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Programme 47: 27th July 2008
DUBLIN DOCKLANDS SPECIAL
For the last programme of the current series, John takes to the River Liffey to meet the people and businesses who are making the docks unrecognisable. Those include:
Paul Maloney, CEO, Dublin Docklands Development Authority
52-55 Sir John Rogerson's Quay,
Docklands,
Dublin 2.
01 - 818 3300
info@dublindocklands.ie
www.dublindocklands.ie
Danuta Gray, CEO, O2 Ireland
28/29 Sir John Rogerson's Quay,
Docklands,
Dublin 2.
01 609 5000
www.02.ie
Michelle Robson, co-founder, Ely Wine Bars
Customs House Quay
Dublin 1.
www.elywinebar.ie
Jimmy Murray,
Waterbourne Productions,
Pigeon House Road,
Dublin 4.
01 668 9802
Harry Crosbie,
Crosbie Property,
Tolka Quay,
Dublin Port,
Dublin 1.
01 856 0733
info@crosbieproperty.ie
www.crosbieproperty.ie
Paddy Behan, singer
Contact via DDDA
www.dublindocklands.ie
Programme 46: 20th July 2008
MONEY FOR NOTHING. WELL, FOR 8% INTEREST
With more and more start-ups turning to microfinance organisations rather than the banks, John speaks to John Cranfield, CEO of First Step Microfinance - which has reported a quadrupling of loan applications this year. He is joined in studio by a successful applicant for finance, James O Toole, of U-Learn Training Services, a company that trains and provides staff for the security industry.
John Cranfield, CEO,
First Step,
Jefferson House,
Eglinton Road, Donnybrook,
Dublin 4, Ireland.
01 260 0988
john.cranfield@first-step.ie
James O'Toole, Training Co-ordinator,
U-Learn Training Services,
205, New St,
Mall,
Malahide,
Co. Dublin
01 840 4144
087 783 2087
ultseot@gmail.com
KEEPING YOUR COOL IN KILKENNY
Back in April, we travelled to Kilkenny to speak to Carla Feeley at the end of her first week running her own business. The business is a Californian restaurant franchise called 'Extreme Pizza' and, when we visited, Carla was on a high after a busy and profitable opening week. Three months later, has the restaurant thrived, or did Carla's dream turn into a nightmare? Alan Torney returned to Extreme Pizza to find out.
Carla Feely,
Extreme Pizza, 8 The Arches, Barrack Street, Kilkenny
Ph. 086 386 2253
http://www.extremepizza.com/locations/kilkenny.htm
THE GREAT IRISH SAUSAGE
We Irish put away 250,000 sausages every day. but where do they come from? One of Dublin's biggest sausage producers is also one of its oldest: the Granby Sausage Factory is celebrating 75 years in business this year. Holding the lucrative contract to make Tesco's own brand sausages, the factory in Dublin's city centre is today busier than ever. Eithne O'Connell met some of Granby's 74 employees.
Eoin Kavanagh,
Granby Sausage Manufacturers
38-40 Granby Place
Dublin 1.
01 872 2366
Programme 45: 13th July 2008
THE IRISH IN SILICON VALLEY
While visiting Stanford University with Irish-based CEOs for last week's show, John also did a tour of Irish business people who have made Silicon Valley their home. For the programme, John spoke to the following contributors:
Tony McGettigan, CEO,
Luxim Corporation [intense LIFI lights]
www.luxim.com
info@luxim.com
001-408-734-1096
1171 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
John McIntyre, West Coast Manager,Enterprise Ireland
100 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 130
Palo Alto
California 94301, USA
001 650 329 1414
john.mcintyre@Enterprise-Ireland.com
www.enterprise-ireland.com
Barry O'Sullivan, Senior Vice President,
Voice Technology Group, CISCO
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
001 408 526 4000
Benoit Herve,
Powervation [digital energy control]
Block 1, International Science Centre
National Technology Park
Castletroy
Co. Limerick
061 506608
061 506625
info@powervation.com
Joe O'Keefe, CCO
SensL [The low light sensing company]
Mountain View, CA
Tel: +1 650 210 9110
www.sensl.com
sales@SensL.com
Dan'l Lewin, Corporate Vice President,
Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft
1065 La Avenida
Mountain View,
CA, 94043, US
+1 650.693.4000
www.microsoft.com
John Hartnett, Senior Vice President,
Global Markets, Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc. Corporate Headquarters
950 W. Maude Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
1 (408) 617-7000 Main Phone
www.palm.com
Computer History Museum
1401 N Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
001 650 810 1010www.computerhistory.org
Programme 44: 6th July 2008
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SPECIAL
This week, The Business comes direct from California - from Stanford University to be exact. The University's Graduate School of Business is playing host to 30 Irish CEOs who are participating in Enterprise Ireland's Leadership 4 Growth Programme. The CEO employ over 3,500 people in Ireland's software and medical devices sectors. The programme aims to help successful Irish businesses achieve significant global scale in their chosen fields. For the programme, John spoke to the following contributors:
Liz Shackman,
Daily tourguide, Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/
Helen Ryan, CEO, Creganna - a company that provides the medical device industry with "innovative delivery device solutions".
Creganna Medical Devices
Parkmore West,
Galway
(0)91 757801
sales@creganna.com
www.Creganna.com
Brendan O'Sullivan, CEO, Thirdforce - a "provider of e-learning solutions and services"
No. 1 Deansgrange Business Park
Blackrock
Co Dublin
01 289 1989
irlinfo@thirdforce.com
www.Thirdforce.com
Jim Green, US entrepreneur and technology visionary
Jim can be contacted via Enterprise Ireland's Leadership 4 Growth Programme
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/Grow/LeadershipPeople/Leadership+4+Growth.htm
paula.carroll@enterprise-ireland.com
01 808 2561
Liam O'Donoghue,
Head of Client Management Development at Enterprise Ireland
www.Enterprise-Ireland.com
01 808 2000
Programme 43: 29th June 2008
ALL ROADS LEAD TO JIM
Jim Barry, Chief Executive of one of the country's top companies, NTR, joined John in studio for a chat about Ireland's economic woes; his company's diversification into utilities and then renewable energy and sustainable waste management; and its decision to sell off Airtricity.
NTR
Burton Court, Burton Hall Drive, Sandyford, Dublin 18
01 206 3700
info@ntr.ie
www.ntr.ie
SAFE PLAY ON THE WEB
With a series of banks and state organisations losing sensitive customer data in recent weeks, John spoke to Fergal Madden of Arion - Ireland's "leading online data backup solution".
Fergal Madden,
Arion IT Solutions
Block A
Unit 48
Castleforbes Sq
Dublin 1
Tel: 01-529 2243
www.arion.ie
LET'S DANCE
John caught up with Sharon Tinkler, a former Salsa dancing champion who set up her own dance company Stepping Out. Today, Stepping Out organises up to 400 classes per week and they have taught salsa as a way of keeping fit to 22,000 people already in 2008.
Sharon Tinkler
Stepping Out Dance International Ltd.
Unit 66, Parkwest Enterprise Centre
Parkwest
Dublin 12
01 620 5030
info@steppingout.ie
www.steppingout.ie
Programme 42: 22nd June 2008
NUA MEDIA
Joining John in studio to discuss the tangled world of web commerce is international web pioneer Gerry McGovern. Founder of Nua, amongst the many titles he has published is the book Killer Web Content.
www.customercarewords.com
gerry@customercarewords.com
MUMSTOWN IS THE WORD
Arriving in Ireland, Canadian mum Kelly McKenna realised there was nowhere online for mums to meet up with each other and share advice or gossip. Investing considerable personal finance and with funding from the EU and the Louth County Enterpise Board she launched mumstown.ie four years ago. Mumstown is a model of how a business can work for you while you work from home.
Kelly McKenna,
www.mumstown.ie
TAKEAWAY MY BREATH
Ciara Traynor is a web designer who, together with a developer, Anthony Kauffmann has set up takeaway.ie, a website that allows users to order takeaway food from a wide range of outlets across Ireland. The site launched in April of this year and Ciara takes us through some of the challenges facing a start up in a crowded e-commerce environment.
Ciara Traynor,
www.takeaway.ie
MICKS IN THE HOUSE? NO, IN THE GARAGE
Ciaran Crean shows Ailish O'Shea around the engine that drives a web success like micksgarage.ie, Formed by two Mayo brothers Ciaran and Michael Crean in 2004 the company has grown from a middle man for consumers and suppliers to become a one stop shop for serving the needs of every motorist.
Ciaran Crean
www.micksgarage.ie
Programme 41: 15th June 2008
LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL. ON-COMING TRAIN PERHAPS?
Reviewing the week's developments, Lynsey Clemenger of Ulster Bank, joined John in studio.
Lynsey Clemenger, Economist
Ulster Bank
Lynsey.clemenger@ulsterbankcm.com
www.ulsterbank.ie
01-6084173
JIGGERY SMOKERY IN WESTMEATH
In case you hadn't noticed, the eel season kicked off this week. And while few Irish people will be sitting down to a plate of eels for their breakfast this morning, it's a prized delicacy in many parts of Europe. That's good news for the Rogan family who run Rogan's Real Smoked Fish in Westmeath. Alan Torney reports.
Rogans Real Smoked Fish,
Corry Lane,
Rathowen,
Co. Westmeath.
043 762 64
www.RogansFish.com
NO SPLASH IN THE PAN
Eco Car Wash provides external hand wash and valeting service to drivers in car parks, shopping centres, and offices across Ireland. John me the franchise-holder for Ireland and also visited one of the company's Dublin franchises in Nutgrove to find out more.
Kieran Redmond,
Eco Car Wash,
The Priory,
John Street West,
Dublin 8.
01 7071012 / 086 2471327
THE LAST DANCE FOR EMI?
After paying Stg£3.2 billion last year for ailing record label, EMI, Guy Hands has a lot riding on this week's new album release by Coldplay. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson of the Financial Times brings us up to speed on the colourful man described as a ginger Boris Johnson.
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
Financial Times,
1 Southwark Bridge,
London SE1 9HL,
England.
www.ft.com
0044 207 873 3000
Programme 40: 8th June 2008
WEARY OF O'LEARY, NEVER!
