Tag Archives: Business Demography

Regional Sectoral Profiles: The Complete Collection

Posted on September 16, 2019 by WDC Insights

A year ago we began publishing a series of ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ of economic sectors in the Western Region.  Now, 12 months and 12 reports later, the series is complete!  As publication has been spread over a year, I thought … Continue reading →

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Transportation & Storage Sector in the Western Region

Posted on September 11, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published the last in its ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ series which analysed the most recent employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identified key policy issues.[1] The final … Continue reading →

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New Infographic: Enterprise in the Western Region 2017

Posted on August 28, 2019 by WDC Insights

The WDC has analysed the latest CSO Business Demography data on enterprises in the Western Region. This data is for 2017 when there were 57,951 total enterprises[1] registered in the seven-county Western Region (location of an enterprise is based on … Continue reading →

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The Construction Sector in the Western Region

Posted on August 22, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has published the latest in its ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ series which analyses the most recent employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identifies key policy issues.[1] This report examines … Continue reading →

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Professional Services in the Western Region

Posted on July 31, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published the latest in its ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ series which analyses the most recent employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identifies key policy issues.[1] This report … Continue reading →

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Financial & ICT Services in the Western Region

Posted on June 25, 2019 by WDC Insights

The WDC has just published the latest in its series of Regional Sectoral Profiles analysing employment and enterprise data for economic sectors in the Western Region. It examines the Financial & ICT Services sector which covers two sub-sectors: ‘Financial & … Continue reading →

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The Benefits as well as the Costs of the National Broadband Plan

Posted on June 17, 2019 by WDC Insights

There are significant benefits associated with the planned rollout of the National Broadband Plan (NBP), though the recent media coverage seemed to focus largely on the costs. A review of newspaper headlines over the period following the announcement of the … Continue reading →

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Administrative, Entertainment & Other Services rely on local demand from businesses & consumers, but potential to expand international activity

Posted on May 28, 2019 by WDC Insights

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published the latest in its series of Regional Sectoral Profiles which analyse employment and enterprise data for economic sectors in the Western Region.  This report examines the Administrative, Entertainment & Other Services sector, … Continue reading →

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The Education Sector in the Western Region

Posted on January 11, 2019 by WDC Insights

The WDC recently published the third in our ongoing series of ‘Regional Sectoral Profiles’ analysing employment and enterprise data for the Western Region on specific economic sectors and identifying key policy issues. The new report examines the Education Sector, the … Continue reading →

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Issues for the Western Region’s SMEs

Posted on September 5, 2018 by WDC Insights

The WDC recently made a submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on the important topic of Small and Medium Sized Businesses in Ireland. In our submission we highlighted that the Western Region is a predominantly rural region with 65% … Continue reading →

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