The sleeping city awakens: How Sonica intends to rebuild itself
April 1, 2022 5:35 am“We transform working lives” is the missionary tagline of office fit-out firm Sonica. And it has the trophies to prove... View Article
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No debt, cost containment and strong cashflows: Seven graphs explaining the model of EuroGiant
March 31, 2022 7:00 pmHigh-street retail has been a major casualty of the pandemic. Large swathes of non-essential retail outlets were forced to pull... View Article
“There is no limit to our ambition. The only limit is whether there will be any more brokers left for us to acquire”
March 31, 2022 5:05 amThere are two types of insurance brokers in Ireland at present: those looking to consolidate the industry and those that... View Article
The double malt – part four: “Structures like these siphon revenue from some of the poorest countries in the world”
March 31, 2022 4:08 amThe charity Christian Aid can be credited for turning the spotlight on multinationals’ increasing use of corporate structures straddling Ireland... View Article
How jewellery group Anthony Nicholas remained profitable during a pandemic (while paying down debt) – in seven graphs
March 30, 2022 8:00 pmTiming matters. In December 2019, Irish jeweller group Anthony Nicholas sold four of its Fraser Hart shops in the UK... View Article
Joe Media’s rugby rap: Private equity owner criticised over witness statements
March 30, 2022 7:30 pmGreencastle Media Group, the private equity company behind Joe Media, came in for judicial censure recently before settling a row... View Article
A curious mind: Pat Rigney on building brands, scaling internationally and the future of hospitality
March 30, 2022 5:56 amPat Rigney refuses to call himself an expert in the drinks industry. Many others, however, would. After all, he helped... View Article
The double malt – part three: How Microchip, Tencent and Lufthansa cut their tax bills via Ireland and Malta
March 30, 2022 5:54 amOver the past two days, The Currency has revealed how the US-headquartered pharma giant Abbott Laboratories squeezed through the loopholes... View Article
“There will never be a solution to climate change without us realising that we are dealing with a much greater and broader problem”
March 30, 2022 5:08 amA book about the structure of the brain and the divided nature of thought itself might seem an unusual place... View Article
From Apple to Xbox: How a humble family business became a global packaging player
March 29, 2022 5:35 amAlan Leamy considers himself something of a late bloomer. Now in his mid-fifties, he has turned Perigord, his family business... View Article
