HALF OF GALWAY JOB LOSSES THIS YEAR ARE IN SMALL BUSINESSES

Date Published: 04-Jun-2009

Approximately half of Galway job losses this year have been from small businesses according to ISME, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association.ISME say that of the 1,295 jobs lost in Galway since the start of the year, at least 700 of these job cuts came from small scale businesses in Galway.The Department of enterprise, trade and employment issued the figures this week which confirm increasing redundancy figures in Galway and the rest of the country.Galway's redundancy rates increased by 68 percent compared to last year.