Chamber pledges assistance in Marketing Derry.

"It is Council's job to lead in marketing the city and region to Foreign Direct Investment, and this seminar is a good early step", said Chamber Vice President Padraig Canavan, following a seminar with telecoms giants Hibernia Atlantic.
Padriag promised that Chamber will assist Council in this critical job of work but that as the local authority they have the right kind of mandate to lead.

He continued, "We are interested in seeing what Derry City Council will do to promote the Telehouse and the region and specifically the uniqueness this link gives Derry. Invest NI say they market Northern Ireland, Hibernia say they market their entire network. We need to ensure that this City, as the capital of the wider region, is firmly on the marketing map."

Padraig, who runs a global software operation from his home city, says that this transatlantic cable and the high speed connectivity and reliability which will be provided by the Telehouse, will be very attractive to businesses, particularly those in communications and digital sectors and specifically those that have been hard to attract up to now.

Janice Tracey, the Chamber CEO agreed and said, "We have been working closely with Council on the Kelvin initiative and we are delighted the project has come this far but it is timely now to take that to the next level."
The Chamber leader suggests that the NW needs to make demands on Invest N I.

Mr Canavan concluded. "If we are going to help ourselves we need to take the initiative and move towards self help however it is incumbent on us to make demands on Invest Northern Ireland. This is a unique opportunity for Derry City Council, Invest NI and the Chamber of Commerce to promote Derry to encourage new businesses to set up here."