InterTrade Ireland ‘business ambassadors’ generate €20m

The companies were awarded “business ambassador” status by InterTrade at an event in Dublin’s Mansion House yesterday. Jobs Minister Richard Bruton hosted the event and said the body is important in driving enterprise growth, exports and job-creation...

Mentors can put the spark back into your business

Michael Shinnick, owner of The Business Practice, has been a mentor for the past ten years. An accountant by profession, Shinnick has experience in investment management and asset management. He says that there is no problem he hasn’t seen. “When I meet...

Manufacturing grows strongly again in September

Irish manufacturing grew robustly again in September, marking the 15th month in a row that the sector was in positive territory. Investec’s monthly Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), fell slightly to 55.7 from a 15-year high of 57.3 in August. Any reading above 50...

Wetherspoon will pour €100m into Irish pub network

In an interview with the Irish Independent, the Belfast-born multimillionaire said his British pub chain was pouring money into Ireland. Mr Martin said designs overhauls of around €1.5m, along the lines of what has just been completed at its Blackrock, Co Dublin...