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Our island is facing many economic challenges, however we must believe that better days lie ahead, confident in the knowledge that we have the valuable human resources that will empower us to drive change and support the economic recovery – our entrepreneurs. These were the views expressed by Ernst & Young in advance of its launch of the 2012 Entrepreneur Of The Year programme, i….
It’s a sad state of affairs when we must argue over bankruptcy forgiveness. However, the last time government tinkered with bankruptcy laws was just as a recession was beginning to lift - that was with the Bankruptcy Act of 1988. One of the key steps to revive any economy is to entice investors and entrepreneurs back in – and one way to do that is to reduce risk of one sort or anot….
Full of good intentions it is, sound business, well – I’ll let you decide. A new not-for-profit scheme, Hireland.ie, is hoping to help facilitate the creation of 5,000 jobs in the first six months of this year in an initiative to encourage employers to hire now rather than putting it off. Hireland wants to draw on the power of the collective and act as a catalyst to stimulate j….
Here are a couple of dates for your diary for those working in the technology sector. An Enterprise Ireland Pilot Competitive Feasibility Fund worth E200,000 aimed at stimulating start ups and creating jobs in the South East, has been launched. The closing date for applications is 30th January 2012, and it is expected that the first awards will be made shortly after that. Fundin….
Welcome back everyone. It’s time to play catch up with some of the key news items from the first week of 2012, which are mostly a mixed bag. Services shrinking ↓ Ireland's services sector shrank for the first time in a year in December as global economic turmoil undermined confidence and new orders fell sharply, a survey showed. Foreign Investment ↑ The IDA landed a re….
Stop press, or whatever you must do on the internet. Here’s some far better news to round off the year. Back in May I wrote an article called Export figures flatter to deceive – well they don’t any more. The story said that while exports were doing well they were still behind levels last seen in 2002, pre boom. But exports from Ireland are now greater than they were before ….
While it would be nice to end the business year on a high note, it is not to be. Business activity levels in Irish companies weakened slightly and employment fell further in the final three months of the year with the economy showing no signs of momentum, according to the latest KBC Bank Ireland/Chartered Accountants Ireland Business Sentiment Survey. "The survey suggests Irish bus….
It used to be a taboo subject but the break-up of the eurozone can now be considered polite conversation, particularly now it is being considered at almost every political and financial level. Indeed, analysts from the Bank of America have said in that in the aftermath of a break-up, the new Irish punt would rise against other currencies, based on exchange rates last month. That’….
The technology sector has attracted by far the biggest investment from venture capitalists with a total of E161.9m investment in the first half of this year. That's a jump of 58pc on the same period in 2010, according to the data released at a recent William Fry breakfast briefing, 'Raising Venture Capital'. According to Shay Garvey of Delta Partners this is largely because busines….
It’s been well documented how well the export sector is doing in Ireland. And many MDs are probably wondering how they can get in on some of the exporting action, particularly if their product or service does not obviously lend itself to overseas trade. So, InterTradeIreland has launched a new sales development scheme, Elevate, that provides eligible companies with support of up to ….
