90% of firms to increase revenue

Higher revenues and larger workforces are on the way in 2015, according to a survey of more than 800 businesses carried out yesterday. PriceWaterhouseCoopers carried out its Business Barometer at its annual forum at Dublin’s Convention Centre. It revealed that almost...

SMEs struggle with late payments and bank borrowing – survey

Two-FIFTHS of SMEs across the UK and Ireland struggle with customers not paying their invoices on time, according to the latest Close Brothers Business Barometer. This in turn has a negative impact on cash flow, with time and money spent chasing payments instead of...

Pickets won’t resolve issues in meat sector

The stand-off between farming organisations and the beef industry in recent weeks has been an interesting spectacle. Behind the headlines there are a number of uncomfortable truths and it will require much more than pickets to change them. It is a fact that Irish...

IMF and World Bank warn of ‘peak trade’

The study seeks to answer what has been one of the most perplexing questions facing economists in recent years: does a continuing slowdown in the growth of international commerce mean globalisation has peaked? For the past two years world trade has expanded more...

Datalex enjoys 15% jump in transaction revenue

Travel software firm Datalex enjoyed a 15 per cent jump in transaction revenue during the four months to October. In a trading update, the company, which is backed by businessman Dermot Desmond, said it anticipated adjusted earnings before interest, taxes,...