The week began with full-year results from Ryanair - the airline made pre-tax profits of EUR481 million in its last financial year. But it was chief executive Michael O'Leary's predictions for the next twelve months that grabbed most attention. O'Leary said Ryanair would do well to break even if oil prices continued to hover around the $130 a barrel mark, and he confirmed they would be grounding some of their planes in the off-peak winter months. Michael O'Leary speaks to John from the United States. And the full version of the interview is here to listen to..
Michael O'Leary, CEO, Ryanair
Click here to listen to the interview with Michael O'Leary in full.
WE FINGER IRELAND'S TEXT INDUSTRY
Their proliferation might be brutalising the English language, but text messages are proving a fruitful source of business for Irish technology companies. John hears this week from two such businesses. Mark Flanagan is MD of TXT Express - Ireland's first text directory which is taking on the mainstream directory enquiry services. Kevin O'Farrell is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Clicshare.com - an online reminder and social networking service that has recently won a major contract with schools in Cincinnati.
Mark Flanagan, MD, TXT Express
TXT Express,
40 Lower Baggot Street,
Dublin 2,
01-690-9048
enquiries@53939.ie
Kevin O'Farrell, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Clicshare.com
32 Royal Terrace West
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin
087-813-7815
www.clicshare.com
kevin@clicshare.com
NO PLACE LIKE HOME (WORKING)
For years, the term "working from home" has been a euphemism for pulling a sickie. Now, the concept of home working is being proposed as a possible solution to staffing problems of a wide variety of industries. It's also a way of including marginalised members of society in the economy. John went to the annual conference of the Contact Centre Management Association where the subject was discussed. He spoke to a range of experts from home and abroad, asking whether 'homeshoring' could take off in Ireland.
Helen Kogelman,
General Manager, HR,
VHI Healthcare,
Vhi House,
Lower Abbey Street,
Dublin 1.
info@vhi.ie
Maurice Whelan, Vice-Chair, CCMA,
CCMA House,
5 Cois na hAbhainn,
Mullinahone,
Co. Tipperary.
1850 35 35 95
info@ccma.ie
http://www.ccma.ie
Anthony Golding,
Head of Homeshoring,
BT UK & Ireland.
anthony.golding@bt.com
Anna Mimms,
Executive Director,
BEST [Broxtowe Education Skills Training].
0044 115 9750084
enquiries@broxtowe.org.uk
Programme 39: 1st June 2008
HUG YOUR TAILOR
Jack Mitchell is part of a family that runs three successful menswear stores on the east cost of America. Recently, he visited Dublin for the annual meeting of the International Menswear Group, and John caught up with him to hear about his philosophy of 'hugging' his customers and staff. It's a philosophy that has made him a best-selling author of two books: Hug your Customers and Hug your People.
Email jackm@hugyourcustomers.com
MY NAME IS BRIONI, JAMES BRIONI
Brioni is an Italian suit-making business, supplier to the stars of business and entertainment. Most famously James Bond wears only Brioni in the recent films. Its CEO, Andrea Perroni, was also in Dublin for the same meeting. Once a small family business, Brioni is now one of the most exclusive - and expensive - brands in the menswear industry.
Ph: +30 06 4620161
Email info@brioni.com
MAKING UP ISN'T HARD TO DO - IF YOU'RE IRISH
What's your annual bill for moisturiser, fake tan, and make-up? The Irish spend an extraordinary one billion Euro a year on cosmetics. The cosmetics distribution industry held its Christmas trade show this week in Dublin's RDS and we spoke to its outgoing Chairman, Des O'Carroll.
Des O'Carroll,
Cofri Cosmetics Limited,
1 Furry Park Road,
Killester,
Dublin 5.
Ph: 01-833-1636
Email des@cofri.ie
LOST YOUR WAY
Well you can bank on getting back on course with a Garmin Sat Nav, given to us by Ulster Bank, the show's sponsor, to highlight the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards 2008 which recognise and celebrate entrepreneurship across the island of Ireland. And to find your way to winning this..
You must tell us the cost of the most expensive suit that Brioni sell..
(the answer is contained in the interview- an added incentive to get you all to listen!)
Send the answer along with your name, contact number and address to
To reach us by noon on Friday next, June 6.
The Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards 2008 was launched on May 26 and you can find more details on
www.businessachieversaward.com/
Programme 38: 25th May 2008
THANK CREDIT CRUNCHIE, IT'S SOROS
John speaks to one of the world's richest men, George Soros. Most famous as the speculator who "broke the Bank of England" on Black Wednesday, 1992, Soros' foundation spends about $400m annually on philanthropy. He is Chairman of Soros Fund Management and founder of The Open Society Institute. He was born in Budapest in 1930, survived the Nazi occupation and then fled communist Hungary for England. He settled in the United States and accumulated a large fortune through the investment advisory firm he founded and managed. Mr. Soros is the author of ten books, the most recent of which is The New Paradigm for Financial Markets.
George Soros, Chairman , Soros Fund Management
Buy the book: http://www.georgesoros.com
To hear the full interview, click here.
WHO'S YOUR FATHER, REFEREE?
Did you ever exaggerate your qualifications or experience on a CV? Did you ever invent a referee? Jack Murray from JMedia - a PR and communications company - speaks to John about his own recent experience receiving job applications with fabricated references. To discover how rare or common Jack's experience is, John also catches up with Joey Lyons, General Manager with CheckBACK International - a pre-employment screening agency based in Rathcoole.
Jack Murray, Media Contact
2 Argus House
Greenmount Office Park
Dublin 6W
01 473 2050
www.mediacontact.ie
Joey Lyons, General Manager, CheckBACK International,
5B Carriglea Business Park,
Naas Road,
Dublin 12
01 4568218
SWEARING IN B***NESS
If the Taoiseach is doing it, why can't we? As the nation reels from Taoiseach Brian Cowen's use of, er, colourful language in the Dail on Wednesday, John asks business etiquette expert, Pamela Fay, what words are and aren't acceptable in business: from the building site to the boardroom.
Pamela Fay, Director
Business Performance Perspectives
01-260-6528
086-173-7125
Pamela@bpp.ie
www.bpp.ie
Programme 37: 18th May 2008
STREET CREDO-BILITY
If getting a loan from the bank is a challenge for businesses, it's even more so for non-profit organisation. It's a problem that can serious restrict the ability of community organisations to expand. Clann Credo - the Social Investment Fund - is the leading provider of Social Finance to community based projects in Ireland, and has offices in Dublin, Cork and Westport. Clann Credo provides repayable finance to Community & Voluntary organisations and charities that find it difficult to access funding from mainstream financial institutions.
Paul O'Sullivan, CEO, Clann Credo
Irish Social Finance Centre
10 Grattan Crescent
Inchicore
Dublin 8
Tel: 00 353 1 453 1861
http://www.clanncredo.ie
One very successful client of Clann Credo's social finance service is Vantastic - a Dublin-based company that provides a fully accessible door-to-door transport service for people with disabilities. They can provide for travel outside of the Dublin Area on request.
Cormac Moloney
Vantastic Dial-a-Ride Ltd.,
Unit 2A, Howth Junction Buisness Park,
Kilbarrack,
Dublin 5
Tel: 01 839 2447
info@vantastic.ie
www.vantastic.ie
FACEBOOK FOR FOODIES
John met chef, Niall Harbison, and former corporate financier, Sean Fee - the partnership behind online food forum, iFoods.tv. iFoods is the new and hip way of interacting with other food lovers worldwide. The site hosts video cooking tutorials and encourages users to upload their own recipe videos too. The pair will appear on BBC's Dragons' Den television programme in July.
Niall Harbison & Sean Fee
www.iFoods.tv
Unit 9, Bay 2,
The Digital Depot
The Digital Hub
Roe Lane
Thomas St
Dublin 8
Ireland
Tel : +353 1 511 1256
info@ifoods.tv
YOUNG PEOPLE: NO CENTS AT ALL
Three Business students from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology came into studio to show John their magazine, Make Cents. The magazine targets under-25s who are still getting to grips with budgeting, credit cards, etc. Their course is the Bachelor of Business in Enterprise at DLIADT. Further copies of magazine are available from Sylvia Wrynn at:
School of Business & Humanities,
Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology,
Kill Avenue,
Dun Laoghaire,
Co. Dublin.
Phone: 01- 214 4764 or
Email: sylvia.wrynn@iadt.ie
Programme 36: 11th May 2008
BUSY LIZZIE NO SHRINKING VIOLET
Tara Dalrymple of Busy Lizzie Lifestyle Management was in Galway telling us how to get our life together. Amongst other commendations Tara has been The Image Magazine Young Businesswoman of the Year 2008, Listed in Top 100 Women in Business by Entrepreneur Magazine 2006 & 2007, Galway Business Women of the Year Award 2006, West of Ireland Regional LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2005.
Tel :091 865353
Skype: busylizzielifestylemanagement
Email: info@busylizzie.ie
www.busylizzie.ie
SOFT LANDING IN CELBRIDGE ?
Gerry Kerr is MD of CDSoft tells us about how a medium sized IT company is surviving while the Dells around them are shedding jobs. CDSoft have been providing IT services for 15 years to all levels of business in Ireland and their latest product is a new web conferencing system, Microsoft Unified Communications & RoundTable, which is altering the whole way business is done across distance.
Unit G2, M4 Business Park,
Maynooth Rd,
Celbridge,
Co. Kildare
Tel: 01 6273211, ,
Email: lbresnan@cdsoft.ie
www.cdsoft.ie
DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT ..
One time researcher on the Business and current Business Post staff reporter, Emma Kennedy returns to the place that made her reputation ( ?) and takes us through what is available, and the best value, in Travel Insurance and why your cover may not include the Congo, Haiti or Burmah. See the travel tips and table of insurers attached for the full details
Travel Tips (Word format)
Table of insurers (pdf format)
Tel 01-6026000
Email: ekennedy@sbpost.ie
Web: www.sbpost.ie
TOO MANY COOKS
John announced and read out the winner of our competion to win 'Corporate Cookery Workshop' for a group of twelve at Cooks Academy in Dun Laoghaire, and due to such a high entry Cooks kindly gave a second prize of a course for 2 couples. The 2 Michelin starred winners and menus are;
The winner was Maureen Clarke with second prize going to Rory Magee.
