Blog – Page 4 – Make it Meath

The latest news, announcements, articles and blog posts.

When 12.5% tax is better than zero

Jackie Maguire, CE, Meath County Council Finding a perfect home As part of the continuous we’re doing on the #MakeItMeath campaign I keep an eye out on whatever is happening in business at the macro level in the UK. It’s pretty obvious why it’s important to do this as the fallout from Brexit could be […]

Lies, Lies and damned statistics

Jackie Maguire, CE, Meath County Council We know how to work hard and laugh hard We work There are so many things to consider when thinking about your next business location. Previously I’ve written about international access to airports, internal access via motorways, affordability and availability of land, houses or business premises and of course […]

If it’s Google it can’t be wrong

Close as It never surprises me how close we are to the rest of the world right here in Meath. Our proximity to the airport means that anyone worried about being too far away from ‘home’ shouldn’t have a worry – if you want to live and work in Meath but have access to your […]

Pharma majors could cluster around Meath

Jackie Maguire, CE, Meath County Council Pharma companies like clusters “The life sciences industry in the UK is big and there will need to be a way found to balance both the UK business and the EU connection and I think we can play a good role there,” according to Kelly Martin of Irish pharma […]

Eton College is not the UK’s most expensive school

Jackie Maguire, CE, Meath County Council Paper never refused ink There has been mention recently that if Ireland is to benefit from Brexit, in attracting City high fliers to Ireland from London, that those people will want schools that offer different exams to our own Leaving Cert, such as the International Baccalaureate, available in Ireland. […]

These could be some fantastic business opportunities in Meath

Jackie Maguire, CE, Meath County Council The Meath County Council #MakeItMeath initiative aims to make setting up a business in Meath as easy as pie. Our dedicated Enterprise Team is ready to smooth any problems that might arise to ensure that we help create the 7,500 jobs that we’ve promised to deliver over […]

How Meath is at the centre of it all

Jackie Maguire, CE, Meath County Council Look at things differently To be successful in business means, sometimes, taking a very different perspective on things. At Meath County Council we can see this from the reaction already to our #MakeItMeath campaign, aimed at showcasing what we believe to be the most business friendly region in the […]

Netherlands move for Meath

Jackie Maguire, Chief Executive, Meath County Council I’ve been writing recently about how close we are both physically and culturally with the United States. We’re less than fourteen hours from Silicon Valley and half that time from Meath to Manhattan. In a connected world, we really are only just ‘down the road’, making Meath, with […]

Prepaid Financial Services choose to #MakeItMeath

Financial services firm bring Navan jobs total to 80 Alternative banking provider and financial technology specialist Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) are growing fast. They’ve just announced that they’re adding 30 jobs to the 52 strong workforce they already have in Navan in Meath. The company founder and CEO, Noel Morain, says he hopes to see Navan […]

An army marches on its stomach – Napoleon Bonaparte

What fantastic news overnight that the Boyne Valley, @BoyneValleyFood in the heart of the county, won first prize in the Foodie Destination Awards 2016 as voted by the Restaurants Association of Ireland, @RAI_ie . Food is just another reason why business owners should think about locating to the county and #MakeItMeath. We’re now officially the […]