Highland Radio Business Matters

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore looks at a new business called Getmorecustomersonline.ie It was founded by Letterkenny based Derrick Fotar, originally from Cameroon, who spent many years working in IT and finance in Dublin before moving to Donegal. He is using his expertise to guide and help clients to get not just more […] The post Business Matters, EP 303: Getting more custome...

In this week’s programme, Chris Ashmore has been finding out more about the Food Coast Donegal network which recently launched a new website, and he also learns about  a multi-million euro investment in the hi-tech photonics microchips education and research centre. First up, he was joined by Lyndsey Reynolds, Project Facilitator, and Seamus McDaid, chair […] The post Business Matters &#8211...

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore speaks with Letterkenny man John Logue who is the CEO of Social Enterprises Republic of Ireland (SERI), and who has been appointed to the Government’s SME Advisory Group to represent the interests of Ireland’s 4,355 social enterprises. In the programme he talks about the importance of social enterprises […] The post Business Matters, Ep 299: Socia...

On Business Matters this week Chris Ashmore pays a visit to the Knockalla Caravan and Camping Park which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. He speaks with Patricia Doherty about the business, which was set up by her parents, and looks at the changes and challenges and how the park has expanded . She […] The post Business Matters – Eps 298: Patricia Doherty, Knockalla Carava...

In Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore takes a look at a thriving glamping business in the heart of the West Donegal Gaeltacht. At the award winning Glamping Rann Na Feirste, guests get the opportunity to stay in one of their luxury modern shepherds’ huts, each of which has a wood-fired hot-top outside. Located in […] The post Business Matters – Ep 297: A piece of paradise at Gla...

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore gets an update at what’s happening at the Tata Consultancy Service’s Global Delivery Centre in Letterkenny, plus he finds out about Gander Ireland which helps retailers to turn reduced-to-clear food into sales by promoting discounted items in real time.  Tata Consultancy Services, a global leader in IT services, […] The post Business...

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore has been looking at a west Donegal business that continues to prosper and expand. Donegal Shores Hygiene & Catering dates back to 1990, and  supplies hygiene systems and catering equipment, and stocks over 10,000 lines of product from toilet rolls to crockery, from kitchen utensils to washing up liquid, […] The post Business Matters: Ep 295...

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore finds out about hundreds of jobs on offer at Vertiv, which has factories in Letterkenny, Burnfoot and Derry, and also hears from Ballybofey man Aiden Thompson and his new business venture The Mind Maze. First up, Vertiv is undertaking a major recruitment drive with hundreds of positions on offer. […] The post Business Matters – Ep 29...

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore talks with Martin McGowan, who recently became the new Chair of Ballybofey and Stranorlar Chamber of Commerce. He hears about plans for future growth of membership and how the chamber can really help those in business in the Finn Valley. He also finds out about the forthcoming Letterkenny […] The post Business Matters, Ep 293: Ballybofey &...

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore has been speaking with St. Johnston based Bert Galbraith of Galbraith Construction, and John Daly, Economist with the Northern and Western Regional Assembly. First up, Chris hears about the growth of Galbraith Construction over the past 20 years, the changes in the construction industry, and the challenges and […] The post Business Matters, Ep 292...

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore has been speaking with Karoline Sweeney, Managing Partner of Castle Grove Country House Hotel, just outside Letterkenny, who recently became the President of Letterkenny Chamber. They talk about her role as Chamber President and her main objectives for the year ahead, plus her thoughts on the tourism and […] The post Business Matters, Ep 291 &#821...

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore has been finding out about Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, how millions of euro’s worth of energy is being wasted each year – but this could change – and also the challenges facing the construction industry due to increased oil and gas prices. Up first, Chris has been speaking with […] The post Business Matters – Ep 290: A so...

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore pays a visit to the office of Print Supplies in Frosses to interview its founder and owner Dermot Doherty. Managing printing for your business or organisation shouldn’t be overly time consuming, or even frustrating, and it doesn’t need to be complicated.  Print Supplies provides solutions that save you […] The post Business Matters –...