Click here to view the winning menus.
Programme 35: 4th May 2008
EVERY CLOUD - SILVER LINING OR SILVER BULLET?
Four months into 2008, Aisling Vaughan, Merrion Capital Group's Head of Equity Research, gives John the run-down on Ireland's best and worst performing ISEQ stocks to date.
Aisling Vaughan
Merrion Capital Group
Block C
Sweepstakes Centre
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Ireland
Ph: +353-1-2404100
Fax: +353-1-2404101
Email: info@merrion-capital.com
BLUE OCEAN THINKING
On its first birthday, John takes a look at an exciting Irish company - Blue Ocean Wireless - which is the world's first GSM provider to crews on the 26,000 merchant ships worldwide. Everything your mobile does, ships crew can now do - at a cost of less than standard roaming charges, Blue Ocean now has a waiting list of 1,000 ships keen to be fitted out with its equipment, based on the technology from Tralee company, AltoBridge.
Robert Johnson, CEO
Blue Ocean Wireless
The Oval,
Block 3,
Shelbourne Road,
Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.
T: +353 1 630 7330
F: +353 1 630 7349
E: info@blueoceanwireless.com
TEENAGE KICKS?
Every year, 12,000 secondary school students set up businesses as part of a programme run by the County and City Enterprise Boards. This year's regional winners will compete in Tullamore this Thursday for the national titles in a range of categories. Earlier this week, Alan Torney met up with finalists in the senior category: Sile Dolan, Conor Camon, and teacher, Ann Hardiman, from Banagher College, Co. Offaly. Also, Eoin O'Connell, Adam Gammell, and teacher, Deirdre Doughty, from St. David's Secondary School, Greystones, Co. Wicklow.
http://www.studententerprise.ie/
Contact your local Enterprise Board: http://www.studententerprise.ie/contact_us.shtml
Base Movie Crew [VHS-DVD conversion]: http://www.basemoviecrew.com/
St. David's Secondary School, Greystones, Co. Wicklow: http://homepage.eircom.net/~davidssch/
Banagher College, Co. Offaly: http://www.bccns.ie/
TOO MANY COOKS.
This week. a chance for your company or organisation to win a 'Corporate Cookery Workshop' for a group of twelve at Cooks Academy in Dun Laoghaire. It's an email and postal competition. we want you to come up with a three-course meal [starter, main course and dessert] in business jargon. We'll give you an example: Starter: Joined-up Minestrone soup; Main: Traction of Lamb; and dessert of Customer-centric Custard Tart.
Email you entires to thebusiness@rte.ie or by post to
The Business,
RTE RADIO 1
Radio Centre,
DUBLIN 4
To reach here by 12 noon on Friday next May 9
Thanks to Cooks Academy (www.cooksacademy.com) for that prize valued at around €1200. Remember to tell us the organisation you represent or work for.
Programme 34: 27th April 2008
ATTRACTIVE LITTLE PROPERTY MARKET. NEEDS SOME WORK.
Earlier this week, IAVI's new president, Edward Carey, reassured the country's auctioneers and valuers that the problems in the property market were no more than "a short term blip". This week, The Business brings you the exclusive results of our own Property Index. In the first week of September, when The Business returned from its summer break, we selected 50 properties for sale whose progress we've been tracking over the intervening eight months. Click here for the results
Edward Carey, President, Irish Auctioneers' and valuers' Institute [IAVI]
Property Team Carey Auctioneers
Innfield House, Enfield, Co Meath
Tel: 046 9541064
Email: edward@careyauctioneers.ie
http://www.careyauctioneers.ie/
BALLYMALOE DOESN'T RELISH RUBBISH
Over the past fortnight, it's been hard to miss the unusual radio ad's highlighting the litter problem on the N25 in Cork. The ad's were paid for by Ballymaloe Country Relish, which has come in for criticism this week from Cork's County Manager, Martin Riordan. Yasmin Hide of Ballymaloe Country Relish joins John this week to tell us more.
Yasmin Hyde,
Ballymaloe Country Relish
Courtstown Park, Little Island, Co. Cork
Tel: (0)21 4354810
http://www.ballymaloecountryrelish.ie
WANTED: FILM INVESTOR WITH NO RESERVATIONS
Irish film production company, H&H Productions, is in New York this week pitching a screenplay at the prestigious Tribeca All Access Programme. The screenplay is set in the 1870s and is based on the life of a Native American chief called Chief Standing Bear. At 5am, New York time. John wakes up co-writer and producer, Bart Daly to find out if he's secured the iinvestment needed.
Contact Bart Daly through Jack Murray on (087) 2256090
Programme 33: 20th April 2008
BANKERS GET RATTY
John speaks to Cork accountant, turned lecturer, turned author, Derry Cotter. Cotter has written a new book which tells in allegorical form, the story of America and capitalism. Great Eagle Wood, depicts an animal republic where eagles provide leadership, ducks the entrepreneurial guile, and beavers the backbone to make things happen. Growth in the wood sees the evolution of a banking system run by the Rat, a stock market, and a wood wide web run by the Spiders. But when their habitat comes under attack, the very existence of the wood is threatened, and the animals are forced to take desperate measures to ensure their survival.
Derry Cotter, Lecturer in Accounting, UCC
Tel: 021 490 2613
Email: dcotter@afis.ucc.ie
http://www.icai.ie/publications/brochure.cfm?id=33
HOW DO YOU FIT 20 PEOPLE INTO A MINI?
Taking a break from the National Greener Ireland Expo in Dublin's RDS, Michael Newham pops into studio to tell John about the car-sharing club, GoCar, that his company Mendes will be launching in the coming months. According to Newham, car-sharing in urban areas is a cost-effective alternative to owning your own car. It allows people access to a car when they need it, from a place near their home or workplace. The car can be used for short trips lasting as little as an hour or booked for a few days. You only pay for the hours you keep the car and the distance you drive.
Michael Newham, Technical Director
Mendes Limited
Main Street, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary.
Tel: 0505 42277
KILKENNY GETS A PIZZA THE ACTION
Californian woman, Carla Feely, moved to Ireland five years ago after meeting her future husband on an MBA course at Berkeley. This week, in Kilkenny, she opened Extreme Pizza - a California-based franchise - to the public. Over the coming months on The Business, we'll be checking in with Carla to hear about the ups and down of starting your own business.
Carla Feely,
Extreme Pizza, 8 The Arches, Barrack Street, Kilkenny
Ph. 086 386 2253
http://www.extremepizza.com/intro.htm
Programme 32: 13th April 2008
THREE INTO FOUR NETWORKS WON'T GO
John speaks to one of the main players in Ireland's increasingly competitive telecom's market. An accountant by training, Robert Finnegan has been Irish MD of 3, since December 2005. An 11-year veteran of 3's parent company, Hutchison Whampoa, Robert served as CEO of its beverage division - Watson's - a 3,000-employee company with an annual turnover of US$200m. Prreviously, Finnegan held positions as Financial Controller and Finance and Strategic Planning Director at Hutchison for six years. Robert has also held senior finance roles at Lyons Tetley and Procter and Gamble.
6 -10 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
083 333 3333
"HE'S A WALKING ADVERT FOR."
Simon Crisp is CEO of the Dublin-based company, Adwalker, that specialises in "wearable media solutions" - advertising screens that are worn by people. Adwalker is one of Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start Ups of 2007.
Adwalker plc.
The Crescent Building
Northwood
Santry
Dublin 9, Ireland
+353 1 866 9000
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/CommonPages/High_Potential_Start_Ups.htm
EMPEROR DEVOID OF ANY PROTECTIVE GARMENTS
When was the last time you had a good 'brain dump'? How frequently do you achieve 'paradigm shift' or 'emotional resonance' when you 'drill down'? McCann Erickson's Dublin Group Account Director, Graham Nolan, asked in a recent article for Marketing Magazine whether buzz words actually hinder the communication and 'blue sky thinking' that they're meant to facilitate.
Graham's article can be read here: http://www.marketing.ie/index.jsp?p=93&n=336&a=340
And he can be contacted at graham.nolan@europe.mccann.com
Programme 31: 6th April 2008
A PROGRESSIVE TAXER?
In her first radio interview, Ireland's new Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, Josephine Feehily, speaks to John about tax evasion, adapting to the new economic climate, and making it to the top as a woman.
Jospephine Feehily, Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners
1890 20 30 70
SEE YOU LATER DELAGATOR!
If managing is all about getting things done through others, then why do managers end up doing so many things themselves? John speaks to management and organisational development consultant, Tom McConalogue, about this and other issues. Tom's book is Hanging On and Letting Go: The Art of Real Delegation. It's available in bookshops for EUR15.
Click here for the website.
FULL OF BEANS
The coffee experts Bewley's have launched a new single-serve coffee system designed specially for the office market. The machine uses innovative sealed capsules. Each contains exactly 8 grammes of Bewley's fresh roasted coffee
Bewley's is the first Irish company to launch a capsule coffee system. And, they have given us one as a prize for our business listeners. The machine is best suited for office use so if you want to please your boss and friends at work next week. now is your chance to shine. all you have to do is compose a limerick in honour of our minister for finance soon to be taoiseach...not a limerick but an 'offaly'!!!
Answers by email to; thebusiness@rte.ie
or by post to
The Business,
Radio 1
RTE
Dublin 4
before 12 noon Friday next April 11 and you must include contact details and the name of your business or office
Programme 30: 30th March 2008
INNOCENT AS ACCUSED
John Murray put the squeeze on Mr Smoothie himself, Jon Wright, one of the 3 founders of Innocent Drinks, the iconic smoothie company. Jon will be speaking at the ECR Annual Conference on Wednesday, April 2nd, in Citywest Hotel, Saggart, Co. Dublin.
More details: www.ECRIreland.com
Contact Jon directly:
Innocent ltd,
Fruit Towers,
1 The Goldhawk Estate,
Brackenbury Road,
London, W6 0BA
Call the Banana Phone: 0044 208 600 3939
www.innocent.ie
LOWTH AND PROUD
Mark and Michelle Lowth are the founders of Danucci, the Dundalk based luxury chocolate company.Michelle is a chocolatier, trained in the Callebaut Chocolate Academy, while Mark, an accountant, provides the financial and marketing acumen of the business.
