This article is from page 4 of the 2012-07-17 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 4 JPG
A CLARE businessman is hoping to bring jobs back to his home county through a new internet business. South Clare businessman, Paul Hall, is looking to recruit three Clare reps straight away and plan to employ more than 20 others in coming months by creating a call centre in the county.
Paul has won the exclusive contract to roll out the award-winning kid’s website www.whatson4littleones.ie, in Ireland. The website, which has four companion sites aimed at different age groups, has been a great success in America, Austrailia and the UK since it was set up in 2006.
Paul decided to take on this new business, after the recession hit his old business Unitech Ireland, which supplied equipment to the hotel sector.
“The sites have become really very popular in other countries and there is no reason why they won’t catch on here in just the same way. The sites are up and running at the moment but the next step is to get reps on the ground all over Ireland to begin to build up a client base for the service,” Paul told The Clare People .
“We set up the site so the client can just log in and update the site whenever they like with the different events that they have going on. So the site becomes a one-stop-shop for locals and tourists who want to know the different things that they can do in their locality. We are looking to hire two or three people in the Clare area as soon as possible but the hope is to set up a call centre locally in the months ahead.”
The website were first launched in the UK in 2006 but have spread to America and Australia in recent years. The Irish business has four different websites – aimed at “little ones”, school kids, kids parties and the adult site – whatson4me.ie.
The sites are inter-connected to allow people to find exactly what local event would suit their children or themselves. The Irish site is also connected ot the foreign versions meaning that tourists coming from the UK, America and Australia can plan their activities in Ireland before they arrive here.
To apply for the Clare positions email a CV to Paul on info@whatson4.ie.
James (Jamie) WALL
of Ballynote, Kilrush, Clare. Peacefully. Laid to rest in Old Shanakyle Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
Delia (Brigid) MANGAN, (née
McNamara)