The High Court has appointed Jim Stafford as liquidator of collapsed agency Doherty Advertising Ltd, following a petition from Independent Newspapers Marketing.
Larry Goodman has dropped his long running legal action against the State after it refused to compensate him for losses on beef exports to Iraq.
Tanaiste Mary Harney has announced a new trade mission to China in October, involving 77 Irish companies and educational institutions with 127 representatives.
New EU rules for bank capital adequacy - Basel II - could hit Irish small- and medium-sized businesses' (SMEs’) ability to attract venture capital, said chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA) Michael Murphy.
A breakdown of trade figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) indicates that up to 40% - or some Ђ3.5 billion - of the fall in exports during the first five months of the year was due to the ending of VAT fraud schemes, writes Cliff Taylor
Small- and medium-sized companies in Ireland are being charged 78pc more interest on loans than similar companies throughout the rest of the EU, it was claimed yesterday.
Exporters suffered another drop in trade with countries outside the EU in June, according to figures released yesterday by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Figures from the Irish Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Association (ISME) show that more than half of managers are less optimistic about their business' prospects than they were this time last year.
Exports are predicted to slump by an unprecedented Ђ18.7 billion this year because of the strength of the euro, the Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has warned.
BANK of Ireland Business Banking has completed a special Ђ300m funding arrangement with KfW (Kreditanstalt fr Wiederaufbau), the German state-owned development bank.