In this week’s programme, Chris Ashmore begins with some interesting thoughts from Tomás Ó Síocháin, the CEO of Údarás na Gaeltachta, who firmly believers that Gaeltacht areas could find themselves having to manage in influx of people. Next up there’s up update on new car registrations in Donegal. And then Chris speaks with Brendan Mulry, a […] The post Business Matters, Ep 288 &...

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore talks with Mairtin Kelly, originally from Galway, but who now lives just outside Letterkenny, and who many listeners will know from his days at Kelly’s Centra and Diner at the Mountain Top in the town. He bought the store back in 2011, and developed it into a thriving […] The post Business Matters, Ep 287 – Mairtin Kelly’s new...

On Business Matters this week Chris Ashmore speaks with finance expert Dan Malone about how savers should shop around to get better interest rates, and finds out more about the recently launched savings comparison website, honest.ie Ireland is a nation of savers, but many people are getting paltry interest rates on their deposits. Dan explains […] The post Business Matters – Ep 286: Ge...

In Business Matters this week Chris Ashmore finds out about an event being held as part of Enterprise Week that ties in with International Women’s Day, and he also finds out about the next New Frontiers programme at ATU Letterkenny, which is geared towards people with innovative business ideas that have the potential to scale […] The post Business Matters, Ep 285: International Women&#...

On Business Matters this week Chris Ashmore has been finding all about how a Donegal oyster producer who is using AI to monitor oyster health with support from Enterprise Ireland, ATU Donegal and Board Iascaigh Mhara. Lee Hunter, a marine biologist and owner of Oisirí Oileán Cróine Teoranta in Dungloe Bay, has created the system, known […] The post Business Matters, Ep 284: Lee Hunter and us...

On Business Matters this week Chris Ashmore looks at a Donegal company that looks set to play a major role in helping to solve underground issues that ultimately can affect millions of people. Underneath our cities, towns and villages and reaching into rural areas too there is an enormous network of pipes, of water mains, […] The post Business Matters, Ep 283: Subterranean Software’s u...

In this week’s programme Chris Ashmore finds out more about Emerald Education which is based in Bundoran. A mum of three daughters, Elaine Lingard wanted them to get the best from her. She left the school system having been a teacher and started tutoring, giving her also a better work-life balance and more time with […] The post Business Matters, Ep 282: Elaine Lingard of Emerald Educa...

On Business Matters this week Chris Ashmore looks at a great Donegal success story. He’s been speaking with two brothers who started out selling bobble hats to local sports teams, and who are now presiding over an expanding and thriving business that is now employing more than 30 people in Ballybofey and which is also […] The post Business Matters – Ep 281. O’Reilly’s...

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore speaks with coaching psychologist and well-being specialist Anna Marie Brosi. She will be speaking at a Business Leadership Breakfast being hosted by Letterkenny Chamber in the Century Complex in the town on Friday, January 30th, where the theme will be Strategies to Thrive. Chris has been finding out […] The post Business Matters – EP 280:...

On Business Matters this week, I’ll be finding out about how people living in Ireland can avail of a UK pension – even if they only worked for a year in the North or in Britain – and also hearing about the supports and grants available through the Local Enterprise Office. Many people in Donegal […] The post Business Matters. Ep 279: How you can avail of a UK pension –...

On Business Matters this week Chris’s Ashmore’s guest is Dr. Siobhan Murray, the founder of Blue Poppy Dentistry and Orthodontics. A native of Omagh and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, she opened her first practice in Donegal Town in 2010. Then in 2019  a second practice was opened on the Pearse Road in Letterkenny. […] The post Business Matters – Ep 278: Dr. Siobhan Murra...

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore traces the story of McGinley Coaches, founded by John McGinley more than 50 years ago. In December, James McGinley was named as the 2025 Business Person of the Year Award at the Donegal Dublin Business Network Gala Night. The current CEO and son of John McGinley, he has […] The post Business Matters – EP 277 – Donegal Dublin Bu...