cosco, China’s state-controlled shipping and ports group, last week in an effort to persuade them to participate in a scheme to build a €200m logistics centre near Athens.

The Chinese group took control last October under a 35-year concession agreement of …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Paul Whiteway Comments Off

Batt O’Keefe, Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Innovation, is to meet with multinationals operating in Ireland after Pfizer yesterday announced devastating job cuts which saw over 700 jobs being slashed across the country. The pharmaceutical giant is to …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

Invest NI has said it fears it could miss out on opportunities for inward investment because of public spending cuts. The agency is bracing itself for reductions in its budget over the next few years. There are already …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

The UK’s conservative/liberal democrat government, which has now been in place for just over two weeks, will announce today the first measures to sort out the country’s huge public sector deficit.

Finance minister George Osborne has already confirmed what …

posted on Thursday, 20 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

Two of the world’s top agencies have recently said goodbye to their names.

Goodbye ISA, hello Invest Sweden

The official Swedish government agency for investment promotion, Invest in Sweden Agency, was founded fifteen years ago. It has until now …