Why Invest in Mayo

INVEST IN MAYO

Mayo County Council

Ireland is trending......

Why Ireland in figures....?

Equally as many reasons to invest in Mayo.............

Area 5586 km2

Population 130,638 Persons (2011 Census)

Quality of Life

Connecting

Creativity Innovation

Active Communities

Our Catchment

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Timing is Everything.....

We are very good at a lot of things…..

2015

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But we are expertsat ‘Doing Business’

Our Resources...Natural

InfrastructuralHuman

Are Creating Opportunities......

Emerging SectorsTourism

Enterprise and Creativity

Energy and Communication

Foreign Direct Investment

Technology & Innovation

Tourism

Tourism

Visitors

• Return to growth• Booming Tourism Industry• Increased air capacity & access• Mayo – ranks one of the highest visited destinations• Estimated nearly 1m visitors in 2013

Why?? Because of our....

• People• Place• Heritage• Resources

Don’t like boasting but....


Making up our

business landscape we have

over 3,000 businesses

Sectors include....

Legal and Financial

Manufacturing

PharmaEngineering

Agriculture and Food Health

ICTEnergy

Energy and Communications

FDI

• Mayo will win hundreds of high quality jobs in the next 5 years

• Targeted approach to emerging sectors and niche markets

• Identification of outflow markets and flagging when major players raising finance for EU HQ

• Utilizing our friends and networks

FDI

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ICT and Innovation

Now targeting

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But if you just want to get away from it all.....

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