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Irish Christmas consumer sales expected to top €4.2bn

December 06th 2016

rish households will spend an average of €2,587 this December, approximately €720 more than any other month of the year and roughly €26 more than Christmas 2015. This is according to Retail Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the retail sector, who have today published their Christmas Retail Monitor 2016 Despite challenges in the market, […]

Irish companies ready to adopt new technology

November 29th 2016

The results of an independent survey of senior IT decision-makers in Ireland found 40% of Irish businesses will increase their Internet of Things deployment in 2017. The basis of Internet of Things (IoT) is to allow multiple electronic devices in the home or office to have network connectivity, enabling them to send and receive data. IoT is […]

Two in five Irish businesses expect to increase investment in 2017

November 28th 2016

Bank of Ireland have today released their latest Economic Pulse which shows drops in November with consumer and business confidence down. The Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse survey is conducted in conjunction with the European Commission with the data gathered by the bank feeding into the EU Commission’s Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and […]

Minister launches new €10m fund for LEADER Co-operation projects

November 24th 2016

The first tranche of funding for LEADER Co-operation projects has been launched today by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys. LEADER Co-operation is a specific element of the Rural Development Programme designed to encourage Local Action Groups (LAGs) to work together on a joint project which is of mutual […]

Survey finds that 96% of Irish CEOs are planning expansion over the next year

November 23rd 2016

A survey of Irish business leaders issued today by Deloitte and Enterprise Ireland has found that nine in ten (96%) Irish CEOs are planning to expand over the next 12 months. The survey has been issued ahead of the CEO Forum which is jointly hosted by Deloitte and Enterprise Ireland and is one of Ireland’s principal […]

Ireland tops the EU league of business friendly tax regimes

November 22nd 2016

Ireland’s tax system ranks as the most effective in the EU for paying business taxes and the fifth most effective in the world according to the PwC/World Bank Group report. The report covers 190 countries worldwide and looks at all taxes paid by businesses using broad principles from PwC’s Total Tax Contribution Framework. This means […]

Small Firms Association calls for urgent tax reform

November 21st 2016

Serious threats abound for small businesses according to the Chairman of the Small Firms Association (SFA), AJ Noonan, who was today addressing over 500 small businesses at the SFA Annual Lunch. Brexit is one factor in this shift according to the SFA Chairman. Forty one per cent of SFA members report that Brexit has already […]

US job searches to Ireland almost treble in week after Trump

November 18th 2016

Job searches out of the US to Ireland surged to almost three times their usual volumes in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s election victory and remain elevated. This is according to new data from jobs website, Indeed.com. Ireland joined Canada and New Zealand amongst the top three countries attracting interest from people in the US […]

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