Limerick Businesses Opening

ongarboy

Bored_lad wrote: »

That's absolutely great for the city especially considering they are moving to the city and not an industrial estate. Also great as they will expand Ubee to Limerick them hopefully. Now all we need is that Starbucks. A Nandos would be great too which I see coming soon considering they are in Cork.

Great news alright and good to see an online tech firm opening outside of Dublin Docklands and especially into a city centre. Most workers in such industries are decently paid, young and big discretionary spenders so city centre cafes/restaurants/pubs/stores etc will all benefit.

Starbucks advertising for baristas for their new LImerick store today. That usually happens once managers and supervisors have been hired so the opening is surely imminent. It will certainly complement the Uber building if Starbucks is on the ground floor...Limerick will have it's own hipster central!!:)

http://www.jobs.ie/ApplyForJob.aspx?Id=1468689

Reputable Rog

Bored_lad wrote: »

That's absolutely great for the city especially considering they are moving to the city and not an industrial estate. Also great as they will expand Ubee to Limerick them hopefully. Now all we need is that Starbucks. A Nandos would be great too which I see coming soon considering they are in Cork.

I don't see the connection between Nando's being in Cork and an imminent arrival in Limerick.
They've been in Cork 5 years without a hint of opening in Limerick, it crap anyway, overpriced kFC.

Special Circumstances

Chicken piri piri, chips and a Super Bock..
Coffee and a nata...
Not everyone's thing, but it reminds me of good times :-)
It's the simple things in life :-)

yop

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Chicken piri piri, chips and a Super Bock..
Coffee and a nata...
Not everyone's thing, but it reminds me of good times :-)
It's the simple things in life :-)

The piri piri in Nandos is top notch!

Mc Love

sioda wrote: »

There is planning for a dentist next to Bella Italia. Can't not see Starbucks opening now tbh. Great boost to every business around there the car park owner must be over the moon.

Uber isnt in Limerick but when it is, I'd say the employees will be getting uber's to work as they get free credits for working there

Swiper the fox

Excitement over uber tells me that not many Taxi Drivers post on Boards, they will be going nuts!

New boutique (Lily, an English company it appears) opening on Roches street in the heart of the Fashion Quarter, big poster in the window looking for staff.
I'm a bloke but it looks nice, maybe some of the women here will know of it??

Mc Love

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Excitement over uber tells me that not many Taxi Drivers post on Boards, they will be going nuts!

New boutique (Lily, an English company it appears) opening on Roches street in the heart of the Fashion Quarter, big poster in the window looking for staff.
I'm a bloke but it looks nice, maybe some of the women here will know of it??

They havent any taxi's in Limerick yet. But as they are setting up I'm sure they will soon

dorito92

if uber set up in limerick whats the difference between them and any other taxi? whats their appeal?

Taco Chips

dorito92 wrote: »

if uber set up in limerick whats the difference between them and any other taxi? whats their appeal?

They're cheaper. Theres also the benefit of having the app and being able to locate the nearest taxi to you and see how far they are away instead of ringing a company and being told "eh about 10-15 minutes" and waiting half an hour.

This is great news if Uber launch in Limerick too. Hailo is a great service. I've always found getting taxis in Limerick to be quite dear so a bit of competition is good.

FobleAsNuck

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Excitement over uber tells me that not many Taxi Drivers post on Boards, they will be going nuts!

New boutique (Lily, an English company it appears) opening on Roches street in the heart of the Fashion Quarter, big poster in the window looking for staff.
I'm a bloke but it looks nice, maybe some of the women here will know of it??

in Ireland Uber hires only taxi drivers afaik

squonk

Am I the only one not jumping over the moon that Uber is setting up in Limerick rather than the Docklands in Dublin? The big difference between what Uber are doing here and what Google etc. are doing in Dublin is that what's coming here is a call center, much like all the other call centers that are here already. The Silicon Valley companies set up in the Docklands are much more multi-departmental and provide jobs for developers,m managers, project managers, sales and call center people as well. Granted I'm delighted for anyone from the UPC Call Center who was recently let go. It gives them some new options in a great location in the city. Hopefully the company will decide to broaden it's footprint here in time though.

realdanbreen

dorito92 wrote: »

if uber set up in limerick whats the difference between them and any other taxi? whats their appeal?

Not too sure how welcome they will be by the taxi drivers in Limerick. Wasn't there big protests in London, madrid Berlin etc last year about uber setting up in their cities?

