by WTCD | Dec 5, 2014 | News
Broadband provider UPC Ireland is to acquire Irish-owned wifi company Bitbuzz for an undisclosed sum thought to be in the region of €5-€6 million. Bitbuzz, which is headquartered in Dublin, specialises in offering wifi to the tourism, retail and leisure sectors,...
by WTCD | Dec 5, 2014 | News
ROSTRENEN, France — On a velvety green patch of the French countryside, organic farmer Jean Cabaret gave a little shudder. A looming trade deal with the United States, he fears, may make his worst culinary nightmare come true: an invasion of Europe by American...
by WTCD | Dec 5, 2014 | News
An ambitious trade deal with Australia has Chinese businessmen aflutter ZHU Xinli has gone from prey to predator. The firm he runs, China Huiyuan, is the country’s largest privately owned juice firm. In 2008 Coca Cola, the largest drinks firm in the world, tried to...
by WTCD | Dec 5, 2014 | News
Plans to bring Supermac’s to Australia have been delayed because fast food giant McDonald’s objected to the Irish firm’s name being used there. The Irish chain – which was founded by former schoolteacher Pat McDonagh and now has over 100...
by WTCD | Dec 5, 2014 | News
A leading European venture capital firm has joined forces with Enterprise Ireland to launch a new multi-millon euro fund aimed exclusively at the Irish market. European micro-cap venture capital firm, Hoxton Ventures, yesterday announced the launch of its new €5.875m...