January 03rd 2017
A new survey by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce has found that the UK’s exit of the European Union is the biggest fear for Irish firms in 2017. The survey, carried out in early December, found that 1 in 4 companies (25%) see Brexit as their number one concern when looking ahead to the coming […]
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December 22nd 2016
A report released yesterday by the Central Statistic Office (CSO) has shown that 36% of Irish enterprises employing 10 or more persons purchased cloud computing services in 2016, compared to 35% in 2015. Finland had the largest percentage of enterprises in the EU purchasing cloud computing services at 57%, while both Bulgaria and Romania had […]
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December 21st 2016
The UK is the top destination for emigrating Irish professionals during the year to October 2016, according to new data released today by LinkedIn. According to the data, 28% of talent that left Ireland moved to the UK with net losses in the healthcare, architectural & engineering and professional services sectors between both countries. The […]
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December 15th 2016
New figures releaased by Vision-net.ie today show that there were 20,059 Irish company start-ups set up this year. This level of new company formations has not been seen since 1998 and represents the second highest figure recorded in the past 36 years. On average, 401 new companies have been formed per week in 2016 – […]
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December 13th 2016
Ireland is one of the World’s worst corporate tax havens according to new research by Oxfam, which puts Ireland sixth in a list of 15 countries helping big business to cheat countries and their citizens out of billions of euro in tax every year. The publication of Oxfam’s new ‘Tax Battles’ report coincides with the […]
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December 07th 2016
There was a 3% increase in the number of professional jobs available in November 2016 when compared to October 2016 according to the Morgan McKinley Monthly Employment Monitor. The Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor (previously known as the Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor) measures the pulse of the Irish professional jobs market by tracking the […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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