March 24th 2021 Two thirds (65%) of those working from home feel pressure to stay connected after normal hours with an average of 22 hours put in of overtime per month by employees over the last year, worth €7 billion. The research, which measures the wellbeing of over 1,000 Irish employees and 180 HR leaders during the pandemic, is […]
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March 04th 2021 Nearly three in five (58%) Irish businesses face a number of significant barriers in relation to the adoption of technology, despite a willingness to invest. This is according to a report published by Vodafone Ireland working in collaboration with economist, Stephen Kinsella. The report, which follows a study of 500 SMEs operating in rural and urban […]
Read More July 08th 2020 The HSE’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app is now available, but what does it do and how effective could it be? Developed by Waterford-based Nearform, the much anticipated HSE contact-tracing app is now live in Ireland on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. While restrictions around movement and activities are beginning to lift in Ireland, the […]
Read More July 03rd 2020 The Central Bank of Ireland has warned it could take until 2024 for the Irish economy to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic if there is a second outbreak of Covid-19. This warning is based on the worst-case scenario laid out in the Central Bank’s latest quarterly analysis of the economy. This scenario assumes the strict lockdown period has a […]
Read More January 13th 2020 Those looking to change career in 2020 should consider coding because they will be guaranteed a high-paying role in a flexible, exciting industry. This is according to Wild Code School, one of Europe’s leading coding institutions, which is opening its first campus in Ireland next week. It is estimated there are approximately 12,000 unfilled IT […]
Read More January 09th 2020 Job announcements from Facebook and Salesforce pushed employment among multinationals in Ireland 6% higher last year but the state agency competing to win foreign business said it saw significant risks to future growth. Foreign firms account for one in 10 jobs in Ireland’s fast growing economy and they added a net 13,867 roles in 2019, just shy of […]
Read More January 06th 2020 Domestic economic growth in 2019 is likely to be close to 5.9% and members of the Small Firms Association (SFA) see this as the biggest opportunity for their business in the coming year, despite the external backdrop. In the past five years, small businesses have created 75,000 jobs and two thirds of SFA member companies […]
Read More November 01st 2019 In a major survey conducted as part of a new national strategy launched by the National Association of Community Enterprise Centres (NACEC), some 60% of the group’s members believe Britain’s departure from the European Union presents an opening to lure small UK and Northern Ireland companies to their centres as tenants. A majority of community […]
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