Bored_lad

Uber will be welcomed. The main reason for their popularity is that you can use the app to call them it will tell you how far away they are and how much the fare will cost. It also tells you if there is a multiplier due to shortage of cars. They also have more options of cars available for example when I'm on holidays we always use uber as we can call an uberblack (black suv or luxury sedan Lincoln town cars etc.) However I assume Limerick will only get uberx to start.

The protests are usually from taxi drivers who are losing business as anyone can be an uber driver using their personal car once you meet the requirements. Different options have different requirements. In some countries the law is still a grey area regarding google.

As loads people has said this is a great boost for Limerick not only because of the jobs but also because you have a large international technology company setting up outside of Dublin. This is going to attract major interest to Limerick and it would make sense that Starbucks would be in the same building as uber.

Silentcorner

squonk wrote: »

Am I the only one not jumping over the moon that Uber is setting up in Limerick rather than the Docklands in Dublin? The big difference between what Uber are doing here and what Google etc. are doing in Dublin is that what's coming here is a call center, much like all the other call centers that are here already. The Silicon Valley companies set up in the Docklands are much more multi-departmental and provide jobs for developers,m managers, project managers, sales and call center people as well. Granted I'm delighted for anyone from the UPC Call Center who was recently let go. It gives them some new options in a great location in the city. Hopefully the company will decide to broaden it's footprint here in time though.

The city has secured over 2,000 FDI jobs over the last number of years, from pharma to call centre to manufacturing to financial services, these jobs offer opportunity to a great blend of people...that is exactly how it should be done, this keeps housing affordable which in turn keeps the region competitive, when Northern Trust came here first it was 300 jobs it has increased to over 1,000 and will probably go well beyond that in the coming years. Regeneron announced 350 jobs but that too will most likely increase fairly substantially.

The difference this time is the announcement is city centre based, it has been too long since the last one...

The only downside to this announcement is the one you find when you look hard enough!

Firefox11

squonk wrote: »

Am I the only one not jumping over the moon that Uber is setting up in Limerick rather than the Docklands in Dublin? The big difference between what Uber are doing here and what Google etc. are doing in Dublin is that what's coming here is a call center, much like all the other call centers that are here already. The Silicon Valley companies set up in the Docklands are much more multi-departmental and provide jobs for developers,m managers, project managers, sales and call center people as well. Granted I'm delighted for anyone from the UPC Call Center who was recently let go. It gives them some new options in a great location in the city. Hopefully the company will decide to broaden it's footprint here in time though.

No your not the only one. . Saw a job spec for this, this morning. Looked like good old fashioned call center work to me. I don't think I would be an Ideal candidate for this.:)

timesnewroman

300 new jobs announced for the city centre and people aren't happy. I despair at times. Even opposition party members would struggle to put a negative spin on this one.

arch_stanton

Firefox11 wrote: »

No your not the only one. . Saw a job spec for this, this morning. Looked like good old fashioned call center work to me. I don't think I would be an Ideal candidate for this.:)

It's important to get a foot in the door. If Uber Limerick can establish itself then it can look for other higher value jobs from the parent company. Uber is growing massively and they're already starting to move beyond taxis to deliveries and logistics. Who knows what other service you'll be able to order with your phone in 5 years time.

Also uber is a very high profile name. The IDA or whoever can use this as a show piece to attract other business.

Or maybe another cafe or euro shop is what we need in the centre......

Poxyshamrock

Well I, for one, am absolutely delighted at this announcement. 300 jobs should make an awful difference to the city centre and I think it will have a knock on effect on other businesses in the local area more than it would in an industrial estate in the suburbs in terms of lunches, cups of coffee, pubs, shops, etc.

Mc Love

timesnewroman wrote: »

300 new jobs announced for the city centre and people aren't happy. I despair at times. Even opposition party members would struggle to put a negative spin on this one.

Give Niall Collins half a chance and he will

Mc Love

Mc Love wrote: »

Give Niall Collins half a chance and he will

Actually he was delighted so much he tweeted it three times

Poxyshamrock

He still would have preferred it for the county though by the looks of it

Cartman78

timesnewroman wrote: »

300 new jobs announced for the city centre and people aren't happy. I despair at times. Even opposition party members would struggle to put a negative spin on this one.

Agreed.

These aren't high end specialised executive roles (at least initially) but Limerick is starting from a very low base so comparisons to the IFSC and other financial/tech hubs is a little unfair at this stage.

