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Survey shows SMEs geared up for expansion

Small businesses will create more than 36,000 jobs this year, more than double last year's number, according to the Small Firms Association (SFA). SFA director said the group's annual employment survey had shown a "remarkable" turnaround from last year and...

#interest rates#Jobs#small business

VAT fraud helped to take 11bn euro toll on...

The huge VAT fraud on computer parts sales to Britain helped knock more than Ђ11bn off Irish exports last year,…

#economy#exports#i


ISME warns postal disruption will hit small business sector

The disruption to the postal services is already hitting small businesses hard and could result in redundancies within days, the…

#cash-flow#small business#small businesses


Company liquidations fall by 16 per cent

Creditors' voluntary liquidations fell by 16.6 per cent in 2003, according to Experian®, the leading business information company in Ireland.…

#insolvencies#insolvency


Venture capital funding slips in 2003

The level of venture capital investment has fallen sharply in the last year, but there should be a significant improvement…

#bank#funding#international


SMEs welcome stance on Lisbon Agreement

The government's commitment to progressing the Lisbon Agenda as a key priority during the Irish presidency of the EU has…

#investment#smes


Exports suffer; exacerbated by plunging US$

Irish exporters will have to become even more flexible in the current year if their sales abroad are to grow,…

#exporters#exports#recession


ISME critical of banks on credit rating

The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Assocation (ISME) has criticised the failure by bank representative groups to agree on a…


Innovations in invoice discounting have made it an attractive...

“Many companies have negative perceptions of invoice discounting…” To read the full article by Barry McCall go to Ireland –…

#invoice


After the slump, can Ireland survive the recovery?

It is a strange, but well-established, fact that the number of firms going bust peaks during an economic recovery, rather…


Foreign investment figures “encouraging”

New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that foreign investment flows into Ireland last year almost doubled from…

#economy#financial services#investment


BES-type schemes should not be seen as 'tax loopholes'

Tax incentives, such as Business Expansion Schemes (BES), provide much-needed funding for start-up businesses in this country, and should not…

ISME responds to Budget

ISME, the Independent Business Organisation, is disappointed that the Budget contains very little with respect to the promotion of enterprise,…

#Paid#risk#small businesses

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