Location and Site Critical Issues for New Construction
Location, location, location is the old and trusted adage of estate agents- but according to the Irish Green Building Council it also holds true when it comes to building green! Despite the collapse of the construction industry in 2007 thousands of single houses continue to be built on green field sites across the country- [...]
Enterprise Ireland will be hosting an information day on the CIP Eco-innovation Programme
This EU funded initiative bridges the gap between research and the market. It helps good ideas for innovative products, services and processes that protect the environment become fully-fledged commercial prospects, ready for use by business and industry. A more efficient use of resources is a must for the competitiveness of businesses. Eco-innovation is a way [...]
Cash for local business start ups – in places you wouldn’t believe!
With banks reluctant to lend, and local economies struggling, this may not appear the ideal time to set-up a new business, but a recent study and start-up guide for SME’s just published by Sli Nios Fearr (A Better Way) may help pave the way – especially as it’s available as a free download as of [...]
Innovative web platform to assist Irish people stuck in debt
Cavan business man Hugh Leddy is to launch an innovative web platform in early 2013 to assist the 100,000 Irish people stuck in debt by matching them with potential ‘ordinary’ business angels. Leddy is currently raising funds for his project, called Debtrow, that will act like a dating agency for debt laden individuals, putting them [...]
Minister Rabbitte encourages SMEs to input into National Broadband Plan
Speaking in IBEC today to members of the Telecommunications Industry Federation, the Minister stressed the competitive importance of SMEs engaging on-line more intensively and the need to break down barriers which are discouraging a significant number of SMEs from harnessing the power of the internet. In a briefing on the report of the recently published [...]
Payjack Puts Payments In Pocket Of 200,000 Irish Small Businesses
‘Payjack’ is an innovative solution from WorldNet created specifically for the small business sector which enables a business to accept card payments on the go by turning the phone in their pocket into a mobile virtual terminal. A key attraction of Payjack is the fast and easy merchant signup process. A simple, three-minute online [...]
EU SME Centre: Free Business Tools to Assist Irish SMEs to enter the China Market
The EU SME Centre in Beijing, China is a project funded by the European Union to assist European Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to export to China by providing a comprehensive range of free, hands-on support services including the provision of information, confidential advice, networking events and training. The Centre works very closely with [...]
Local Senior Entrepreneur Recruitment Gets Underway
Press Release Thursday, 29th March 2012 Tipperary Senior Entrepreneur Recruitment Gets Underway Almost 3,400 people, aged between 50 and 64, started their own business in Ireland last yearbut that figure could dramatically increase in 2012 if more people in that age group from North Tipperary and around the country were encouraged to seek assistance to develop [...]
Late Payment Directive Can Help Cash-Flow For Smes – Prendergast
Labour MEP Phil Prendergast has called for the speedy implementation of an EU directive covering late payments to businesses, following new figures showing the average waiting time for settling invoices in Ireland is 71 days. According to ISME’s Spring Credit Watch Survey, the waiting time in Munster is 75 days in the private sector. Ms [...]