Having globally recognised brands like Uber and Starbucks opening in the city is a massive boost - hopefully the start of a rising tide that will give everyone a lift

mgbgt1978

Bored_lad wrote: »

Uber will be welcomed. The main reason for their popularity is that you can use the app to call them it will tell you how far away they are and how much the fare will cost. It also tells you if there is a multiplier due to shortage of cars. They also have more options of cars available for example when I'm on holidays we always use uber as we can call an uberblack (black suv or luxury sedan Lincoln town cars etc.) However I assume Limerick will only get uberx to start.

The protests are usually from taxi drivers who are losing business as anyone can be an uber driver using their personal car once you meet the requirements. Different options have different requirements. In some countries the law is still a grey area regarding google.

As loads people has said this is a great boost for Limerick not only because of the jobs but also because you have a large international technology company setting up outside of Dublin. This is going to attract major interest to Limerick and it would make sense that Starbucks would be in the same building as uber.

....not in Ireland (and many other countries too) I'm afraid. They can only use Licenced Taxis here. They do give you a price for your journey in advance, although Fixed Price Taxi's (amongst others) have been doing this in Limerick for years.
The Taxi driver still has to run the Meter and as long as the price you were quoted is lower than the meter price then that's what you pay.
They can give some extremely high quotes when Taxis are scarce though (4 AM on a weekday night/morning for example), which are far higher than the Metered Fare.....which is all the driver is entitled to ask for.

I used them in london a few months back and the fare quoted to get into the City centre was £28 (7:15pm), while the Fare quoted to get back again was £156 (3:30 am) :eek:. These were using "Private Hire Vehicles" (same as Hackneys here) so that was the price, full stop. We used a normal taxi for the return trip instead and it was £35.

highlydebased

Hopefully as/if they grow they won't move out of the city centre to the typical industrial estate setting. There isn't much like this in the city as it is.

Reputable Rog

Cartman78 wrote: »

Agreed.

These aren't high end specialised executive roles (at least initially) but Limerick is starting from a very low base so comparisons to the IFSC and other financial/tech hubs is a little unfair at this stage.

Having globally recognised brands like Uber and Starbucks opening in the city is a massive boost - hopefully the start of a rising tide that will give everyone a lift

Hopefully Cash Converters and the like will follow suit.

sleepyman

I'd echo all of the positive comments.Hopefully it will be a stepping stone towards more high value jobs in the future.
It's great that it's in the city.It's a pity the likes of Northern Trust aren't in the city centre aswell.Would be very beneficial to local businesses.Slightly unrelated but someone told me that NT locating in Limerick was dependent on no other Fund Administrator locating in the city for a certain time frame.This ensures that they have access to all the graduate pool and can keep salaries relatively low.I guess only the IDA would be privy to that kind of info.

Bored_lad

mgbgt1978 wrote: »

....not in Ireland (and many other countries too) I'm afraid. They can only use Licenced Taxis here. They do give you a price for your journey in advance, although Fixed Price Taxi's (amongst others) have been doing this in Limerick for years.
The Taxi driver still has to run the Meter and as long as the price you were quoted is lower than the meter price then that's what you pay.
They can give some extremely high quotes when Taxis are scarce though (4 AM on a weekday night/morning for example), which are far higher than the Metered Fare.....which is all the driver is entitled to ask for.

I used them in london a few months back and the fare quoted to get into the City centre was £28 (7:15pm), while the Fare quoted to get back again was £156 (3:30 am) :eek:. These were using "Private Hire Vehicles" (same as Hackneys here) so that was the price, full stop. We used a normal taxi for the return trip instead and it was £35.

That completely defeats the purpose of Uber and if that's the case I don't see why anyone will bother using it considering most of the taxi drivers use halio already.

FobleAsNuck

Bored_lad wrote: »

That completely defeats the purpose of Uber and if that's the case I don't see why anyone will bother using it considering most of the taxi drivers use halio already.

because people will pay more not to wait ages at 3am in the morning

myshirt

FobleAsNuck wrote: »

because people will pay more not to wait ages at 3am in the morning

+1

Also avoid the inevitable fist fights and arguments over bags of chips in the taxi Q.

Silentcorner

Looks like that movie studio is going ahead in Castletroy.

http://www.limerickleader.ie/what-s-on/arts-entertainment/cinema/council-to-announce-deal-on-major-limerick-studio-1-6874763

All our people on the dole are now just out of work actors!!!