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20/01/2004
CSI select Galway for European Operations Centre
The Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Harney, has confirmed that Comprehensive Sports Information (CSI) of Canada, whose Covers.com website is a worldleader in online sports news and statistics, has established its European Operations Centre in Galway, creating 31 jobs.
The decision followed discussions with IDA Ireland, and the centre - known as Covers Media Group - will manage CSI's ecommerce operations and serve as the headquarters for European expansion.
The high quality jobs will be created over four years in content distribution, technical support, customer services, editorial and shared services.
Paul Lavers, founder of Comprehensive Sports, said: "Our online properties, such as Covers.com, have experienced rapid growth in North America. We want to leverage our brand and knowledge of providing a unique mix of news and statistics on Covers.com to create new properties for the European market. We think there are tremendous opportunities for us in Europe and Ireland is a great place to create a headquarters."
With recruitment already underway, the jobs will be mainly for graduates with skills in computer science, journalism and customer service. The centre is located at the Campus Innovation Centre, National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway.
Welcoming the announcement, Ms Harney, said: “The attraction of CSI to Ireland fits well with the Government's strategies, implemented by IDA Ireland, for the future growth of the digital media sector here and for regional development. It will act as a catalyst in attracting other companies in the digital media sector to consider Galway as a location for such activities."
The opening of the Covers Media Group centre in Galway is viewed as a major step in establishing the Covers.com brand outside of North America.
In addition to creating and growing on-line sports properties for Europe, it will also manage existing e.commerce properties: Covers Experts and Consensus Club.
The Galway Centre will be the cornerstone of Comprehensive Sports' expansion into Europe and will lead all business activities in the region.
Covers Media Group is led by long time Comprehensive Sports executive Bill Organ, who has relocated to Galway to manage the Centre.
Mr Organ was instrumental in the growth of Covers.com, and led the development of the editorial team.
(GB)
The decision followed discussions with IDA Ireland, and the centre - known as Covers Media Group - will manage CSI's ecommerce operations and serve as the headquarters for European expansion.
The high quality jobs will be created over four years in content distribution, technical support, customer services, editorial and shared services.
Paul Lavers, founder of Comprehensive Sports, said: "Our online properties, such as Covers.com, have experienced rapid growth in North America. We want to leverage our brand and knowledge of providing a unique mix of news and statistics on Covers.com to create new properties for the European market. We think there are tremendous opportunities for us in Europe and Ireland is a great place to create a headquarters."
With recruitment already underway, the jobs will be mainly for graduates with skills in computer science, journalism and customer service. The centre is located at the Campus Innovation Centre, National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway.
Welcoming the announcement, Ms Harney, said: “The attraction of CSI to Ireland fits well with the Government's strategies, implemented by IDA Ireland, for the future growth of the digital media sector here and for regional development. It will act as a catalyst in attracting other companies in the digital media sector to consider Galway as a location for such activities."
The opening of the Covers Media Group centre in Galway is viewed as a major step in establishing the Covers.com brand outside of North America.
In addition to creating and growing on-line sports properties for Europe, it will also manage existing e.commerce properties: Covers Experts and Consensus Club.
The Galway Centre will be the cornerstone of Comprehensive Sports' expansion into Europe and will lead all business activities in the region.
Covers Media Group is led by long time Comprehensive Sports executive Bill Organ, who has relocated to Galway to manage the Centre.
Mr Organ was instrumental in the growth of Covers.com, and led the development of the editorial team.
(GB)
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