This article is from page 4 of the 2013-11-12 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 4 JPG
EIGHT new Clare companies were set up in just five days last week, pushing the number of start-up companies to the highest since the recession.
Company start-ups for the first 10 months of 2013 nationally were also at the highest seen since 2007 with an average of 1,302 companies being incorporated monthly.
According to solocheck.ie, eight new companies registered in Clare between November 4 and November 8. On November 8, Auris Management Limited was set up in Ennis.
The previous day, November 7, Sorafunding Limited was formed in Shannon, as was Tailor-Made Wine Walks Limited in Ennis. On November 6, Lyonford Limited was set up in Ennis and on November 5 Advance Baggage Limited was registered. Abbeyview Farm Limited was set up in the county on November 4, along with Fermata A Richiesta Limited and Pcl Aviation Services Limited.
In total 13,023 Irish companies were formed between January and October of 2013. This is over 11 per cent up on the same period last year, and every month of 2013 has seen an increase in company start-ups compared to the corresponding month in 2012.
There were almost 2,800 companies trading as normal in agriculture sector at the start of the year, this figure has increased by approximately 15 per cent to just under 3,200.
The IT sector is up 14 per cent while the health and social services, education, motor and social and personal services industries have all seen growth of over 10 per cent this year.