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Business Affairs Correspondent

 In this section »Travel agency used to promote Ethiopia as a tour de forceLufthansa approves of travel tax cutDesmond's INM play raises eyebrowsTop team boosted at Tullamore DewLaw firm to create 50 new jobs at practiceTHEY’RE NOT making it easy in the Caribbean for Irishman Ian Burns to get his REDjet low-cost airline off the ground.

REDjet this week had its inaugural flight from Barbados to Guyana but had to postpone flights to Jamaica and is still waiting for clearance for Trinidad and Tobago.

“I can tell you that we have looked at commencing services in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and to Guyana, and obviously in Barbados we were granted our AOC on April 15th,” Burns told a media briefing on Wednesday.

“We have met all the air safety and worthiness tests of all the civil aviation tests of all those countries, so one can only assume now that the issues are political. They certainly aren’t technical or anything to do with air worthiness or safety.”

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IT’S SHAPING up to be a remote controls at dawn duel between the country’s two biggest pay TV providers. Having invested €400 million on its network and secured a large slice of the broadband market, UPC Ireland’s new boss Dana Strong last week expressed her desire to regain lost ground on TV subscriptions, where it has slipped to number two behind Rupert Murdoch’s Sky.

But Sky isn’t sitting on its hands. Subscription prices have been frozen until 2013 and it has just secured a deal to broadcast BBC3, BBC4, CBeebies and CBBC as part of its digital TV service. These are already available on UPC’s platform.

So, when will Sky start offering broadband and phone services here?

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O2 The ideas roomMulti-Channel Commerce – do I have to support it?

Increase in online sales channelsThe number of online sales channels is increasing. A couple of years ago, being online meant having a web site, but the last two years have seen the development of at least two significant new channels – the mobile channel, and the social channel.

Lunch with the Masters – Designer Dublin event

Designer Dublin is a collaborative initiative to promote craft and design in Dublin during the month of June. Dublin City Enterprise Board a small business support agency developed the idea. We brainstormed with Dublin artisans and designers and state agencies and devised an exciting programme of activities including a craft trail, workshops, exhibitions, craft demonstrations, public talks and it will launch on 1st June 2011. It is part of the Year of Craft 2011 celebration of craft.

Small Businesses ‘Doing more for more’

“With shrinking sales resources and market opportunities, investing in technology to automate critical sales processes may be the only alternative to still meet sales targets.”Gartner July, 2009 –“Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation”

Neil Leydon, winner of Your Country, Your Call explains howhis big idea is becoming a reality.

Behind all the grim headlines in Ireland, there’s an army of unseen entrepreneurs getting on with spotting business opportunities in the rubble of the Celtic Tiger. Neil Leydon, winner of Your Country, Your Call competition, is part of this army that is not afraid to follow their instincts, risk failure and just give it a go.

How one Business is combining SMS & Mobile Web topromote their Brand

While I am a big believer in the benefits of SMS Mobile Marketing for small businesses there is no doubt that branded mobile apps and mobile websites provide a rich and engaging visual experience for the consumer.

In touch with The Board. Webinar on May 10th

In Touch With The Board with Prof. Niamh Brennan and Prof. Damien McLoughlinJoin UCD Executive Education for complimentary lunchtime webinar on May 10th at 12.45pm. Reserve your Webinar seat hereThere is no one recipe for having a high-performing board. It requires a combination of “hard” components (including robust structures, clear roles and responsibilities, and rigorous processes and administration) and “soft” components (including directors with the right competencies to address the company’s short-term and long-term issues and a strong Chairman who has a healthy relationship with the CEO and who can establish a culture of vigorous discussion and effective decision making for the entire board).

Seedups is determined to give start-ups the capital theyneed to succeed

The company launched at the prestigious SXSW Interactive festival and opened its first American Office at the Enterprise Ireland offices in San Jose, and is running a $5,000 competition for entrepreneurs for 60 second elevator pitches. Seedups is now calling on entrepreneurs and Accredited Investors to register for free at www.seedups.com and become part of the funding revolution

Non-executive directors in SMEs

Non-executive directors can make a significant contribution to the development, governance and success of small and medium sized businesses and more and more SMEs are now recognising the value of appointing a non-executive director to their board.

Mobile Apps Vs Mobile Web – Which is Best For YourBusiness?

As more and more mobile smartphones are sold, the buzz around mobile apps gets ever louder. So, every business should rush out and get a mobile app developed - right? Maybe not. The low-down on mobile apps and mobile websites.

Location tracking: What could the future hold for mobiledevices

Recently we have seen that some smartphone devices are actively tracking users movements to build up a history which potentially could be used in the future. But is this something we should really worry about? With the development of location based apps (“facebook places”, “foursquare check-ins” to name a few), devices are giving customers information that will relate to their day to day tasks such as finding a restaurant, cinema, petrol station, weather report are all available at the touch of a screen. Companies are increasingly using this information to send users vouchers for their products or services. Or the devices give route maps to the locations of the service.

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