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Major jobs boost for Kilkenny as financial services firm doubles its workforce

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

THERE has been some hugely positive news on the jobs front for Kilkenny. A locally based financial services firm, the Carne Group, has announced plans to more than double its workforce. It will create 250 new jobs over the next three years as it expands its existing offices in Kilkenny and opens a new one […]

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‘Brexit proof your business’ – Kilkenny SMEs and farmers urged to apply for €300m fund

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2019 0

KILKENNY small and medium sized businesses and farmers are being invited to apply for up to €300 million in funding to help them grow. Details of the Government’s Future Growth Loan Scheme were announced by Minister and local TD John Paul Phelan today. Businesses will be able to apply for loan eligibility through the SBCI, […]

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New plan to create 10,000 new jobs in Kilkenny and South East

By Kilkenny Now 26th March 2019 0

A NEW regional enterprise plan aims to create 10,000 new jobs in Kilkenny and the South East between now and 2020. The South East Regional Enterprise Plan was launched by the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys (pictured above). The South East Plan – covering Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford, Wexford and Tipperary –identifies five […]

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32,000 new jobs created in Kilkenny and South East over past six years: report

By Kilkenny Now 25th February 2019 0

KILKENNY and the South East is making steady progress in cutting unemployment and increasing the labour force. That’s the main message from Alan Quirke, recently appointed Director of the Ireland South East Development Office, in a new bulletin. It says more than 32,000 jobs have been created over the past six years in the South […]

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BREXIT FALLOUT: Kilkenny businesses urged to avail of Enterprise Ireland supports

By Kilkenny Now 16th January 2019 0

KILKENNY businesses have been put on alert and warned to be ‘Brexit-ready’ amid growing fears Britain will crash out of the EU without a deal. The prospect of a no-deal Brexit, with the potential to have a devastating knock-on effect on many Irish companies, now looms larger after British Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU deal […]