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  • building and property

Budget 2017: The new first-time buyer scheme 'will just drive up prices and developer profits'

Building experts say the €20,000 incentive will stoke demand without fixing underlying supply issues.

  • 4 min read
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Budget 2017: Low-cost loans and investment for sheep - what's in it for farmers

A number of measures have been introduced to ease the potential fallout from Brexit.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

Budget 2017: Childcare overhaul will 'increase women's participation in the workforce'

However some have warned the measures will just drive up childcare costs.

  • 2 min read
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Budget 2017: 'The budget has failed to deliver for small businesses'

Capital gains tax is largely unchanged and there will be no movement on company share schemes yet.

  • 3 min read
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  • food and drink

Budget 2017: Ireland is getting a sugar tax - but not for a few years

The tax was mentioned in this afternoon’s budget.

  • 2 min read
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Budget 2017: Good news for tourism businesses - their 9% VAT rate is safe

The rate came under scrutiny earlier this year.

  • 3 min read
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Budget 2017: These were all the key developments as they happened

We break down the key points businesses need to know.

  • 8 min read
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'Staycations' are down in Ireland and the Easter bunny is partly to blame

Domestic travel was down 6.5% from April to June.

  • 2 min read
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Facebook has revealed how it plans to beat Slack at its own game

The social media behemoth has entered the office productivity space with an aggressive pricing model.

  • 3 min read
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Samsung has told Galaxy Note 7 owners to 'power down and stop using the device' immediately

The company also halted all sales and exchanges of the handset that has a tendency to catch fire.

  • 4 min read
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Budget 2017: Here are the key things you need to know today

Expect to see a few business-friendly measures announced this year.

  • 3 min read
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The Central Bank has fined KBC Bank Ireland €1.4m for 'repeated breaches' on lending codes

KBC was found to have breached Central Bank rules on 18 separate occasions.

  • 3 min read
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  • Opinion

Poll: Do you actually pay any attention to the Budget?

Sure, it’s important, but that doesn’t mean everyone buys into the hype.

  • 2 min read
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Why your business needs an airtight return-to-work policy for staff

Avril Daly

Avril Daly

Senior associate, Mason Hayes & Curran

One employee was awarded €16,000 after his employer asked for a letter to confirm he was ’100% sane’.

  • 3 min read
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Irish Water has put out a tender for a debt collection agency

The utility said the move is a “precautionary measure”.

  • 3 min read
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  • Work

British jobseekers are hunting for work outside the UK - and Ireland's top of the list

Jobs website Indeed has recorded a sustained spike in searches after the Brexit vote.

  • 3 min read
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Banks need to become tech companies - or they won't be around for much longer

A top fintech investor says the savvy major players are already working with startups.

  • 4 min read
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An Irish conference for the Snapchat generation has caught the eye of foreign entrepreneurs

Zeminar hasn’t run its first event yet it’s still attracting global attention.

  • 4 min read
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  • building and property

Two global giants row over 'wasteful' plan to build 100 houses in Meath

UK giant Abbey claimed the development shouldn’t go ahead because it didn’t include enough houses.

  • 3 min read
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'Building a team in Silicon Valley is extraordinarily difficult and expensive'

Despite having its HQ in the US, Swrve’s co-founder says Ireland is the place to build a great product.

  • 5 min read
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