The recent budget was hailed as a giveaway with something for almost everybody but small businesses were the noted exception. The details of the Finance Bill have now confirmed this.
The peer-to-peer platform is raising funds from private investors and a German bank to streamline its crowdfunded business lending activity.
There is a wide range of measures the Government could introduce to help small business grappling with state-imposed costs. Simple but imaginative initiatives could make all the difference.
There are several very straightforward ways in which company owners can fully exploit the post-tax value of their asset. However, they must be carefully planned and executed to make use of the available tax structures.
Domestic trends which showed marked improvement in Q1 this year have carried through to the second quarter, creating a renewed sense of confidence in the Irish economy. Even Taylor Swift played her part.
Experienced business investor Kevin MacSweeny has just bought a 20% stake in Kevin Canning's Quintas Capital. As it launches a new equity investment division for SMEs, Canning and MacSweeny talk strategy, cheque sizes and deal pipelines.
Peter Burke is asking voters to choose between tax breaks for restaurants or middle income earners. As a Fine Gael TD, this makes sense, but as enterprise minister, this is leaving hospitality entrepreneurs puzzled.
From his midlands base as a former journalist, the Independent Ireland candidate for MEP blames the Green Party for the ills of rural Ireland and calls for EU intervention on insurance costs.
New Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke defends cost-busting measures for SMEs and promises more in the budget – but he pits a cut in the hospitality Vat rate against income tax breaks for middle earners.
Small businesses across the country are facing an existential crisis on many fronts, including state-induced higher costs. Modelling the latest Government announcements on PRSI and grants shows they don't go far enough.
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