Invest_Kilkenny_Brochure

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You need a business location with exceptional global connectivity and the capacity to attracthigh calibre people. Here’s why world class businesses choose Kilkenny, Ireland.

Kilkenny, where business moves



where business moves

faster



I your business success depends on attractinghigh calibre people and reaching global marketsast, Kilkenny is the location or you.

Just 70 minutes rom Dublin Airport by motorway,Kilkenny is also home to Ireland’s closest

deep-water port to Europe. This exceptional

connectivity is a key reason why many world

class businesses have already made the decision

to locate and grow in Kilkenny.

Kilkenny’s magic ingredient is its cosmopolitan

l i esty le and arts culture. Rich in medieval

heritage and recognised as one o Ireland’s

creative hotspots, it is a top international visitor

destination. Kilkenny’s CEOs believe it is easier

to move senior management teams and attracthigh calibre people to Kilkenny because o the

quality o lie it oers them and their amilies.

Quite simply, Kilkenny is an inspirational place

where the people you need to drive your business

success will love to live and work.

A beautiul multi-award

winning city, withcharming towns and

countryside

Attractive location or high

calibre people and theiramilies to live and work

Favourable tax regime andnancial incentives

Exceptional globalconnectivity by air and sea

Dynamic pro-businesslocal supports



(30mins)

(70mins)

WaterfordRosslare Europort

Shannon Airport

Cork Airport

Dublin

Kilkenny

Belview


globally

M9 Motorway

70 minutes from Dublin Airport,30 minutes to Waterford City

Catchment population

498,000: 60km, 3,500 regional graduates p/a

RailwayBelview Port – Waterford – Kilkenny – Dublin

Deep-Water Ports

Belview Port offers the fastest routeto Continental Europe

Higher Education Institutes

Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary

Key Development Zones

Kilkenny City and Belview

International Airport

Dublin, Waterford, Cork & Shannon

Eastern Seaboard Economic Zone

Business Services, Financial Services, ICT/Telecoms,Digital Media, Life Sciences, Food, Eco-Innovation,Tourism, Arts & Heritage



Just one hour rom Dublin and home to Ireland’sclosest deep-water port to mainland Europe,Kilkenny lowers your cost o doing business.

Locate in Kilkenny and access global markets. The

county is served by a world class transportationsystem with the M9 motorway to Dublin Airport

and Waterord City, direct rail links to Dublin and

Waterord, and Belview Port with its shorter reight

times to the UK and Continental Europe.

Kilkenny is a very cost-competitive location rom

which to do business with average business

costs at least 15% lower than Dublin.

Kilkenny City oers an exceptional urban

experience with a choice o property ideal or

corporate headquarters, oce developments,

ICT and telecommunications, business services,

crat and creative sectors and or progressiveindustry. There are 165 hectares o serviced

land available including business and technology

parks, warehousing land and an IDA land bank.

The Belview development zone in the south o

the County is just 4 miles rom Waterord Cityand incorporates 265 hectares o zoned land

including a strategic IDA land bank, the Marine

Point Business Park and Belview Port. Belview

is supported by signicant inrastructural water

and waste water capabilities supplying 3,300

cubic metres o water a day, with the potential to

supply 9,000 cubic metres a day.

Businesses locating in Belview beneit rom

an exceptional transport inrastructure.

It has all the necessary inrastructure or high

volume production and is the ideal location

or industry in manuacturing and logistics,

agribusiness, energy and lie sciences.

Other key locations within the county

include Thomastown, Callan, Castlecomer

and Graiguenamanagh, all oering a variety o

advantageous business hubs.

70 minutes rom Dublin Airportby motorway

Home to Ireland’s closestdeep-water port to Europe

Excellent motorway inrastructure

High capacity bre optic networksin Kilkenny City and Belview

Commuter rail services to Dublin

Substantial water and wastewatercapabilities in Belview




high calibre people



It’s not just Kilkenny’s central location that allows youto tap easily into Ireland’s highly skilled workorce,it’s the cosmopolitan and culturally rich liestyle thatonly Kilkenny can oer.

Talented people power successul businesses.

With West Dublin and Waterord City inside its

commuter zone and a population o 498,000

people within 60km, Kilkenny gives you access

to a highly skilled labour pool.

Kilkenny City is home to NUI Maynooth’s

Kilkenny Campus and an ICT Research and

Innovation Centre operated by Waterord IT/

TSSG (Telecommunications Sotware & Systems

Group). Two Institutes o Technology are located

within 30 minutes o Kilkenny.

