Enterprise Ireland Annual Report 2012
Investment in innovation driving employment and record export growth in client companies
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Annual Report & Accounts 2012 |
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Enterprise Ireland client companies achieved record levels of exports in 2012, breaking the €16bn point for the first time. They also created 12,861 new jobs in 2012 resulting in a net increase in full-time employment of 3,338, primarily driven by this record export performance. Despite a continued challenging economic environment in 2012 Enterprise Ireland supported companies crucially added to their employment base and now support more than 300,000 jobs in the Irish economy.
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Enterprise Ireland fast-tracks Irish tech companies to Silicon Valley
![L-R, Cathal Furey of 45 Sound and Max Shapiro, founder and CEO of PeopleConnect at the Enterprise Ireland Access Silicon Valley pitch event at RocketSpace San Francisco. L-R, Cathal Furey of 45 Sound and Max Shapiro, founder and CEO of PeopleConnect at the Enterprise Ireland Access Silicon Valley pitch event at RocketSpace San Francisco.](/files/1/38795/67105/3991905/b720e1e5ba2d45f4bf0e61e9/180_Pictured%20at%20the%20pitch%20event%20are_%20L-R_%20Max%20Shapiro_%20founder%20and%20CE_o.jpg) |
L-R, Cathal Furey of 45 Sound and Max Shapiro, founder and CEO of PeopleConnect at the Enterprise Ireland Access Silicon Valley pitch event at RocketSpace San Francisco. |
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Access Silicon Valley is an Enterprise Ireland initiative designed to fast-track early-stage Irish tech companies who are targeting Silicon Valley and San Francisco – the leading start-up ecosystem for high-tech innovation and development in the world. The programme will start in September 2013.
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