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Jun02Thu

Member News: Almac Appoints New VP

Almac Group Appoints New Vice President of Corporate Marketing

Craigavon, N.I., UK – 2 June 2016 – Almac Group, the global contract development and manufacturing organisation is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Reid to the position of Vice President of Corporate Marketing.

Kevin’s role will be to lead Almac’s Global Corporate Marketing team, support each of Almac’s business units in the design, management and implementation of their marketing plans as well as driving the overall Almac Group communications.

Ride 2 Recovery: Registration for Philadelphia ride now open

HONOR RIDE PHILADELPHIA GETS READY TO ROLL ON SEPT 18th
Ride 2 Recovery Invites the Public to Join Healing Heroes on Bikes

Hurry Early Bird Discount Ends June 17!!

Registration is open for the upcoming Honor Ride Philadelphia, which will take place this year on Sunday, September 18. Cyclists are encouraged join America’s healing heroes to raise funds and create awareness for Ride 2 Recovery (www.ride2recovery.com), a unique, ground-breaking rehabilitation program for injured veterans.
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May31Tue

St Joseph’s University Veterans Entrepreneurship Program Enrollment

Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2016 VEJ program

Cohort II of the Veterans Entrepreneurial Jumpstart (VEJ) program is now scheduled for October 28 to November 5, 2016. It will be held on the Saint Joseph’s University campus in Philadelphia, PA.

This program is offered at No Charge to eligible veterans. The deadline for applications is July 1, 2016. Interviews will be conducted through July 29. Notification of acceptance will be sent by August 5.

Ireland rises to 7th in World Competitiveness ranking

Ireland has risen nine places to seventh out of 61 countries in the 2016 IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook.

The IMD survey is a closely watched report published by the Swiss business school since 1989.

It compares countries based on both statistics available from a range of domestic and international sources and a survey of global executives.

It ranked Ireland first for growth in GDP or annual economic output, flexibility and adaptability of people and finance skills.

To read more, please click HERE.

May21Sat

Wawa chief Chris Gheysens on growth of company, waistlines

Everyone’s fighting for a share of stomach: Dunkin’, McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway. They’re fulfilling a need of fresh, built to order, for people on the go. So that’s what we think of our universe: Fast, easy, on-the-go – all of those are competitors. But Walgreens and CVS, they’re the number-one competition for us, largely on real estate.

To read the full interview, please click HERE.

May21Sat

Irish oak planted at US Capitol to commemorate 1916 Rising

Taoiseach at rare tree-planting in Washington as symbol of Ireland’s strong roots in US

Pictured from left to right: Congressman Brendan Boyle; chief operating officer for the Architect of the Capitol Christine Merdon; Congressman Mick Mulvaney; House of Representatives chaplain Fr Patrick Conroy and Taoiseach Enda Kenny

[The] ceremony was all about the strong roots the Irish have put down in the United States over the centuries. It is quite an honour for Mother Ireland to have a tree planted for her at the Capitol. Irish Senator Mark Daly, who came up with the idea to commemorate the leaders of the 1916 Rising, was told in a letter from Boyle in April that it “only happens three or four times a century”.