Kilkenny’s reputation as a sophisticated and

vibrant creative centre is recognised as key to

its success in attracting a high calibre workorce.

CEOs have chosen Kilkenny as a location

because they believe it has a unique ability

to attract senior management teams and high

calibre people to live and work here.

498,000 populationwithin 60km radius(Demographics Ireland)

Three third level acilities

within 30 minutes producing3,500 graduates per year

ICT Research and

Innovation Centre Young, fexible, workorce

Cosmopolitan and

culturally rich liestyleattracts high calibre people




with success



Successul Irish and international businesses havechosen to locate in Kilkenny, a place where globalaspiration is in our nature.

Almost 800 years ago, Anglo-Norman settlerschose Kilkenny to build a prosperous merchant

trading town and Kilkenny City subsequently

became Ireland’s capital or a period in the 17th

century. This outward-looking spirit o global

enterprise, combined with a culture o success,

has created a highly entrepreneurial outlook.

Kilkenny is now home to a mix o international

and indigenous businesses across a variety o

sectors including Financial and Internationally

Traded Services, Agriculture, Food, ICT, Digital

media and more. Glanbia PLC, one o the world’s

leading international cheese and nutritional

ingredients companies, is headquartered inKilkenny and Diageo PLC, brewers o the world

amous Kilkenny beer and Smithwick’s ale, have

proven that Kilkenny is a competitive location

rom which to build a world class business.

In addition, companies locating in Kilkenny canavail o the services o our dedicated Business

Support Unit.

From Ireland’s Entrepreneur o the Year, Terry

Clune o Taxback.com, to an Oscar nominated

animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, Kilkenny has

a buzzing and ambitious entrepreneurial culture

with a proactive and coordinated local agency

support structure.

A dynamic regional innovation ecosystem

powers the many indigenous businesses and

multinationals who have chosen to locate here.

Applied research centres in the region operate inthe areas o ICT, Telecommunications, Sotware

Design, Applied Materials, Pharmaceutical &

Molecular Biotechnology and Eco-Innovation.

Located in a vibranteconomic zone

with leading ICT,International Services

and Lie Science

companies

Buzzing entrepreneurialculture

Dynamic regionalR&D ecosystem

Home to the NationalPatents Oce

Sophisticatedconerence

and corporateentertainment

amenities




you



Imagine cycling to work through the tree-linedestate o Kilkenny’s 13th century medieval castle,lunch in the magnicent world championshipgol course at Mount Juliet and ending the daywith riends in one o Kilkenny’s chic restaurants,

boutique hotels or designer bars.

One o Ireland’s top international visitor

destinations, Kilkenny City is loved or its mix

o medieval heritage and chic places to shop,

eat and be entertained. The city is surrounded

by rolling river valleys with charming towns and

villages rich in history and providing a wonderul

landscape or outdoor activities such as

walking, running, angling and horse riding.

Kilkenny’s competitive nature is exemplied by

the County’s mastery o the ancient Gaelic sporto hurling, one o the astest and most skillul eld

games in the world.

Known as a national hub or crat and home

to the National Crats Council and the National

Heritage Council, Kilkenny is ull o picturesque

studios where discerning shoppers will nd

beautiully designed artisan pieces.

More recently, Kilkenny has experienced a

fourishing ood culture and oers a wide range

o gourmet eateries and artisan ood produce or

the most sophisticated palates.

Kilkenny has a particularly high prole in Ireland

as a centre or arts and culture. In the 1960’s,

Kilkenny was chosen as the location or a

national multi-disciplinary design centre.

Kilkenny became a magnet or national and

international arts and design proessionals which

sowed the rst seeds o an exceptionally vibrant

cultural community. Art, music, comedy and

theatre are all part o the cultural landscape in

Kilkenny, culminating several times a year ininternationally renowned estivals such as the

Cat Laughs and the Kilkenny Arts Festival.

With its mix o executive residences, excellent

schools and acilities or children, including the

largest sports and leisure complex in the region,

Kilkenny is a place where amilies come rst.

Kilkenny is not only cosmopolitan and beautiul,

above all it is a sae and welcoming place where

you can live surrounded by inspiration.



Contact us

Business Support Unit

Kilkenny County Council

County HallKilkenny, Ireland

Tel: +353 (0) 56 779 4040

Fax: +353 (0) 56 779 4004

Email: [email protected]

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Photography: Aspect Photography, Mark O’TooleKilkenny Castle image © Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

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