Shared Services

Shared Services combine administrative, communication, IT support and financial expertise to create central hubs for companies whose operations have a global or multi-national dimension.

Waterford represents an excellent location to for shared service operations. The County demonstrates the key ingredients required to accommodate shared services. These include:

Availability of Labour: The population within a 1-hour commuting catchment of Waterford is in the order of 500,000. Waterford is served by three top-quality third/fourth level education institutions - Waterford Institute of Technology, University College, Cork and Cork Institute of Technology. With a combined student population of 40,000, these institutions provide courses in business, finance, marketing, human resources, ICT along with science, humanities and engineering. In addition, specific training courses are available through FÁS and Waterford Vocational Educational Committee to ensure that the bespoke requirements of businesses can be met. Because of competitive property values combined with excellent amenities, the employees locating in Waterford enjoy an excellent quality of life. Highlights of this are presented in working in waterford.
Availability of Property: Modern office space is available in key centres throughout Waterford, specifically in Dungarvan and in the IDA Technology Park on the outskirts of Waterford City. With the co-operation of the auctioneers and estate agents in Waterford, we have established a database of property that is currently available. This is designed to quickly identify the availability of space in Waterford.
Access: Waterford enjoys excellent air, sea, road and rail access. Scheduled flights serve the Dublin (with connecting flights to North America and the Middle-East), London, the rest of the UK and the rest of Europe including Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin. For further information on the access to Waterford click here.
Telecommunications: Key centres in County Waterford enjoy excellent DSL, Wireless and Satellite broadband telecommunications. A top-quality, competitive, high-speed network is available. For further information on the telecommunications infrastructure of the county please click here.

Shared Service Success
The South of Ireland is the location of choice for Shared Services and European Headquarters functions by internationally profile companies such as:

ACS (United States)
Apple Computers (United States)
Assurant Service (United States)
Avery Dennison (United States)
Bisys (United States)
Black & Decker (United States)
Bourns Electronic (United States)
Citco Data Processing (Netherlands)
Glanbia (Ireland)
Jacobs Engineering (United States)
Logtech (Switzerland)
MCVI Services (United States)
Oxford International (United States)
Pfizer (United States)
PFPC International (United States)
Premier Conferencing (United States)
RCI Call Centre (United States)
Schulmberger (France)
Startwood Hotel - ITT Sheraton (United States)
State Street (United States)
Sun Life Information Services (United States)
The Merchants Group - Global Outsourcing (United Kingdom)
Transas (United Kingdom)