UK ONLINE FIRM TO CREATE IRISH BASE IN BALLYBANE

Date Published: 28-Aug-2012

A UK online provider is to set up an Irish base in Galway, creating eight jobs in the city.

UK School Trips is to establish an Irish sales base in Ballybane as part of a move from its headquarters in Brighton, England.

Up for four people are to be hired immediately with a further four positions coming on-stream over the next 12 months.

The firm has been operating in the UK for five years now and has one thousand customers with over 400 thousand annual searches on the niche site.

CEO of Galway County and City Enterprise board Breda Fox says the founders of the company have roots in East Galway and say the future looks bright in Ireland