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SMEs

Sick Pay

Government to review research on impact of sick pay before making decision on future increases

15 May 2024

15.5k

The Morning Lead

‘We need help’: Restaurant and cafe owners say they are struggling like never before

The Journal spoke to a number of restaurant, cafe and bar owners, with all of them reporting the same problems and suggesting similar solutions.

4 Feb 2024

38.5k

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SMEs

Minimum wage increase 'unwise' and 'unsustainable' for SMEs

31 Jul 2023

14.9k

bleak outlook

Despite some Phase Three optimism, TDs to be told many SMEs are 'dying' due to pandemic

30 Jun 2020

31.7k

Brexit

Half of small Irish businesses have cancelled or delayed investment over Brexit

14 Oct 2019

5.7k

hard border

Seven in 10 SMEs think Brexit will have negative impact and many are cancelling investment plans

11 Feb 2019

10.6k

hard brexit

'Shockingly low' number of smaller businesses helped by Brexit scheme

29 Jul 2018

10.3k

not enough knowledge

Remember the Knowledge Box Scheme introduced in 2016? No SMEs have applied for it

27 May 2018

13.5k

SMEs

2017 was a record year for the number of start-ups in Ireland

5 Feb 2018

7.6k

Funding

'I worked three jobs instead of leaving Ireland. I changed everything about myself'

23 Feb 2017

604

money maker

The best way to get a good deal from an Irish bank? Set up business in the UK

2 Feb 2017

1.0k

council rates

Border county businesses the most likely to leave rate bills unpaid as they struggle for trade

2 Feb 2017

323

Startups

New companies topped 20,000 last year for the first time in almost two decades

6 Jan 2017

8.5k

fora

Journal Media launches brand new business site

30 Mar 2016

16.5k

surprise

Business owners are not happy about the new minimum wage

4 Jan 2016

24.3k

Watch this space

16 innovative Irish companies to keep an eye on this year

3 Jan 2016

56.7k

so dope

An Irish company spent six months designing the perfect grinder for weed

12 Dec 2015

36.3k

plug-in

Here are 10 things anyone can do to build a business

Paula Fitzsimons

24 Nov 2015

117

all wrapped up

'We won't be exchanging butter for margarine': Avoca sold to a US catering giant

12 Nov 2015

31.6k

Pulling teeth

The Irish 'Tripadvisor of health' making trips to the dentist *slightly* less painful

9 Nov 2015

12.8k

all on the table

This is where Ireland really ranks for setting up and running a business

28 Oct 2015

14.1k

Baby Steps

Mothercare is shutting stores after complaining about 'unsustainable' rents

28 Oct 2015

20.9k

way out west

Inside the Irish restaurant in an old boat shed where places sell out in hours

25 Oct 2015

47.5k

clicks not bricks

The Irish kings of online 'mystery shoppers' now with $20m in their coffers

20 Oct 2015

21.6k

hearsay festival

Inside the 'Woodstock for radio' about to take over a small Limerick village

18 Oct 2015

13.4k

Up and Away

This conference is trying to turn the west into a hub for drones

17 Oct 2015

23.6k

ChannelSense

'They were intrigued to hear about three Irish guys with no company... no product'

17 Oct 2015

19.9k

fast lane

How one small group of people is building Ireland's most high-tech town

17 Oct 2015

35.3k

Big Bucks

This 5-year-old company started in a Dublin college has been sold for $68 million

14 Oct 2015

22.9k

thanks technology

The future has arrived - you can now order drinks on your mobile in Coppers

6 Oct 2015

24.4k

grape expectations

Meet the winemakers producing the nectar of the Gods in the land of Guinness

27 Sep 2015

33.5k

filthy lucre

How an Irish woman's 'Hailo for cleaners' plans to keep cleaning up

24 Sep 2015

18.6k

Toy Story

Why these award-winning Irish digital marketeers set up a secret sex shop

15 Sep 2015

32.7k

Back in business

The single biggest engine room for Irish jobs is starting to fire up

14 Sep 2015

27.5k

wine not?

This Irish company may have finally found an answer to crap pub wine

13 Sep 2015

33.3k

Opinion

The secret to building a great business? Hire people you actually want to work with

John Rankin

11 Sep 2015

144

lager than life

How two men built a pub and brewing empire from the depths of the recession

6 Sep 2015

37.8k

board games

The Irish website that looks like it hasn't changed in forever is finally getting a makeover

6 Sep 2015

44.0k

Entrepreneurs

Ireland may have big entrepreneurial dreams - but we're still wedded to the boss's chequebook

3 Sep 2015

18.6k

grape expectations

See ya Australia and au revoir France, Ireland has a new favourite winemaker

31 Aug 2015

32.0k

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