#149: The Bottom Line – Business News of the Week; New Local Business & Classified Website; CRM Systems & Wellbeing in the Workplace; & St. Patrick’s Day Festivals & Local Economies.

This week on The Bottom Line on KCLR, to discuss some of business news from the week Colin Ahern was joined by Morwenna Coniam, Dublin Bureau Chief at Bloomberg News. Trade Local.ie is a newly launched business and classified website which is aimed at encouraging people to support local and shop local. Ray O’Shaughnessy of Trade local.ie chatted to Colin, about starting up the website, how it works and plans for the future. Brian Kelly, Chief Executive of Kilkenny based company MindAClient, joined Colin to tell us more about the organisation, how it has evolved since it first began 21 years ago and the launch of their latest product “Wellbeing in the Workplace”. John Hurley, CEO of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce and Rowena Dooley, Vice President of County Carlow Chamber of Commerce spoke with Colin about the recent St. Patricks Day parade festivities across Carlow & Kilkenny and the importance of such events to our local economies. With thanks to Carlow & Kilkenny Local Enterprise Offices To contact the show, email: [email protected]