Enterprise Ireland launches €1M Competitive Start Fund

February 17th 2022

Early-stage entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial teams are being encouraged this week to apply for Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund (CSF) which is now open for applications.   The competition is open to early-stage companies from all sectors with an eligible innovative product or service set for global markets. The fund will award up to €50,000 in equity […]

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New €90M fund for Irish Start ups launched by Government

February 15th 2022

A new €90m fund for Irish start-ups was launched this week at Trinity College Dublin’s Tangent Ideas Workspace for student entrepreneurs. Investment will be targeted and prioritised in areas such as regional development, climate change and female entrepreneurship. It will focus on sectors that have experienced difficulty in attracting early stage investment including: Lifesciences;Healthcare & […]

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New guide aims to help SMEs navigate remote working challenges

February 11th 2022

The guide was created by Grow Remote with the help of remote-first companies such as Flipdish, Nearform and Glofox. Irish-founded remote working non-profit Grow Remote has introduced a one-stop-shop resource book aimed at helping SMEs transition to remote working. The Remote Playbook for SMEs was created by the non-profit together with some of Ireland’s leading remote-first employers. […]

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Irish businesses are growing increasingly concerned about skills shortages

February 09th 2022

Irish businesses are growing increasingly concerned about skills shortages, the rising cost of energy, and continued economic uncertainty prompted by Covid-19, despite reporting high levels of optimism for growth in the coming 12 months. This is according to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) which surveyed 10,000 mid-market businesses globally across 29 economies, […]

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Demand for remote work booms in Ireland

January 31st 2022

New research from jobs site Indeed and the OECD has found that demand for jobs that allow employees to work from home in Ireland has surged during the pandemic and this trend looks set to continue even after last Friday’s dramatic easing of restrictions. A study based on Indeed job postings in 20 OECD countries […]

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Small business have muted expectations on their outlook for 2022

January 10th 2022

The latest Small Firms Association “Business Sentiment Survey, Winter 2021′ published today shows confidence among small business owners has taken a tumble in the last quarter of the year.  The small business community has muted expectations on their outlook for 2022, with 41% of small business owners being optimistic in winter 2021 compared to 55% in summer 2021. […]

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How businesses can start their digital transformation journey

January 06th 2022

Enterprise Ireland’s John Durcan shares his advice for SMEs on how to start and succeed in their digital transformation journey. Business leaders have been talking broadly about digital transformation for years. But for smaller companies, the journey can be a little more difficult and it can be hard to know where to start. However, the […]

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37% of business leaders say return to office won’t happen until mid-2022

January 05th 2022

According to the Institute of Directors, only 8pc of those surveyed think all staff will return to work in the office in January. Almost two in five business leaders in Ireland have said they do not believe the majority of their staff will return to the workplace until the second quarter of 2022. That’s according […]

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