Minister Micheál Martin presents award to FarmingPages.com

Written by John McDonagh
Friday, 18 April 2008
Minister Micheal Martin, Donald Cronin (Managing Director), Cian MacSweeny The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin, T.D., presented the awards at the 10th Annual Genesis Enterprise Programme (GEP) 2008 Awards & Showcase, at Cork Institute of Technology on Monday 14th April. FarmingPages.com was presented with a certificate for their outstanding contribution to the farming community in Ireland. With over 3,500 registered members, FarmingPages.com received more than 3 times as many visitors than other popular agricultural websites last year. FarmingPages.com are currently getting ready to launch an arsenal of innovative services which will make the day to day running of farms an awful lot easier. This year Genesis celebrates a decade of entrepreneurial achievement. During the last ten years, Genesis has supported 160 people and teams in starting their businesses. More that 70% of the start-up businesses are in operation to-day employing more that twelve hundred people. More than 50% of the businesses are trading internationally. 32 businesses have gone on to be designated “High Potential Start Ups” by Enterprise Ireland. Genesis has a proven track record of success with knowledge based start-ups across a number of sectors, including medical devices, biotechnology, energy, food, photonics, mechanical engineering, telecommunications, photonics etc. Publicly funded by the Department of Education & Science, the Genesis Enterprise Programme is a 12 month rapid incubation programme designed to nurture, support and develop entrepreneurs leading knowledge based start-ups in the South West Region. The Programme provides entrepreneurs with funding, training, mentoring and office facilities. The Genesis Enterprise Programme is administered by the Cork Institute of Technology in partnership with 9 other regional and national organizations, University College Cork, Enterprise Ireland, the 5 South West Region County Enterprise Boards (Kerry, Cork City, Cork North, South Cork, West Cork),Údarás Na Gaeltachta, and Cork BIC. Each year the participating businesses are presented to the public in a showcase exhibition with the achievements of particular businesses in reaching commercial milestones being recognised in an Awards ceremony. Composed of seasoned professionals and experienced entrepreneurs, the Adjudication Panel for the Awards was Michael Hayes, AIB; Michael Cotter, Ernst & Young; Colin Walsh, Thomas Crosbie Holdings; Charles Garvey, Nitrosell; and Jerry Kennelly.
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