June 24th 2016
The group that represents Irish business, Ibec, have today said the UK vote to leave is a very significant blow to the EU which will lead to a potentially protracted and unwelcome period of uncertainty and instability in Europe. The Group have called for all EU institutions and Central Banks to do all within their […]
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June 23rd 2016
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of Irish business leaders are concerned about keeping pace with technology innovators who are disrupting their industry sector according to PwC Ireland’s 2016 CEO survey. According to the report, the financial services industry has seen some dramatic technology-led changes over the past few years and this trend is set to accelerate. The […]
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June 21st 2016
ver half of Irish people want to see the Universal Social Charge (USC) scrapped asap, whereas a further 29% think it needs to be phased out over the next few years. This is according to a new survey released today by Taxback.com. The Universal Social Charge (USC) is a tax on income that replaced both […]
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June 17th 2016
A new €60m fund, established by one of Europe’s top performing tech funds, will look to invest in early stage companies with global potential that are built from research at all of Ireland’s third-level institutions. Atlantic Bridge, the firm behind the new fund, will look to accelerate the commercialisation of research conducted at Irish colleges. […]
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June 16th 2016
New research carried out by the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) as part of their latest dot ie Digital Health Index shows that 1 in 6 Irish SMEs (17%) still have no website, social media account or any online presence whatsoever. The research commissioned by IEDR and undertaken by Ignite Research in April 2016, measured the health of […]
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June 14th 2016
The Irish Medical Devices Association (IMDA) will today be launching the second European MedTech Week, 13-17 June. MedTech Week brings companies and associations across Europe together to raise awareness about medtech. Minister for Health Simon Harris TD will be the keynote speaker at the IMDA’s main event for the week which will explore ‘Industry-clinical collaboration […]
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June 13th 2016
It will take 30 years at the current pace of change for women to attain just 30% of the seats on executive committees in the financial services industry globally, an Oliver Wyman report said on Monday. Globally women account for only one-fifth of boards and 16% of executive committees in financial services, the management consultancy said. […]
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June 10th 2016
New research conducted by PSG Plus amongst a nationally representative sample of 1,000 consumers and 40 of the top Irish business leaders showed a potential disconnect between how consumers and Irish organisations perceive crises. The biggest fear for business leaders was loss of customer data through a breach or hacking (90%) while consumers’ biggest business […]
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