John sweet talked Michelle at the Enterprise Ireland reception for the high potential start-up companies class of 2007 held recently.
Danucci Ltd.
Unit 5A
Blackthorn Business Park
Coes Road
Dundalk
Co. Louth
T: 042 93 56727
Email: enquiries@danucci.com
www.danucci.com
DON'T CALL ME BABY
Talk about niche marketing - any company that can sell from the Clevamama Apron Splash & Wrap Baby Bath Towel to The Baby Art Belly Kit which allows an expectant mother to make "a marvellous imprint of your pregnant belly in an easy and quick manner"- apparently an enduring memory to cherish- is worth talking to and that's what John did. Martina Delaney is the founder of Handy Baby Products which is also one of Enterprise Ireland's high potential start-up companies of 2007.
Handybaby Products Ltd
Unit 93 Newtown Way
Malahide Road Industrial Park
Dublin 17
T: 01 8770724
Email: martinadelaney@handybaby.com
www.handybaby.com
Programme 29: 23rd March 2008
THE GREAT ST PATRICK'S DAY MASSACRE
It offered a welcome break from our Lenten observances, but sadly this year's St. Patrick's Day failed to provide a break for the markets. John took a look back at this week's fiscal carnage.
GOING CLUBBING -BUT DEFINITELY NOT FOR RAVERS
The private members clubs of Dublin's St. Stephen's Green might seem like something from another century but, to widespread surprise, a new club is to open later this year. This week, John visited the new club - and also took a tour of one of its older rivals.
Ray Mooney
Stephen's Green Hibernian Club
01 677 4744
Simon Stokes
The Residence
http://www.bangrestaurant.com/
01 676 0898
SEAWEED, SAUSAGES AND SEX (WELL, NOT THE LAST ONE,REALLY)
For the St. Patrick's weekend, Irish fine food producers colonised London's Covent Garden. John ate his way around the market's 50 stalls, and asked two producers for their advice for other start-ups in the area.
Bord Bia's Seciality Food Fair at London's Covent Garden
http://www.bordbia.ie/go/industry/events/speciality-food-covent-garden-08.html
Seamus Moran
Lo-Tide Fine Foods
087 6347470
Programme 28: 16th March 2008
LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS ( AND ANYONE ELSE IRISH)
Bow Street Magistrates Court is one of London's most famous and infamous buildings.. Oscar Wilde, The Kray Twins, Roger Casement, the Guilford 4 all went through its cells, and it was the base of England's first Police force, the Bow Street Runners. These days Galway company, Edward Holdings, own the former courthouse and are converting it to a luxury hotel. John visited the holding cells in company of David Barrett, son of Edwards founder Gerry Barrett, and got to pass judgement on this really unusual location.
Edward Holdings Ltd.
Kitty Hall,
Edward Square,
Galway, Ireland.
+353 91 865 400
info@edwardholdings.com
www.edwardholdings.com
DONSEED CAPITAL?
Vincent Lynch filled John in on what Kerry based company Donseed is doing in London, and how its systems allow the likes of building contractors to monitor attendance and timekeeping by all their staff on multiple construction sites and in real time. For complex operations with staff coming and going on different time shifts in several locations, this could take massive administration time. Donseed's system has just been introduced into the London market and Vincent explains their success.
Kerry Technology Park, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
+353 66 7190312
Garden Studios, 11-15 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9BP
+44 20 7240 3007
info@donseed.com
www.donseed.com
BENTLEY'S BASH BAD VALUE IN DUBLIN
Bentley's Restaurant in London's West End is the domain of Meath born Michelin -starred Chef, Richard Corrigan.And is now regarded as one of London's finest sea food restaurants.. Richard's loyal sidekick and General Manager Cyril Lommaert gave John a bit of a gastronomic tour and outlined the plans to open a sea food restaurant in what he characterises as "very overpriced" Dublin
11-15 Swallow Street
London
W1B 4DG
Contact Details
+44 (0)20 7734 4756
reservations@bentleys.org
www.bentleys.org
ME AND JULIO IN THE SCHOOLYARD
Pat Flanagan used to work in London in financial services but these days he is a middle man for major property companies, hunting out residential property opportunites under the flag of his consultancy company, The Old Ground. John talked to him at the Schoolyard, a Durkan development in Islington, North London, which he helped them acquire.
www.theschoolyardapartments.com
pat@oldgroundproperty.com
087 234 0826 / 087 278 6200
Programme 27: 9th March 2008
More gloom than boom
Searching for light and a week of dark economic predictions John was joined by Aisling Vaughan, Merrion Capital Group's new Head of Equity Research
Aisling Vaughan
Merrion Capital Group
Block C
Sweepstakes Centre
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Ireland
Ph: +353-1-2404100
Fax: +353-1-2404101
Email: info@merrion-capital.com
New Cork New Cork
We heard about the ambitious €3bn plans for Cork's Docklands from Howard Holdings' chief executive, Greg Coughlan
http://www.howardpropertyplc.com
Howard Holdings plc
City Quarter
Lapps Quay, Cork
Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)21 485 1150
Fax: +353 (0)21 425 4227
Email: corkgeneral@howardholdings.com
The HPSUS class of 2007
John met Enterprise Ireland's Start-up Class of 2007 at a showcase of high potential start-up companies (HPSUs)
The two companies in focus this week were:
Pat Lucey MD AspiraCon Project Management
http://www.aspiracon.com
Kieron Guilfoyle CEO 3V Transaction Services Ltd
https://www.3v.ie/
For more information on the other 79 companies involved contact Enterprise Ireland
Tel: +(353 1) 808 2000
Fax:+(353 1) 808 2020
Programme 26: 2nd March 2008
IRISH BANKS: ALWAYS GIVING THEMSELVES... EXTRA
With profits up at Ulster Bank and at Irish Life and Permanent, have Irish banks turned a corner? Emer Lang, Senior Financial Analyst with Davy Research, joins John and brings her crystal ball.
Emer Lang
Senior Financial Analyst, Davy Research
01-614-8997
emer.lang@davy.ie
www.davy.ie
RIGHTING THE COPYWRONGS
'Chewy Vuitton' and 'Applecrumble and Fish' - just some of the fishy sounding brands that have pushed the copyright envelope in recent weeks. To review developments in intellectual property, Liam Birkett, joins John in studio.
Liam is also the director of Copyright Association of Ireland. The CAI are holding a seminar on Wednesday March 5th at the Alexander Hotel in Dublin. The subject matter is Design Law and Copyright. www.cai.ie
Liam Birkett,
Intellectual Property and Business Development Consultant
17 Altamont Hall
Stoney Road
Dublin 14
01-490-6751
087-2440-023
birkett@eircom.net
DO MANNERS MATTER?
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Could your cutlery skills be costing you business deals? Do manners really matter in modern business? John is put through his paces by the queen of etiquette, Pamela Fay, [Director of Business Performance Perspectives].
Pamela Fay, Director
Business Performance Perspectives
01-260-6528
086-173-7125
Pamela@bpp.ie
www.bpp.ie
Programme 25: 24th February 2008
NOISY NUMBERS FOR AIB?
Sebastian Orsey of Merrion Stockbrokers gives a bit of background on the latest results from Ireland's biggest bank, AIB, and their move into Bulgarian banking.
Merrion Capital Group
Block C
Sweepstakes Centre
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4
Ireland
Ph: +353-1-2404100
Email: info@merrion-capital.com
www merrion-capital.com
LYONS SHOWS WAY TO TOP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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Mike Lyons is a serial high tech entrepreneur who was over here on behalf of Eplanet Ventures, the high tech venture capital company, to meet Enterprise Ireland and business leaders, Mike gave John a few ideas on how we develop Silicon Valley in Ireland.
He is Consulting Associate Professor at the Stanford University Department of Management Science and Engineering. Serving in that position since 1989, he co-developed the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and founded Technology Venture Formation, one of the most highly rated courses in the School of Engineering.
By the way, Mike Lyons holds a degree in Engineering Physics from Cornell University in 1965, an MSEE from Stanford in 1966, and an MBA in 1988, Ph.D research in the Stanford Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is a graduate of the Stanford/AEA Institute for the Management of High Technology Companies and holds Multi-Engine Airline Transport Pilot and flight instructor certificates.
ePlanet International (Europe) Advisors, Ltd.
2 Kensington Square
London W8 5EP
England
Telephone +44 (0) 20 7361 0140
Fax +44 (0) 20 7361 0149
www.eplanetventures.com
OIL BE IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD SOON
Neil O'Leary, Chairman of Topaz Energy and Oisin Masterson, Marketing Manager, tell John about the total rebranding of their 350 petrol retail businesses still running under the Shell and Statoil names. While1000 petrol stations have closed over the last few years and established firms were abandoning the petrol retail business, Topaz are determined to buck the trend. This week they announced the new Topaz brand/name for all their outlets.
Topaz Energy Ltd
Topaz House
Beech Hill
Clonskeagh
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 (0)1 2028888
Email: info@topazenergy.ie
www.topazenergy.ie
DATA MINING (IN YOUR BIN)
Richie Smith is Consumer Services Manager of Experian Ireland and he gave John a crash course in how you can hand all sorts of information away without knowing it. and what unscrupulous people might do with this.
Experian works in the compilation of Irish credit information and risk analysis ranging from Business Information and Credit Ratings on companies through profiling of consumers to Retail Property Analysis.
Experian Ireland Ltd ,
Newenham House,
Northern Cross Business Park,
Malahide Road,
Dublin 17,
Ireland
Tel: +353-1-8469200
Email: info@experian.ie
www.experian.ie
Programme 24: 17th February 2008
MICRO MANAGER
Microsoft Ireland's new Managing Director is Limerick man, Paul Rellis. Paul is the former MD of Microsoft's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations centre in Dublin. He joins John in studio this week.
