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Ireland named top performer in skills and innovation in the EU

November 27th 2017

The Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection Pat Breen, TD has welcomed the publication of the 2017 Small Business Act (SBA) Fact sheet for Ireland. The SBA Fact Sheets are produced annually by the European Commission and aim to improve understanding of recent trends and national policies […]

SMEs North and South of the Border already being hit by Brexit

November 20th 2017

SMEs across the entire island of Ireland are already feeling the impacts of Brexit according to the latest inaugural AIB Brexit Sentiment Index for the third quarter 2017. The quarterly index of over 700 SMEs in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI) has been designed to measure and track the impact of […]

55% of Irish people have concerns about how businesses are handling their personal data

November 10th 2017

New research commissioned by Netwatch has found that more than half (58%) of Irish people worry about a data breach resulting in their personal information being leaked by a company. The research was undertaken by Coyne among 1,000 participants and found that 55% of Irish people have concerns about how Irish businesses are handling their […]

An Tánaiste urges companies to plan for Brexit

November 09th 2017

An Tánaiste yesterday published a Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation Paper, “Building Stronger Business: Responding to Brexit by competing, innovating and trading”. The Paper sets out work underway, and planned, by the Department and its Agencies in response to Brexit. The Paper is focused on the current needs of companies as many firms are […]

Over half of Irish businesses expect a cyber attack before the end of 2017

November 01st 2017

More than one third of businesses in Ireland have experienced a cyber attack so far in 2017. This is according to the latest Dublin Information Sec 2017 survey of Irish businesses released today. A further 54% expect a cyber attack on their business before the end of the year, according to the survey which comes ahead […]

Irish teenagers are starting to plan their own businesses

October 26th 2017

An estimated 22,000 secondary school students from 620 Irish schools are learning about the world of business by setting up their own enterprises through the Student Enterprise Programme with the Local Enterprise Offices, it was announced yesterday. The programme is the biggest enterprise education initiative of its kind in the country. The Minister of State […]

Cork County Council launches international start up competition

October 25th 2017

It was announced today that Cork County Council, endorsed by Enterprise Ireland and Health Innovation Hub Ireland, has unveiled its ground-breaking partnership with MassChallenge TM, the world’s largest not-for-profit no equity start-up accelerator based in Boston, Massachusetts, with the launch of the first ever Bridge to MassChallenge partnership in Ireland, entitled Bridge to MassChallenge Cork […]

Two thirds of Irish adults consider themselves connected consumers

October 24th 2017

New joint research by retail and technology experts, Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse, finds that two thirds of Irish adults claim to be very tech savvy and 3 in 5 consider themselves ‘early adopters or adopters’ of the latest tech. According to the research, men aged 25-34 claim to be the most tech savvy […]

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