August 30th 2016
At the time of the UK’s vote to leave the European Union in June, 97% of businesses here had no plans on how to deal with a Brexit, according to a new business monitor. The latest Business Monitor Report from InterTradeIreland shows that since the vote nearly a quarter (23%) of Irish firms now expect […]
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August 29th 2016
The latest Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse has been released today. The surveys are conducted by Ipsos MRBI on behalf of the Bank with 1,000 households and over 2,000 businesses on a range of topics including the economy, their financial situation, spending plans, house price expectations and business activity. The Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse […]
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August 25th 2016
Up to 11% of the value of Irish Government contracts may be won by overseas companies. This is according to Chairman of Bid Management Services, Peter Brennan and Co-Author of a new book ‘Public Procurement: Rules of the Road.’ Bid Management Services surveyed its clients and found nearly 90% of companies have a win rate […]
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August 24th 2016
New CSO employment figures point to strong economic growth in the first half of the year according to Ibec. The figures show that annual employment growth was at 2.9% with more than two million people now in employment for the first time since 2008. Furthermore, migration estimates showed that for the first time since 2009 […]
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August 23rd 2016
Ibec, has warned that Dublin will lose out in the global competition to attract jobs and investment if Dublin City Council approves a plan to lower the maximum height allowed for ‘low rise’ residential buildings in its inner city and suburbs. In its submission to the Draft Dublin City Development Plan, due to be published […]
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August 22nd 2016
The Small Firms Association (SFA) have today released their pre-Budget 2017 submission. The submission calls for a number of priority areas for investment including improving broadband infrastructure, developing public transport links, building a real motorway network linking regional cities, addressing housing shortages and enhancing education and in-work training. The Association have also called for an […]
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August 19th 2016
JLL Ireland yesterday launched their latest piece of research which examines reasons why investors and occupiers turn their focus to Dublin. According to the report, Dublin has an open economy that is ideally located within the European Union. As the only native English-speaking member of the Eurozone and European Union, plus with easy flight access […]
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August 18th 2016
Ibec has today warned that more needs to be done to improve language and ICT skills for second level students. The group has broadly welcomed the trends emerging from this year’s Leaving Certificate results but warn there can be no room for complacency given the range of new opportunities opening up high growth business sectors. […]
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