Paul Rellis, MD,
Microsoft Ireland,
Sandyford Industrial Estate
Dublin 18
01-295-3826
FULL OF BEANS
Blanchardstown? The jelly bean capital of Europe? Who would have thought? Aran Candy employs 48 people in their massive operation, and they produce an extraordinary ten million jelly beans EVERY DAY. The beans are sold in Irish outlets, like Tesco and Dunnes, but 98% of the beans are exported to markets in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Father and son founders, Peter and Richard Cullen, market the beans under the brand 'The Jelly Bean Factory'.
Peter and Richard Cullen, Founders
Aran Candy Ltd.,
Hexagon Buildings,
IDA Business & Technology Park,
Snugborough Road,
Blanchardstown,
Dublin 15
01-640-9333
MARRIAGE JARGON PROPOSAL COMPETITION
The winner of our Marriage proposal competitions was Karl Noone from Gorey, Wexford who has won two return flights to Paris with Air France / City Jet from Shannon or Dublin www.cityjet.com
As we had a huge volume of top quality entries we decided to award a prize to the best runner up. John Ryan from Doon in Limerick has won dinner and an overnight stay for two at the beautiful Woodenbridge Hotel and Lodge, Avoca, Wicklow www.woodenbridgehotel.com
THE WINNING ENTRY BY KARL NOONE.
Petunia,
My beautiful parabola of love,
I wish to tender a paradigm shift,
a meeting of minds, that will make us step up to the plate
and look at the big picture.
I have given myself a swot analysis
and believe that my brand management
can do the heavy lifting, and with the killer app of your beauty,
we will reach a tipping point in our game plan.
Such an impulse priced, profit driven outlook will incentivise
and empower you to think of the synergies
that a quality driven merger may bring.
In short I believe it to be a no brainer
to optimise and put to bed our position.
I submit to you, that after crunching the numbers,
you should check with legal and realise like I that
it is a no brainer, a win-win
which should be taken off the backburner
before it falls down the slippery slope.
Once we have bedded down our partnership,
perhaps we will grow the business organically?
JOHN RYAN, RUNNER UP .
Dear Caroline,
Having undertaken in-depth research over seven consecutive quarters, being
impressed by your inherent attractiveness, and notwithstanding a recurring
tendency towards retail spending exuberance, I propose that a merger has a
compelling rationale at this critical phase of our respective lifecycles.
Such an amalgamation would result in a combined entity far greater than the
additive value of our parts, with expansion foreseen through of a number of
next generation spin-offs within a reasonable time horizon. I look forward
in eager anticipation to your positive response to this far from hostile
approach.
Love
John
BEST OF THE REST!
Aidan Cranny
My Dear Joan,
I want to touch base with you going forward to the scheduled romantic feast day. I thought I might run a little scenario up your flagpole that might potentially affect a salute from you. I have sensed a certain synergy between us. Despite the turbulent environment of the office you are in my thoughts 24/7. I am no longer proactive in the workplace. Whereas, before your arrival I was client focussed and service driven in my workflow management, I am now outside the box but not in a company-productive fashion. My mindset is not even in the ballpark anymore. I have no game plan I am , so to speak, out of the loop in-house.
The bottom line is, in order to increase my bandwidth and improve my core competency, I appeal to you to consider the paradigm of a strategic fit with me and let us revisit the success of the December festivities from the bottom up. I am accompanying this appeal with a sweetener (the flowers) and anticipate somewhat more than a sub-optimal return on investment within the timeframe that will put both of us in a win win situation,
Sincerely,
Tristram
Máire Murphy
Mission Statement
To secure an alliance that will future-proof our relationship and assure a 24/7 partnering with you going forward.
My beloved, at this juncture we have interfaced for many years and have done due diligence on each other's critical mass, so this is a heads-up that I'm seeking your buy-in to a value proposition that will leverage our core competencies and result in a win-win situation.
I touched base with a jeweller and secured this robust token of my commitment to you -- where the rubber meets the road. I hope it resonates with you and will incent you to move our relationship to the front burner and proceduralise it, hopefully in Q2.
Bottom line: If this roadmap is good to go, we can move forward ASAP to triangulate a wedding planner who has bandwidth in that timeframe, and develop a game plan to uptitle you.
Penny Storey
In light of current and predicted confidence in ongoing personal
interface performance indicators on multiple levels, and an
anticipation that an upscale in internal and external structures to
embrace flexible, future-proof and mono-visioned strategies would
create arable real estate with potential for eyeballing significant
planned and ad hoc expansionary policies, I hereby propose redrawing
the policy roadmap to consolidate ongoing asset exploitation and
streamline day-to-day operations going forward.
Carmel Lynch
This role involves the candidate reporting directly to the chief executive. The role involves the candidate following the project from inception, through installation supervision to final account. The candidate will be responsible for providing and maintaining solid financial support and emotional solutions to the chief executive. You will assist with the role-out of major family programmes - eg. child production, and be willing to follow the chief executives' approved complaints procedure. You must possess excellent qualitative skills and demonstrate a creative and inovative work ethic, however, with the ability to be influenced by and follow the chief executives' decision making process. The ability to maintain and promote good interagency relationships with the in-laws would be an advantage.
Previous experience in this demanding role is not a prerequisite.
You, my love, are the lucky candidate!!!!!
Aidan Beatty
I've been eyeing you up for a while now. I've run the rule over your tangible assets and I've looked at your bottom line, and I must say you compare very favourably with your peer-group. I don't mind telling you, I like what I see.
Oh I know what they say about me, that I'm only interested in the thrill of acquisition but that's all changed. I'm looking for a merger of equals now. I had one of my guys run the numbers on your past performance and you're a perfect strategic fit: a mature model perhaps but one with stable margins and undeniably well-leveraged.
Call me a mad romantic if you like, but I'm already thinking substantial interpersonal synergies and a positive return on emotional capital in year-one and who knows, maybe further expansion on a three-to-five-year horizon.
So, why don't my people talk to your people? This is a marriage that can pay dividends.
This is a preliminary offer only, subject to due diligence and mum's approval.
Programme 23: 10th February 2008
PRIMARY COLOURS
After the week of his life, John Delaney, CEO of online prediction market, Intrade, spoke to The Business. Intrade employs 18 people in Clondalkin and, since they went live in 2001, has become the world's leading online predictions market. Intrade's 70,000 members pit their wits against each other, effectively buying shares in the outcome of chosen events. In recent weeks, Intrade has taken in $50 million in trades on the US Presidential primaries, and the preferences of members are being treated as opinion polls by US media.
John Delaney
CEO, Intrade
01-620-0300
www.intrade.com
CONFORMING TO TYPE
From time to time, there are overnight success stories - and we've featured several on this programme. But, for most entrepreneurs, success takes time. if it comes at all. Nuala Macklin is a good example. Nine years ago, while recovering from a spine injury, she came up with a concept for an unusual keyboard. Unlike the traditional keyboard, Nuala's ergonomic keyboard would come in two parts - one for each hand - and could adapt to the posture of each user - whether standing, sitting or walking. It seems like a great idea, but nine years later, the breakthrough has yet to come. Alan Torney met up with Nuala and she described her struggle to get her keyboard concept developed. Nuala is actively seeking investment in her project.
Nuala Macklin, inventor
087 236 3435
nualamacklin@gmail.com
SHANNON IN THE ZIMMER FRAME
After news last week of redundancies at Arklow-based Allergan, this week saw the welcome announcement of 200 new software jobs at Unum in Carlow, and another 250 new jobs in Shannon with Zimmer Holdings. Both projects are supported by IDA Ireland, and its CEO, Barry O'Leary came into studio.
Barry O'Leary, CEO
IDA Ireland
www.IDAIreland.com
(0) 1 603 4000
Richard Stair, Zimmer Senior Vice President, Global Operations & Logistics.
Zimmer Public Affairs Dept.
001 574 621 8153
www.zimmer.com
Programme 22: 3rd February 2008
VIRTUAL FLOP?
Ten years ago "Internet visionaries" told us that, by 2008, the online revolution would render Irish sales and marketing unrecognisable. For some sectors, like music retail and travel, they were right. But what about advertising? A new report this week found that just 2½% of Irish marketing budgets is spent on online advertising - compared with 12% in the UK. Why?
Fiona Scott, Group Operations Director of communications company, McConnell's
Email: fiona.scott@mcmcommunications.ie
Web: www.mcconnells.ie
Phone: 01-478-1544
Oisin Byrne, MD of IT research company, iReach
Email: oisin.byrne@ireach.ie
Web: www.iReach.ie
Phone: 01-210-7000
HEATHROW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM
A fortnight after the dramatic British Airways crash-landing at Heathrow, we talk to the airline's Irish boss, Willie Walsh. At just 43 years of age Walsh took over at BA in 2005, after a high-profile falling out with the Irish Government led to his resignation from Aer Lingus. We ask him: how does he handle a crisis; how does he deal with stress; is he flattered by comparisons to Michael O'Leary; and what is doing about climate change?
Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways
Email: company.secretary@britishairways.com
Web: www.BA.com
Address: British Airways plc,
Waterside,
PO Box 365,
Harmondsworth,
UB7 0GB,
England.
Programme 21: 27th January 2008
BLUE MONDAY!
Stocks and Markets - with Laurence Daly ( McAvoy Financial Consulting )
Laurence Daly
Having read Aeronautical Engineering at Imperial College London, Laurence Daly embarked on a career in Finance leading to his current position as Director of Financial Planning at McAvoy and Associates. Laurence has extensive senior experience in the Financial Services industry in both London and New York. Prior to joining McAvoy and Associates, he was Managing Director, Equity Risk Management in a leading Wall Street firm, Bishop Rosen & Co. Laurence has a wealth of knowledge in all fields of financial planning and has drawn on his mathematical training to develop investment strategies which enable his clients to maximise their investment returns while minimising their risk. Laurence also has specialist expertise in the area of derivatives and other leading-edge financial instruments. Laurence can be contacted at the address below:
laurence.daly@mcavoy.ie
McAvoy and Associates 10 South Bank Crosses Green Cork
ph: 021 4321321 fx: 021 4321214 e: info@mcavoy.ie
NOVEL BUSINESS ANGLE OR IS THAT ANGEL?
