Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Summer Fun with the David Manley Awards

250,000 people will flock to see them this Summer. We are giving you the unique chance to see them up close and personal in the intimate surrounds of the Sugar Club, Leeson Street, Dublin at 7:30pm on Wednesday 15th June.

The David Manley Awards, in conjunction with previous winners Emergent Events, invites you to witness the 4 greatest street theatre acts in the world hosted by current Street Performance World Champion, Jack Wise.
The Performers that will be astounding us on the night include:

Jack Wise (http://www.jack.ie)
Space Cowboy (http://www.thespacecowboy.com.au)
Lindsay Benner (http://www.lindsaybenner.com)
Funny Bones (http://www.funnybones.jp/index_en.html)

Tickets cost €50, with all proceeds going to the David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards, to ensure we continue to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit in Ireland's Arts, Business and Social spheres.

To register for this event, or for more information, just click on the link below.
http://www.eventelephant.com/ee/bookings/tickets/index.htm?siteurl=davidmanleyawards2011

Hope to see you there!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Anne Bedos of Rothar on Capital D

RTE's Capital D paid a visit to Rothar, winner of the David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards 2011, to find out how Anne Bedos has combined a love of bicycles, care for the environment and a drive to improve society to deliver a fantastic business. Check it out here (Anne's piece starts at 7 mins 00secs)

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1097266

Monday, April 4, 2011

Win More Customers: Raising A Brand Programme (April - May 2011)

Would you like more customers for your business?

Business-owners who've completed the popular Islandbridge programme tell us that after Raising A Brand, they're winning more customers than ever before.

The next 8 Week Programme runs on Tuesday afternoons from April 12th to May 31st at Dublin's Hampton Hotel and is strictly limited to twelve places.

Call Gerard now at 01 - 495 3330, or visit www.BrandDevelopment.ie to learn more about how Raising A Brand can help you grow your business.

Monday, February 7, 2011

John Kennedy's Best Phone Apps for Business

What are the best phone aps for business at the moment? See DM Media Award winner, John Kennedy’s suggestions, which include evernote, dropbox, adobe ideas etc, on www.todayfm.com – click on ‘Weekend Shows’ and then Sunday Business Show page.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Cycling or recycling? Founder's award for bike business

ANNE BEDOS, the founder of Dublin not-for-profit bicycle busines Rothar, has won the 2011 David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Award.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2011/0121/1224288008265.html

Thursday, January 20, 2011

“On your Rothar!”- Social Entrepreneur wins 2011 David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Award

Entrepreneur, Anne Bedos, who founded Rothar – a bike shop with a social focus – has won the 2011 David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Award. Rothar is a not-for-profit organisation that recycles discarded bikes and provides training and job opportunities to people from disadvantaged communities. Operating from Phibsboro, Dublin, this community-based bike shop sells refurbished bicycles, accessories and second hand parts and offers classes on bicycle repairs. Ms. Bedos wins €10,000 in cash and over €100,000 worth of mentoring and consultancy services from a variety of blue chip companies.

Originally from France, Anne Bedos moved to Ireland in 2004. She founded Rothar in 2008 after working in the charity and community development sector for more than 10 years. To date, Rothar has salvaged over 250 bikes, diverting 4 tonnes of waste from landfill. It works closely with youth groups to train at-risk youth in bicycle mechanics as well as building skills in basic business concepts. With a steady revenue stream from the sale of refurbished bicycles, Rothar is financially self-sustainable. A political scientist specialising in social inclusion and gender equality, Anne is also an enthusiastic cyclist - and Rothar combines all these passions!

The 2011 David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards were presented at a ceremony today (Thursday 20th January) in Mason Hayes+Curran, Barrow Street, Dublin by Dr. Chris Horn and Ms. Damini Kumar, European Ambassador for Creativity & Innovation. Businessman, Alfie Kane chaired the panel of judges for the Awards.
For more on Rothar, please visit: www.rothar.ie


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David Manley Media Award

The second David Manley Media Award was presented today and was awarded to John Kennedy of Silicon Republic. John was commended on his dedication and commitment to regular coverage of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs. The judges for this Award were Dr. Thomas Cooney, Director - Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship at DIT and Nicola Byrne, founder and managing director of 11890 and the judging was overseen by Dr. Chris Horn.

The David Manley Media Award is run with the support of Kantar Media and Managing Director, Dan Halliwell presented John with his Award.