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  • Startup Scout
  • Startups and tech

Cavan's Apridata wants to simplify data analytics for the distribution sector

In our weekly Startup Scout series, Fora picks out promising companies that are emerging from Ireland.

  • 5 min read
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  • policy and economy

Irish SMEs are pulling investment because of Brexit - and they're still not prepared

AIB’s survey of SMEs suggests a lack of certainty when it comes to practical planning.

  • 2 min read
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Do your flexible work arrangements leave you vulnerable to working-time claims?

Ben Conway

Ben Conway

William Fry

Employers have stringent rules to follow when recording employees’ working time.

  • 4 min read
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An eye on the sky: Does Dublin really need a high-rise solution?

Kenneth Rouse

Kenneth Rouse

BNP Paribas Real Estate

Regularly mooted as a housing and office fix, building higher isn’t necessarily the answer.

  • 5 min read
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  • Evolution of food
  • Feature

Michelin stars are like an 'international avalanche' for restaurants. Then the food coma kicks in

Fine-dining eateries still grapple with skills shortages and rising labour costs.

  • 7 min read
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Revenue from the carbon tax should be invested entirely in climate action measures

Ian Talbot

Ian Talbot

Chief executive, Chambers Ireland

Carbon taxes are expected to generate €500 million in 2020.

  • 4 min read
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  • Feature
  • Future of finance

Revolut and N26 rocked Irish banking. Now their competition is coming to town

Bunq and Raisin recently entered the market, which already has some big players.

  • 6 min read
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  • Interview

Sugar, plastics and vegan demands: Lir Chocolate's boss on the coalface of confectionery

Ann Murray talks about segueing from food to beauty and back again.

  • 6 min read
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  • Startups and tech

Irish tech startup Pest Pulse has been acquired by a US cleaning services giant

The deal will see the company join ServiceMaster’s group that’s pushing further into Europe.

  • 2 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • retail and services

A no-deal Brexit could 'exasperate' the quirks of Ireland's grocery market

The Central Bank’s latest economic forecast outlined how prices would be impacted.

  • 3 min read
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  • 21st Century workplace
  • Financial Services
  • Startups and tech

A trade union report has called on the government to legislate for a 'right to disconnect'

FSU said that ‘employers left to themselves will use technology to reduce costs, to maximise profits’.

  • 3 min read
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  • Sports
  • Startups and tech

Betting software startup Banach scored €1m, with backing from ex-Paddy Power execs

Paddy Power’s co-founder is among the investors taking a punt on the company again.

  • 2 min read
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  • policy and economy

Your crash course in... What the new OECD tax proposals could mean for Ireland

New proposals by the Paris-based body will likely affect Ireland’s corporation tax system.

  • 3 min read
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  • building and property
  • Startups and tech
  • tourism and transport

Billion-dollar short-term letting outfit Sonder is the latest to stick its flag in Dublin

The US company is the latest apartment rental company to enter the Irish market.

  • 2 min read
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  • policy and economy

A massive shock to corporation tax could cost Ireland as much as €6bn a year

That’s according to a Department of Finance paper exploring ‘extreme’ but plausible scenarios.

  • 3 min read
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  • policy and economy

Carbon tax and just transition: What Budget 2020's climate measures mean for business

Aside from Brexit, the climate emergency was a big priority in this year’s budget announcement.

  • 4 min read
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  • policy and economy

Business groups 'cautiously welcome' a budget 'developed in the shadow of Brexit'

Brexit was a major theme in Budget 2020, but some industry groups have voiced concern.

  • 4 min read
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  • 21st Century workplace
  • Startups and tech

Irish startup Utmost has raised $11.2m to help companies engage with contractors

The new venture was set up by tech entrepreneur Annrai O’Toole.

  • 2 min read
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  • policy and economy

Budget 2020: Here are the winners and losers from Irish business

Hotels mourn a missed opportunity, brewers raise a Paschal Pilsner but mostly it’s about Brexit.

  • 11 min read
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  • policy and economy
  • Startups and tech

Budget 2020: changes for startups are welcomed, but don't expect 'instant transformation'

The minister’s speech is seen as positive, but the devil will be in the Finance Bill detail.

  • 4 min read
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