Brian Little of Grave Angels, who offer a 'grave makeover' service for EUR350, and will maintain graves on an ongoing basis too.
http://www.graveangels.com/
086 383 2554
litbrian@gmail.com
Programme 20: 20th January 2008
GO EAST YOUNG MAN
Richard Barrett is Founding Shareholder ( with Johnny Ronan) and Director of Treasury Holdings, the Irish based multinational property company, who are about to become the largest overseas property investor in China. Richard rarely gives interviews so John took the opportunity to talk to him at length about investing in China, the Treasury story and how he views Irish planning law amongst other subjects.
On qualifying as a barrister and economist, Richard Barrett developed his interest in property law, finance and taxation and was involved in property development before setting up Treasury Holdings with John Ronan in 1989. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Harvard University Graduate School of Design for Urban Development.
Treasury Holdings (Irish Head Office)
Connaught House
1 Burlington Road
Dublin 4
Ireland
+353 1 618 9300
info@treasuryholdings.com
www.treasuryholdings.com
ARCHITECT MAKES THEIR PETER MARK
Douglas Wallace, the Dublin architectural firm, has just this week ( 16 January 2008) been presented with a top retail design award at an event in New York run by the Retail Design Institute. The award is for the design of the refurbishment of a 2,500 sq ft Peter Mark salon on Mary St. in Dublin, John went to Mary Street to see why and was talked through it by Brian Jennings of Douglas Wallace.. and while he was there he got a short back and sides..
Douglas Wallace
st kevins female school,
no 1 grantham street,
dublin 8
T: +353-1-478-7500
F: +353-1-478-7590
e: dublin@douglaswallace.com
POETRY IN TRANSITORY INTERFACE ( MOTION?)
Joe Woods, Director of Poetry Ireland delivered his work " Corporate Inc" taken from his book of poems "Bearings". It is in praise of business jargon
Bearings is published by Worple Press price €10.00
Joseph Woods,
Poetry Ireland,
120 St Stephen's Green,
Dublin 2
01 478 9974
E; poetry@iol.ie
www.poetryireland.ie
Programme 19: 13th January 2008
Kingspan's Gerry McCaughey... the Roscommon entrepreneur for whom failure is not an option. And our man in Las Vegas reports from the electronics show where size really matters: who actually needs a 150-inch television set?
Gerry McCaughey
Kingspan Group Plc,
Dublin Road,
Kingscourt,
Co. Cavan.
Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0) 42 9698000
Fax: +353 (0) 42 9667501
admin@kingspan.ie
www.kingspan.ie
Where there's muck there's brass - farmer turned waste manager, Brendan Gordon:
Brendan Gordon, Founder
Bio Friendly Sewage Treatment Systems,
Loughglynn,
Castlerea,
Co. Roscommon.
tel: 094-9880904
mobile: 086-6097200
www.biofriendly.ie/
info@biofriendly.ie
John spoke by telephone to Sean Gallagher from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas:
Sean Gallagher, CEO
SmartHomes,
Finnabair Industrial Park,
Dundalk,
Co. Louth
T: +353 (0) 42 939 4055
F: +353 (0) 42 939 4059
info@smarthomes.ie
www.smarthomes.ie
Programme 18: 6th January 2008
In the first programme of last year, John hitched a lift with Dublin taxi driver, Gerry McKenzie, and paid visits to four respected analysts and commentators. He asked for their top investment tips for the year ahead. One year later, John and Gerry caught up with the same four experts to see how last year's predictions measured up to reality.
Joe Gill
Director of Research
Goodbody Stockbrokers
Address: Ballsbridge Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Web: www.goodbody.ie
Phone: 01-614 9191
Marie Hunt
Head of Research
CB Richard Ellis
Address: Connaught House, Number 1 Burlington Road, Dublin 4.
Web: www.cbre.com
Phone: 01 6185543
Email: marie.hunt@cbreg.ie
Stephen Flood
Director
Gold Investments
Address: 63 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2.
Web: www.gold.ie
Phone: 01 6325010
Email: info@gold.ie
Kevin McConnell
Head of Equity Research
Bloxham
Address: Head Office, IFSC, 2/3 Exchange Place, Dublin 1.
Web: www.bloxham.ie
Phone: 01-6119225
Programme 17: 30th December 2007
REVIEW OF THE YEAR - THE ROLE OF MONOPOLY
A review of the year with a diverse bunch of key players in a specially arranged setting. John Murray asks the searching questions- who will put the boot in? Does the hat fit? Do we need another car?
Programme 16: 23rd December 2007
DO THEY KNOW ITS CHRISTMAS TIME AT ALL?
Produced with the assistance of Business2Arts
www.business2arts.ie
Programme 15: 16th December 2007
NO SLOUCHERS THEM UCD LOT
John was squeezed into a special vest developed at UCD that monitors posture for office workers. He spoke to Dr. Lucy Dunne, postdoctoral researcher, UCD's School of Computer Science & Informatics and to Dr. Brian Caulfield, head of department, UCD's School of Physiotherapy & Performance Science.
www.lucydunne.com
lucy.dunne@ucd.ie
brian.caulfield@ucd.ie
DRUMMING UP THE BUSINESS
Don Nugent, Director, Dundrum Town Centre, filled John in about Ireland's so-called 'cathedral to consumerism'.
www.dundrum.ie
+353 (0) 12991772
MY STOCKING RUNNETH OVER?
John caught the Luas to Dundrum with Amanda Ratcliffe, Retail Marketing and Strategic Retail Management, at DIT's School of Retail.
DIT School of Retail & Services Management
http://www.dit.ie/DIT/business/retail/index.html
Ph. +353 (0) 1 402 7045
WITH A SMILE?
Reporter, Ailish O'Shea, spoke to the plain people of Dublin about customer service and then to Michael Murphy, Retail Training, Fás.
City Centre Training Centre
57/60 Jervis Street
Dublin 1
Tel: +353 (0)1 8044600
Fax: +353 (0)1 8726182
www.Fas.ie/training
Ailish also brought to our attention some of this Christmas's inventive gift ideas:
Toilet seat lifter
http://www.amazon.com/HomeHelper-Line-Toilet-Seat-Lifter/dp/B000KJZ13C
Lockable coffee cup
http://www.i4u.com/article1762.html
Giant remote control
http://www.greatbigstuff.com/remotecontrol.html
Banana guard
http://www.bananaguard.com/
DUNDRUM V. DUBLIN HIGH STREET
Alan Torney hit the shops to see if it's still worth shopping around. comparing the prices in Dundrum Town Centre with those on Dublin's Henry and Grafton Streets.
Gift: iPod Classic
Grafton Street: €249.00 in O2
Dundrum Town Centre: €249.50 in 3G
Dundrum Tesco: n/a
Gift: Sony Playstation III
Grafton Street: €399.99 in HMV
Dundrum Town Centre: €400 in Virgin [inc. one game]
Dundrum Tesco: n/a
Gift: Orla Kiely handbag
Grafton Street: €165 in Brown Thomas
Dundrum Town Centre: €160 in Harvey Nicholls
Dundrum Tesco: n/a
Gift: Westlife's new CD
Grafton Street: €16.99 in HMV
Dundrum Town Centre: €19 in Virgin
Dundrum Tesco: €13.90 in Tesco
Gift: Guinness Book of Records
Grafton Street: €19.99 in Dublin Bookshop
Dundrum Town Centre: €19.99 in Eason
Dundrum Tesco: €19.99 in Tesco
Gift: The Gathering, by Anne Enright
Grafton Street: €14.99 Dublin Bookshop
Dundrum Town Centre: €14.99 in Eason
Dundrum Tesco: €15.95 in Tesco
Gift: MacBook laptop
Grafton Street: €1049 in O2
Dundrum Town Centre: €1049 in 3G
Dundrum Tesco: n/a
Gift: Calvin Klein Eternity perfume
Grafton Street: €54 in Perfume Shop
Dundrum Town €57.50 in House of Fraser
Dundrum Tesco: n/a
TOTAL BILL
Grafton Street: €1968.96
Dundrum Town Centre: €1969.98
Dundrum Tesco:
Programme 14: 9th December 2007
REMOTE CONTROL
Enda Fanning talked to John about designing a centre for families affected by AIDS - but it's 5,000 miles away in Mazabuka, Zambia. So he had to do it over the web.
And he did it. ZAL or Zambia + Lifestart is a recently founded organisation, set up by the people of the Parish of Rathfarnam. ZAL was set up to promote and to fundraise for an Early Childhood Centre in the town of Mazabuka, Zambia.
ENDA FANNING,
40 Main St,
Rathfarnham Village,
Dublin 14
01 492 5720
efarch@eircom.net
http://www.zal.ie/
info@zal.ie
IS THE PARTY OVERY?
Paul Overy gave listeners some pre-Christmas personal finance advice. He's the Co-founder and Chairman of Financial Engineering Network Ltd, and author of Tricks of the Rich. Paul develops special projects and builds other businesses in the Financial Engineering group.
32 Upper Fitzwilliam Street,
Dublin 2
tel: +353-1-614 8000;
fax: +353-1-614 8080
www.fen.ie/
HOW GREEN IS MY VALLEY?
Helene Haughney, CEO & Director of Nubiq mobile web solutions filled John in on the so called Paddy Valley trip to Silicon Valley- . This has become an annual missionary visit by Irish software companies to the heart of world-wide digital business. Helene's presentation in Silicone Valley can be viewed at http://nubiq.wordpress.com.
hhaughney@nubiq.com
www.nubiq.com
www.paddysvalley.org
+353 51 302974
COWENGATE
Brian Cowen's budget speech was assessed by Clodagh McCarthy, Plain English Co-ordinator at the National Adult Literacy Agency.
cmccarthy@nala.ie
01 809 9194
www.nala.ie
PASSING ON THE HEARSE HIRE BUSINESS
Longford's Davy Connell told us last week that he had sold his hearse hire business a friend in Leitrim. Alan Torney reported from Cloone, Co. Leitrim where he spoke to David McKeon.
David McKeon Hearse Hire,
Cloone,
Co. Leitrim
087 804 5115
Programme 13: 2nd December 2007
LIFE AFTER HEARSES?
Longford man Davy Connell was one of the local enterprise award nominated businesses in 2004. At the time he was running a combined limousine and hearse hire business, surely one of the more original business ideas in Ireland.. Alan Torney headed to Longford to find out what has happened in the intervening 3 years .
