Mobile World Congress is a 'must-do' event for Irish companies to bring Irish innovation to a world audience" - 22 cutting-edge Irish companies joined Enterprise Ireland in Barcelona at MWC19 this year. 

Sunday Independent: Preparation for Brexit has increased the number of Enterprise Ireland backed companies diversifying risk and looking to enter, or accelerate entry, into Asian markets.

This week on Strictly Business, Tom Keogh of Keogh's Crisps joins Sonya Lennon in offering expertise to a 'nougat' entrepreneur in need of help - watch it on Wednesday, 7.30pm, RTÉ 1. Missed Episode 4 last week? Catch up on RTÉ Player.

A regional enterprise plan for the southwest aimed at supporting growth and job creation in Cork and Kerry was announced last week.

Eleven retailers have been awarded funding from Enterprise Ireland’s online retail scheme, and will receive between €10,000 and €25,000 each to strengthen their online offering.

Twenty-two Enterprise Ireland clients showcased at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, representing Ireland’s strength in emerging technologies.

Ryan is the founder of Fiid which makes plant-based ready meals. The range is called Nourishing Lunch Bowls and there are three varieties: smoky Mexican black bean chilli, Moroccan chickpea tagine and Italian sundried tomato and lentil ragu.

EquiRatings is proving quite the hit within the equestrian world as a sports data and technology company.

Enterprise Ireland is seeking venture capital firms to manage a share of its new €100m Seed & Venture Capital Scheme (2019-24).

According to Dublin start-up EdgeTier, contact centre staff can deal with customers’ email, text and chat queries twice as fast with the aid of an intelligent agent assistant called Arthur.

With innovations in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, the financial services industry is subject to major change. Check out the Market Research Centre’s new blog on the research reports available to Enterprise Ireland clients.

An Irish tech firm has announced the creation of 150 new jobs in Dublin. Workhuman, formerly Globoforce, also announced a major expansion of its operations and a €4 million investment in its headquarters in Dublin. 

Cavan automation company EMCA (Energy Monitoring Communications Automation) is to create 42 new jobs over the next three years.

France is blooming as a location for Irish companies to sell tech. John Kennedy talks to Sinead Lonergan and Elaine Howley from the Enterprise Ireland Paris office.

The BIA Innovator Campus – a 27,000 sq ft centre for budding food businesses and entrepreneurs – has started the process of shortlisting contractors to build the facility, scheduled to open in August 2020.

With the promise of virtual and augmented reality upending consumer entertainment not quite materialising, Irish companies working on the tech are finding greater opportunities in education, training and marketing.

Assure Hedge, an Irish-owned currency hedging company, has raised just over €2m in funding. It follows on from an additional €500,000 investment received from the newly appointed chairman of the board, IFG Group founder Richard Hayes.

Gaining Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status allows businesses to minimse delays at customs. Read how Oakpark Foods began the process to become AEO certified.

Herdwatch is on a mission to remove paperwork from the farm. CEO and co-founder Fabien Peyaud envisages a day when all farmers need to manage their paperwork is a smartphone and his company’s award-winning farm management app platform.

Enterprise Ireland client companies can increase their exposure to overseas businesses and can avail of several marketing opportunities through the #IrishAdvantage campaign. Find out how you can register your business here.

As the use of digital technology to improve farming efficiency increases, it can sometimes be forgotten that advances in more traditional areas of agriculture remain as important as ever.

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