Good News Thursday - 23rd April

After an Easter hiatus, we’re back! Trying to burn the calories from all those Easter eggs but nothing that a few hills in Scotland won’t sort out for me!

1. Recruitment is still alive & well with SMEs…

FX3, a long established fitted furniture company based in Artane, Dublin 5 is looking for kitchen planners and sales staff. Contact Mark Ryan on 01 848 5744 or visit www.fx3.ie for more information.

2. 12,000 Jobs Planned for County Louth

AN ‘ambitious but achievable’ target of creating 12,000 additional jobs in Louth between now and 2015 has been set by a new economic study of the county.

The study, commissioned by Louth Local Authorities from Indecon International Economic Consultants, provides a blueprint for the newly-formed Louth Economic Forum chaired by Padraic White, former managing director of IDA Ireland.

For more information, visit the Drogheda Independent.

3. A Business First for Twitter….

In a possible first for Twitter in Ireland, Giftsandvouchers.ie welcomes a new business partner in the form of PrimaryPosition.com founder - David Quaid. David and Sian met through using Twitter and David has decided to invest in the popular and growing GiftsAndVouchers.ie website. The pair met through posting on twitter and are both said to be delighted with the move announced today from Giftsandvouchers headquarters in Drogheda and PrimaryPosition in the National Technology Park, Limerick.

4. 300 Jobs for Waterford

A collaborative project between the Waterford Institute of Technology and Wales’ Aberyswyth University will create up to 300 jobs in the south east region over the next three years. The €1.7 million European-funded project will see over 30 enterprises in the south east and a similar number in Wales participate in the partnership.

5. Over 50 Attendees Network on Baggot Street

I mentioned in GNT, four weeks ago, about an innovative idea by Baggot Street based Marketing Network to bring together Baggot Street businesses to network with each other in Larry Murphy’s. A great crowd turned out, over 50 I would guess. I’ll let you know more next week about the connections made.

7. Staying Up in Down Times - A Success

Over 40 people attended the motivational & networking event - ‘Staying Up in Down Times’ organised by PA Assist and Osbourne Recruitment. Attendees were motivated by James Sweetman, Brendan Murphy of Osbourne Recruitment and Krishna De.

8. Achievements

@denisefay and @alanorourke - Did their civic duties and gave a pint of blood.

@giftsandvouchers & @primaryposition - became business partners (see above)

@krishnade brought 10 bloggers together to blog about the Osbourne Recruitment & PA Assist event (see above)

***Until next week - keep those good news stories coming***