Davy Connell Limousine Hire
http://www.davyconnell.com/
info@davyconnell.com
043 23656
VERY TASTY MAYONUSE
The Mayo News has scooped the 2007 European Newspaper Design Award for the best designed local newspaper in Europe. Known as the 'Oscar of the Newspapers', the European Newspaper Design Awards, organised by the Office for Newspaper Design in Germany, recognise excellence in newspaper design, graphics and photography.
The first paper in Ireland to win the European top local newspaper award, The Mayo News will sport the title 'Europe's Best Designed Newspaper' in its mast head for the next year.
Denise Horan, Editor, of The Mayo News came into the Castlebar studios to tell us more about this family owned business.
The Fairgreen,
Westport,
County Mayo,
098 25311
www.mayonews.ie
ART ATTACK?
John Ryan is an accountant by training and from his Sligo base he has launched ( and sunk some €70,000) into what is probablynow Ireland's biggest art website, irishartcompendium.com. This allows galleries and artists to show their wares to a wider audience. John joined us from the Sligo Studio and John Murray quizzed him about how he is going to make art on line pay.
www.irishartcompendium.com
info@irishartcompendium.com
Programme 12: 25th November 2007
JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME?
Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management, a division of Killik & Co, is one of the most recognisable and trusted market commentators on British television, radio, and press. Justin founded Broker Services in 1986, which went on to become Barclays Stockbrokers where he was Corporate Development Director. In early 2001, he co-founded Seven Investment Management (7IM).
www.7im.co.uk
ABOUT THE ONLY IMMUNE IRISH BUSINESS AT THE MOMENT?
Prof. Luke O'Neill of TCD's School of Biotechnology & Immunology told John about the company he founded, Opsona Therapuetics, a drug development company and how they turned research on the human immune system into a biotech success story.
Thurdsday Dec 6 - Luke O'Neill appears on programme four of The Investigators - an RTE programme about Irish science. He will be talking about the discovery process. http://www.rte.ie/tv/theinvestigators/
Opsona Therapeutics Ltd
The Trinity Centre for Health Sciences,
Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James' Hospital,
Dublin 8, Ireland
Tel: + 353 (1) 896 8499
Fax: + 353 (1) 896 8501
Email: info@opsona.com
www.opsona.com
H.E.D.G.E
Country singer Merle Hazard and Chris Lowe of FTN Midwest guide Niall Martin through the world of CDO's and IVA's.
Merle Hazard is America's first and only country music star to sing about mortgage-backed securities, derivatives, and leveraged buyouts.
www.merlehazard.com
FTN Midwest is an equities research company based in Cleveland, Ohio
www.ftnmidwest.com
FOLLOW YOUR CALLING!
David Kelly, formerly of AOL, on how he and a friend franchised
Kendlebell for Ireland and have done well enough to be awarded Best Emerging Franchise, 2007 at last Thursday's Franchise Awards.
Kendlebell is the "No. 1 provider of telephone answering and virtual office services" but we will let David explain what that really means
K.Bell Limited,
Kandoy House,
2 Fairview Strand,
Dublin 3, Ireland
Phone: 1800 848 646
+353 1 813 4500 (Intl.)
Email: info@kbell.ie
Programme 11: 18th November 2007
REVIEW OF THE WEEK
Austin Hughes, Chief Economist with IIB Bank, talked to John about the week's big stories.
www.iibbank.ie/economic/audio/
T: +353 1 664 6889
DIGITAL HUB(RIS)
Philip Flynn is CEO of the Digital Hub Development Agency and he journeyed out to RTE to help guide John through the history, plans and businesses in the hub some 6 years on.
Digital Hub Development Agency,
Digital Exchange,
Crane Street,
The Digital Hub,
Dublin 8
t: +353 1 4806200
f: +353 1 4806201
e. info@thedigitalhub.com
ZAMANO
John O'Shea is MD and John Murray quizzed him about the company's success.
Zamano is a leading Mobile Service Provider developing, managing and hosting a wide range of mobile applications for Mobile Network Operators, major brands, media channels and corporates in Ireland, the UK and Holland
Zamano provides mobile applications to Mobile Network Operators, B2C brands, retail chains, media companies and enterprise customers, enabling interaction with customers or employees over their mobile phones using SMS, WAP and MMS.
4 St. Catherine's Lane West
The Digital Hub
Dublin 8
John O'Shea on 01 488 5820
Fax 01 488 5821
www.zamano.com
GALA Networks Europe
John met Nicholas Pajot ( Managing Director),a subsidiary of GALA-net, Inc., a leading developer and provider of PC online games headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.
The Dublin-based company was established in October 2006 to specifically address the fast growing European market, with localized versions of the games available in German and French.
All PC online games published by GALA Networks Europe will free to download from the gPotato.eu gaming portal, and free to play! First titles to be operated in Europe are Flyff (Fly For Fun) and Rappelz, two massively multiplayer games developed Korea. Stay tuned, more exciting games will be announced in the future.
www.gpotato.eu
Nicholas Pajot on 01 511 1200
npajot@gala-net.com
South West Inner City Employment Centre
Manager
Catherine Byrne
An Integral part of ICES Inner City Employment Service responding to the needs of local unemployed Jobseekers and Employers. South West Inner City Local Employment Centre (SWIC LEC) operates within the Dublin 8 inner city area. This jobs-focussed professional mediation and guidance service is intended primarily to assist unemployed residents to progress to employment, training or education.
Catherine Byrne on 01 511 1260
LAPTOP DANCING?
As internet and wifi access spread to all urban centres in Ireland, what about those who haven't the latest laptop or blackberry, but feel the urge to surf away from home..
Two Kilkenny-based engineers, Declan Lennon and Thomas Marry, are bringing their pay-as-you-go Internet terminals to Irish hotels and bars, and Alan Torney caught up with Thomas Marry at the Belfry Hotel in Waterford.
Thomas Marry on 086 220 8008
info@surfbox.ie or
www.surfbox.ie
Programme 10: 11th November 2007
STOCKS IN RED DURING BLACK WEEK
Kevin McConnell, Head of Equity Research at Bloxham, fills John in on a week of woe on the stock markets.
www.bloxham.ie
01 611 9200
mcconnellk@bloxhams.ie
NOW AND DEN - SCORCHED BY THE DRAGONS
The tale of the mother who invented a portable little sunbathing device and her son who convinced 2 of TV's Dragons to invest equity in their project. Joan Bree and Jamie Jenkinson tell us the real inside story.
Joan Bree and Jamie Jenkinson, Directors, Cush 'n Shade Ltd.
www.cushnshade.com
01 4907885
ENTERPRISE CAN BE AWARDING AS WELL AS REWARDING
Alan Torney visited Dublin Castle to see what happens at the National Enterprise Awards. He grabbed some words from 4 of the finalists, including the overall winners, Cranagh and Co, and from Michael Kelly from the Carlow County Enterprise Board and overall organiser of the National Awards.
Michelle and Carol Lynch, of Crannagh & Co., Co. Cavan.
www.crannaghtrade.eu
info@crannaghtrade.eu
049 952 2789
Colman Garvey and Darren O'Sullivan, of Seftec Ltd., South Cork
www.seftec.ie
info@seftec.ie
021 437 6655
Mark Duckenfield and Conor McCarthy, of Emergent Events, Dublin City
www.spwc.ie
info@spwc.ie
01 639 4859
Breda Maher of Cooleeney Farmhouse Cheeses
www.cooleeney.com
cooleeney@eircom.net
0504 45112
Michael Kelly, CEO Carlow County Enterprise Board and Chair of the Enterprise Promotions Committee
www.carlow-ceb.com
enterprise@carlow-ceb.com
059 9130880
EVERYONE'S A WINNER (Well 5 of you) 
This week we asked 'What is West Texan Intermediate'? The answer is: Oil.
Winners of Eamon O'Donnell's book- Stop Howling at the Moon - 101 Bedtime Stories for Manager were:
Tony Bateman, Terenure, Dublin 6W
Geraldine Gannon, Salthill, Galway
Margaret Rose Fleming, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
Ted Nelligan, Ballincollig, Co Cork
Elma Nerney, Elphin, Co Roscommon
Published by 'OnStream'
www.onstream.ie
Programme 9: 4th November 2007
WELCOME TO THE 1980s?
With major redundancies in Waterford and Limavady, where now for Irish manufacturing? John discusses this and other stories of the week with Pat McArdle, Chief Economist at Ulster Bank.
Web: www.ulsterbank.ie
Tel: 01 608 4000
Email: pat.mcardle@ulsterbank.com.
IRISH INVENTION FOLDS (BUT TAKES ON WORLD)
In November last year, we heard the amazing story of the Irish patented craft toy, Paper FX, and how a seemingly mad idea became a commercial reality. Co-inventor, Noel Donegan, fills John in on how this clever invention has progressed and how he and partner, Lux Java, are not resting on their laurels.
Web: www.luzjava.com
Email: noeldonegan@luzjava.com
TOUCHY-FEELY TECHNOLOGY
Dublin-based Vyro Games has been making waves internationally with a device that allows users to play games on their mobile phones - simply by controlling their stress-levels. CEO, Paul Kewene-Hite, and Chief Creative Officer, Phil McDarby, joined John in studio.
Web: www.vyro-games.com
Tel: 01 642 5271
Programme 8: 28th October 2007
DIRTY CLUBS ARE GOOD BUSINESS - NOT LAP DANCING BUT GOLF
VVVisions based in Co Carlow won this years' Shell Livewire Young Entrepreneur of the Year. The 3 guys behind VVVisions are still students in NUI Maynooth and Brendan Moore, Andrew Thompson and James Dowling showed John how to clean up his act on the golf course. Well, actually how to clean his clubs with their patented product V-Towel Elite,, and how this has taken off in the massive world golf market
Brendan Moore,
VVVisons,
Campus Incubation Centre,
IT Carlow,
Kilkenny Road
Carlow
059 917 6287 or 087 9172963
www.vvvisions.com
www.vtowel.com
THE FILM FINANCE HORRORS
Alan Torney visits a spooky location between Athy and Carlow to hear about making and financing the all Irish - in fact all Kildare- horror feature , "Seer, the Movie" from the producer Jim Cahill
Jim Cahill, Producer, Seer, the movie.
