The winner of the Cork Chamber/ Vodafone Cork Company of the Year Award in the Emerging Cork Company (less than five years in business) went to ePub Direct, participant and overall winner of the Genesis Enterprise Programme, 2010/2011.Epub Direct provides online ebook management services to book publishers and distributes ebooks to over 115 retailers and 15,000 libraries.
Fighting off stiff competition for the coveted prize, its managing director Gareth Cuddy said the award was "great recognition for both the company and our team and tops off everything we’ve achieved in the last 18 months. I am excited to be leading the company into new markets and becoming a force in the rapidly growing eBook phenomenon. "Although our customers are worldwide, being based in Cork allows us access to an extremely talented workforce, along with great support from organisations such as the Cork Chamber."
Cork Chamber, in partnership with Vodafone, has announced the companies shortlisted for the coveted 2012 Cork Company of the Year Awards and the Rubicon Centre is delighted to have 3 clients amongst the finalists, shortlisted in the emerging Company category (less than 5 years in business).
The Irish Patents Office will host the next “Building a Business on Your Ideas” seminar in the Nimbus Building Cork Institute of Technology on Thursday 26th January 2012. These seminars are aimed at the ‘small business’ community, entrepreneurs & inventors and are organised by the Patents Office, in cooperation with The Enterprise Europe Network, Enterprise Ireland, the County Enterprise Boards and the Cork Institute of Technology.
Genesis participants Mary Liddane and James Kehoe of PIA have recently received a “Highly Commended Award” from Intertrade Ireland. PIA’s business plan was reviewed by a panel of independent entrepreneurs, investors and experts as part of Intertrade Ireland’s prestigious Seedcorn competition. PIA is developing a secure data collection and analysis service aimed at policy development in Europe. 