SMEs in Offaly more optimistic about 2015, survey reveals

62% of small firms in Offaly and the Midlands are optimistic about the year ahead, but their likelihood of opening a new premises in the next year is lower than firms elsewhere in Ireland. The inaugural Magnet Regional Business Barometer (MRBB), a study of over 600 SMEs across the Republic of Ireland by Amarach Research […]

Connecting local suppliers to opportunities in the construction sector

Thursday 13th November  2014 from 09.15am – 2.00pm Hodson Bay Hotel, Roscommon Road, Athlone, Co. Westmeath The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) and HSE in partnership with Enterprise Ireland are running an information and networking event connecting local suppliers to opportunities in the construction sector as part of the €115m Primary Care Centre PPP programme. […]

New protocol needed for negotiations between banks & small businesses in financial difficulties

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI), Irish Property Owners Association (IPOA) and RGDATA have come together to send a clear message to the Government that the current basis on which negotiations between banks and small businesses in dealing with credit difficulties, is not working.   In a joint statement issued […]

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 […]

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