Cahill Media /White Flag Films
045 899289
jimc@cahillmedia.com
www.cahillmedia.com
Programme 7: 21st October 2007
END OF THE ROAD FOR THE MOBILE PHONE NETWORK
Shane Deasy, Managing Director of Wi Fi provider Bitbuzz and Feargal Brady CEO of Irish telecoms company, Blueface, tell John about their new venture to provide mobile telephone calls over the wireless internet system at a vastly cheaper price than the existing mobile phone providers.
Bitbuzz
11 Upper Mount Street
Dublin D2
Ireland
Phone: +353 1 67 888 06 (during business hours)
Fax: +353 1 67 888 07
www.bitbuzz.com
Blueface +353 1 5242000
Blueface number 3000
VOIP sip:3000@blueface.ie
Blueface Ltd,
8 Clanwilliam Terrace,
Dublin 2.
www.blueface.ie
SILICON VALLEY CO. OFFALY?
Maggie Bowen runs Sitetogo, a web production and management company based in Clonbullogue Co. Offaly. A seemingly odd choice as the web capital of Ireland, but it works for them. and Maggie explains how it works
Examples of Sitetogo developed sites quoted are
www.mymagonline.com
www.lshapedroom.com
Phone +353 (0) 46 9730147
Beechlawn,
Cloncrane,
Clonbullogue,
County Offaly,
Ireland.
www.sitestogo.biz
Absolutely Organic: National Organic Week
John Healy, founder and Managing Director of Absolutely Organic talks to John about National Organic week which starts Monday 22nd October.
Absolutely Organic is marking its tenth birthday as Ireland's longest-established organic box delivery company and have recently launched their new 'Office' service.
Absolutely Organic
Unit 2, Ballymount Court Business Centre
Ballymount Road Lower
Walkinstown
Dublin 12
Tel: +353 (0)1 4600467
Fax: +353 (0)1 4600487
http://www.absolutelyorganic.ie
Programme 6: 14th October 2007
DREAMS COME TRUE PT 1 - NIALL QUINN TELLS ALL
Niall Quinn, Chairman of Sunderland AFC, explains to John Murray the how and the why of buying a struggling football club and landing it in the Premiership in just 1 season. It would sound like an Irish fairy story if it were not true.
Sunderland AFC
www.safc.com
tel:+44 191 551 5000
e: enquiries@safc.com
DREAMS COME TRUE PT 2 - IRISH INVENTION FOLDS (BUT TAKES ON WORLD)
In November last year, we heard the amazing story of the Irish patented craft toy, Paper FX, and how a seemingly mad idea became a commercial reality. Co inventor Noel Donegan fills John in on how this clever invention has progressed and how he and partner, Lux Java, are not resting on their laurels
Noel Donegan & Luz Java
Inventors of Paper FX
Web: www.luzjava.com
Email: noeldonegan@luzjava.com
Programme 5: 7th October 2007
ENTREPRENEURS - THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT...
Following on the death this week of Tony Ryan, Ireland's best known entrepreneur, we talk to 3 very different people in very different start up businesses, about how it is for enterprise in the post Tony Ryan Ireland.
Yvonne Scully, MD, Bia Kid
www.biakid.ie
info@biakid.ie
Gene Brown, Co-founder and CEO, The City Bin Company Ltd.
091 787844
www.citybin.com
To see the full magic mum 007 binman blog follow this link http://www.magicmum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=74471
Paul Connell, Managing Director, Pure Telecom - Irish business telecoms provider
01 289 5555
www.puretelecom.ie
YOU'VE GOT TO WEAR SHADES
This is the story of the former Rayban employee who saw the light and now has his own designer sunwear business, Ronell Eyewear.
Ronnie McNeill, MD, Ronell Eyewear
www.ronelleyewear.com
info@ronelleyewear.com
051 877041
Programme 4: 30th September 2007
ECONOMIC GLASS HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY
Robbie Kelleher, Head of Research Davy Stockbrokers, and Mark Cunningham, Managing Director, Bank of Ireland Private Banking joined John to chew over this week's economic forecasts, the effect of the downturn in house building, and the ongoing credit problems
Mark Cunningham, Managing Director, Bank of Ireland Private Banking
01 6378600
www.privatebanking.ie/introducing_1.htm
Robbie Kelleher, Head of Research, Davy Stockbrokers
Ph. 01 614 8997
http://www.davydirect.ie/
robbie.kelleher@davy.ie
BEER GLASS DEFINITELY FULL
Alan Torney followed in Percy French's footsteps at the Mourne Mountains to visit the Whitewater Brewing Company. Owner Bernard Sloan explained why they have made the list of top 50 beers in the world and how they are the Clotworthy Dobbin beer is carrying on the tradition of beer making in Co Down..
Bernard Sloan, Whitewater Brewing Company, Kilkeel, Co. Down
Ph. 04841 769 449
http://beerme.com/brewery.php
YOGHURT POT OVERFLOWING
Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield yoghurts was in Ireland for a Bord Bia seminar and he told John how he built up the world's largest organic yoghurt business..
Gary Hirshberg, Managing Director of Stonyfield Europe
www.stonyfield.com
Programme 3: 23rd September 2007
A Recent Immigrants Letter Home from Ireland?
Review of the Week
Guest in studio for financial review was Simon Carswell of the Irish Times
www.ireland.com
Dilbert's helpful guide
Dilbert's helpful guide to creative mission statements - click here
An Apple For The Teacher?
A year ago 31 Irish software CEOs went to Stanford University's Graduate Business School for a part-time, year-long programme called 'Leadership 4 Growth' organised with Enterprise Ireland. Alan Torney went along to the programme's finale and talked to Professor George Foster, Director of the Executive Program for Growing Companies at Stanford University, California
+ 1 650 723 2821
Liam O'Donoghue,
Head of Client Management Development at Enterprise Ireland
Website
01 808 2000
Gary Coburn, CEO, Horizon Technology Group
www.horizon.ie
01 620 4900
David Wall, CEO, All Finanz Underwriting Automation
www.allfinanz.com
01 29 32 888
Mission Impossible ?
When I hear art I reach for my gun - well most of us react the same way to mission statements..So are they worth the holographic backlit sign they are printed on? We asked 2 people who know what they are talking about to initiate us in the dark arts of the Mission Statement ..
Orlaith Blaney, MD,
McCann Erickson in Iteland
01 676 6366
www.mccann-erickson.ie/
Dr. Chris Bart
Professor of Strategic Market Leadership,
DeGroote School of Business,
McMaster University,
Canada
www.corporatemissionsinc.com/
chrisbart@corporatemissionsinc.com
+1 905 308 8455
Programme 2: 16th September 2007
Solid As A Rock?
Niall Brady of the Sunday Times joins us to discuss Northern Rock and what it means to the 25,000 or so account holders in Ireland..
www.sunday-times.ie 01 479 2424
A Fund Of Knowledge In Midleton
John Bohan is MD and co-owner of Apex Fund Services Ltd, which has just announced that it is starting a new financial services set up in Midleton Co. Cork.. John is determined to show there is financial life outside the "pale" that is the IFSC.
www.apex.bm and john@apexfunds.ie
Tel: 021 4633366
1800 Hotel - Succesful Number?
Graham Peakin is the founder and MD of 1800hotels.ie which is set to hit €17million turnover in 2007 after only a few years in business
www.1800hotels.ie
Queries to eleanor.cullen@aeconsult.ie 01 284 7796
4 Steps To Heaven?
Well if not heaven, then at least to be a successful entrepreneur.
David Hall was at the Small Firms Association (SFA) Annual Conference on Tuesday, 11th September in Dublin Castle where John talked to him. He is an entrepreneur who started, grew and sold a Stg£6mn consulting business with 120 employees and 14 offices. His Entrecode® research has proved groundbreaking, providing new insights into the way entrepreneurs build great businesses. David is the author of three books: 'Hallmarks for Successful Business', 'In the Company of Heroes' and the Virgin Business Guide 'Doing the Business'.
You can listen to
"The Entrecode - Cracking the Code to Entrepreneurs" - David Hall's speech at the Small Firms Association (SFA) Annual Conference on Tuesday, 11th September.
or download the podcast
Listen: Click here
Download: Click here
Programme 1: 9th September 2007
The Markets - a busy time
John discusses the state of play with Joe Gill, head of research at Goodbody, and of course aviation and Shannon features.
Goodbody Stockbrokers
Address: Ballsbridge Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Web: www.goodbody.ie
Phone: 01-6140600
You win some
John spoke to Patrick Kennedy, Chief Executive, of Paddy Power about their 2007 interim results and their phenomenal profit growth ( 108%) and how the punters loss is their gain.
Paddy Power plc
Airton House
Airton Road
Tallaght
Dublin 24
Phone - 00353 1 4045900
Email - info@paddypowerplc.com
Web: www.paddypower.com
Entrepreneurs pumping iron?
John set off around the hurdles in Leapordstown Co Dublin to see how the budding entrepreneurs survived the Start-up Boot Camp . Those he talked to were Caitriona Coughlan, Andris Vieleckis and Marcin Kulik. Future dates include Dublin Saturday 6 October, Saturday 3 November and Saturday 1 December and Limerick on Saturday 22 September.
www.startingabusinessinireland.com or telephone LoCall 1890 313855
Oak Tree Press
Email: anne.kennedy@oaktreepress.com
Web: www.oaktreepress.com
Ruff Work?
Do pets make work less stressful - some academics say pooches bring productivity gains.. Paddy O'Gorman is a producer in RTE radio, well known for his several series on Irish life, religion and especially the dark underbelly of the Ireland left behind by the Celtic Tiger. He is also a dog lover.
paddy.ogorman@rte.ie
When: Saturday 10am
Presenter: John Murray
Producer: Ian Wilson, Alan Torney, Tim Desmond
Reporter/Researcher: Katriona McFadden
Broadcast Co-Ordinator: Denise Davies
Contact:
thebusiness@rte.ie
Comment Line: 1850 719 335
