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# SMEs

This year
2023
Minimum wage increase 'unwise' and 'unsustainable' for SMEs
ISME retail members estimate that the increase – the largest jump since 2012 – will add between 1% and 2.5% to grocery bills.
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Jul 31st 2023, 2:22 PM
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Despite some Phase Three optimism, TDs to be told many SMEs are 'dying' due to pandemic
A worrying picture will be painted when representatives from a number of sectors address TDs today.
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Jun 30th 2020, 12:05 AM
Half of small Irish businesses have cancelled or delayed investment over Brexit
AIB’s survey of SMEs found that almost half have felt a negative impact from Brexit already.
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Oct 14th 2019, 7:07 AM
Seven in 10 SMEs think Brexit will have negative impact and many are cancelling investment plans
Despite this, just 8% of businesses have engaged in formal planning to deal with the outcome of Brexit.
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Feb 11th 2019, 6:10 AM
'Shockingly low' number of smaller businesses helped by Brexit scheme
The Brexit Loan Scheme aims to minimise the impact Britain leaving the EU will have on businesses.
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Jul 29th 2018, 6:30 PM
Remember the Knowledge Box Scheme introduced in 2016? No SMEs have applied for it
The Knowledge Development Box allows companies to access a lower rate of corporate tax.
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May 27th 2018, 7:45 AM
2017 was a record year for the number of start-ups in Ireland
Last year exceeded a previous record set in 1998.
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Feb 5th 2018, 6:00 AM
'I worked three jobs instead of leaving Ireland. I changed everything about myself'
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Dublin finance portal FundSME.
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Feb 23rd 2017, 4:30 PM
The best way to get a good deal from an Irish bank? Set up business in the UK
New research shows local lenders offer SMEs significantly cheaper loans in Britain.
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Feb 2nd 2017, 4:54 PM
Border county businesses the most likely to leave rate bills unpaid as they struggle for trade
Firms in hubs like Letterkenny and Dundalk hope revaluations will bring some relief.
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Feb 2nd 2017, 4:49 PM
New companies topped 20,000 last year for the first time in almost two decades
There was an 8% increase in the number of new Irish firms registered with the CRO in 2016.
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Jan 6th 2017, 1:00 PM
Journal Media launches brand new business site
Fora will help SMEs and startups access information, support and quality journalism.
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Mar 30th 2016, 1:11 PM
Business owners are not happy about the new minimum wage
The wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour last week.
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Jan 4th 2016, 6:10 AM
16 innovative Irish companies to keep an eye on this year
We take a look at some of the businesses likely to make an impression in 2016.
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Jan 3rd 2016, 6:30 PM
An Irish company spent six months designing the perfect grinder for weed
For medical marijuana users, of course.
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Dec 12th 2015, 6:00 PM
Here are 10 things anyone can do to build a business
Going For Growth’s Paula Fitzsimons shares some of her insights.
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Nov 24th 2015, 7:45 PM
'We won't be exchanging butter for margarine': Avoca sold to a US catering giant
The family behind the Irish business wants to grow the brand globally.
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Nov 12th 2015, 1:45 PM
The Irish 'Tripadvisor of health' making trips to the dentist *slightly* less painful
WhatClinic has bought UK dental booking site Toothpick.
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Nov 9th 2015, 11:38 AM
This is where Ireland really ranks for setting up and running a business
The latest World Bank rankings are out – here’s where we stand.
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Oct 28th 2015, 4:14 PM
Mothercare is shutting stores after complaining about 'unsustainable' rents
The company has emerged from its examinership period.
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Oct 28th 2015, 2:15 PM
Inside the Irish restaurant in an old boat shed where places sell out in hours
We take a look at the one-of-a-kind Dillisk Project in Galway.
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Oct 25th 2015, 7:00 PM
The Irish kings of online 'mystery shoppers' now with $20m in their coffers
Clavis Insight was founded in 2008. Soon it will employ 300 people worldwide.
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Oct 20th 2015, 2:14 PM
Inside the 'Woodstock for radio' about to take over a small Limerick village
“We were literally looking at it and telling people there wasn’t anything else like it in Europe.”
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Oct 18th 2015, 10:15 AM
This conference is trying to turn the west into a hub for drones
And it involves Achill Island and kitesurfing.
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Oct 17th 2015, 10:00 PM
'They were intrigued to hear about three Irish guys with no company... no product'
Yet fast forward two years later and ChannelSight is developing at a rapid pace,
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Oct 17th 2015, 7:00 PM
How one small group of people is building Ireland's most high-tech town
Skibbereen in west Cork is about to be put firmly on the business map.
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Oct 17th 2015, 10:00 AM
This 5-year-old company started in a Dublin college has been sold for $68 million
Logentries was spun out of UCD in 2010.
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Oct 14th 2015, 10:56 AM
The future has arrived - you can now order drinks on your mobile in Coppers
Less queuing, more boozing.
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Oct 6th 2015, 2:27 PM
Meet the winemakers producing the nectar of the Gods in the land of Guinness
A few brave – or foolhardy – souls are defying the odds to make Irish wine.
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Sep 27th 2015, 10:00 PM
How an Irish woman's 'Hailo for cleaners' plans to keep cleaning up
Hassle was co-founded by Jules Coleman and it was sold for €32 million earlier this year.
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Sep 24th 2015, 8:15 PM
Why these award-winning Irish digital marketeers set up a secret sex shop
Wolfgang Digital announced plans to hire 50 staff today – here’s how they got there.
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Sep 15th 2015, 8:45 PM
The single biggest engine room for Irish jobs is starting to fire up
Together these businesses account for half the private workforce.
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Sep 14th 2015, 12:37 PM
This Irish company may have finally found an answer to crap pub wine
WineLab want to bring wine-on-tap to the masses.
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Sep 13th 2015, 5:30 PM
The secret to building a great business? Hire people you actually want to work with
Do as Richard Branson would when it comes to recruitment.
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Sep 11th 2015, 2:48 PM
How two men built a pub and brewing empire from the depths of the recession
We talked to one of the brains behind the Galway Bay Brewery about pub closures, craft beer and the Wetherspoon effect.
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Sep 6th 2015, 7:00 PM
The Irish website that looks like it hasn't changed in forever is finally getting a makeover
We asked the head of Boards.ie how the site was holding up in the social media era.
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Sep 6th 2015, 8:45 AM
Ireland may have big entrepreneurial dreams - but we're still wedded to the boss's chequebook
The country is below average when it comes to most key startup indicators.
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Sep 3rd 2015, 11:50 PM
See ya Australia and au revoir France, Ireland has a new favourite winemaker
We have all the figures for what local drinkers were sipping last year.
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Aug 31st 2015, 2:02 PM
Two million people could have better lives because of one Dublin company's breakthrough
Mainstay Medical has taken a step closer to bringing its treatment for chronic back pain to market.
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Aug 31st 2015, 11:52 AM
Sick of the gym? Maybe try pole dancing, trapeze or laughter yoga
There’s more than one way to get in shape.
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Aug 30th 2015, 7:41 PM
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