We are proud to announce the launch of the Irish Export Cooperative at exportcoop.ie. We want to substantially reduce the cost of exporting for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises in Ireland by coming together as small businesses to achieve economies of scale. We have a long list of supporters but we want all small businesses to sign up now to www.exportcoop.ie to achieve the discounts for 2012

The Marist (St. Mary's College Dundalk), are about to celebrate 150 years of being a secondary school on the 15th October. Check out the email sent round here

If you are about the Louth area particularly Dundalk, please help us spread the message of the up and coming leagues for this year. A collaborative effort between a lot of parties have joined forces to have all boys and girls aged 10 to 16 years of age compete in this years Dundalk Street League

About a week ago, we got asked to ship our awards and gifts to America from our website. Normally they are small orders and from experience, the shipping costs tower over the price of the actual goods. But from an order request recently, I got to think about the possibilities of shipping globally. 

As a small firm, I wanted to ship my small quantity of products. I wouldn’t know when my next international orders would come in and so I couldn’t project or forecast. Also, the items in question took up no more than the size of a shoebox, weighing around 2kg. Finding out took time, but I have an answer, and in theory is a very simple idea...