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100k Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Challenge

March 09th 2016

Four Dublin local authorities and Enterprise Ireland launched the €100k Small Business Innovation Research Challenge (SBIR) in City Hall yesterday as part of the Smart Dublin initiative. Successful applicants will be selected by an open competition process run in two phases. The competition is open to any organisation, developers of ICT and software solution providers, […]

60% of companies have no female board members

March 08th 2016

There is a significant correlation between women in corporate leadership and profitability according to a global survey undertaken by EY and The Peterson Institute for International Economics. The report was released to coincide with International Women’s day and was carried out across almost 22,000 publicly traded companies (52 in Ireland) from 91 countries worldwide. For […]

38% of Irish don’t feel appreciated in their workplace

March 04th 2016

New research conducted by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) for World Employee Appreciation Day, March 4th, indicates that over a third of Irish employees (38%) don’t feel appreciated in their workplace. The NSAI survey also found that 73% of workplaces do not provide regular team building activities, while almost a quarter (21%) said […]

Ireland not doing enough for SMEs

March 03rd 2016

The State hasn’t done enough to address the regulatory concerns of Ireland’s small and medium-sized businesses, the European Commission has said. While measures have been drawn up to ensure that the interests of SMEs are taken into account, European officials warned they haven’t yet been fully rolled out. The Commission also warned of the gulf […]

National Workplace Wellbeing Day 2016

March 02nd 2016

National Workplace Wellbeing Day will be taking place on Friday, 8th April 2016. The nationwide campaign, which is organised by the Nutrition & Health Foundation and supported by Ibec, aims to help improve employee health through promoting better nutrition and exercise in workplaces. Last year hundreds of public and private sector organisations supported the inaugural […]

Ireland stands at a crossroads in terms of tax policy warn experts

March 01st 2016

The President of the Irish Tax Institute, Mary Honohan, has claimed that Ireland’s income tax policy must be geared towards attracting the talent needed to match the substance requirements for companies operating here. Honohan has also claimed that key policy platforms in the EU and the OECD are moving in parallel. This means the tax decisions […]

Employment levels could reach pre-recession peak

February 29th 2016

One of the longest-established economic research firms in Ireland , DKM, have today released their ‘Snapshot of Economic Forecasts’ which gives a comprehensive outlook for the Irish economy based on the latest projections from 13 leading sources, including both Irish and key international bodies such as the IMF, EU and OECD. The report forecasts that […]

ISME call for legislation to prohibit strikes in public utilities and essential services

February 26th 2016

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) yesterday condemned unions for making “unrealistic” pay demands and holding employers and the general public to ransom in pursuit of “unsustainable” claims. Speaking after the release of the CSO Industrial disputes figures yesterday, the ISME have called on the Government to legislate to prohibit strikes in public utilities and […]

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