The value of share buybacks topped €4.1 billion in 2023. New documents state that the introduction of stamp duty on share buybacks could increase the annual tax take by €41 million. Will it happen?
The London-based fintech has finally been awarded a banking licence from UK regulators after a lengthy three-year process. It will add further legitimacy to its Irish mortgage products.
The regional CTO of Workday talks to The Currency about the company’s efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion and discusses the property market-driven change of plans for its home in Dublin.
Turner Construction Company has acquired the Cork-based engineering group to gain access to its sizeable data centre and pharma projects around Europe.
Ubiquitous LCD screens contain valuable recoverable materials, as well as poisonous mercury. Votechnik has robotised their disassembly and is now exporting to Sweden and the US.
Dublin-based Store Computer Technology, which provides tech services and support to the retail sector, has been bought in a deal of “strategic importance”.
Principal Logistics Technologies, which is more than 30 years old, builds software for the logistics and warehousing sectors and is active across Ireland and the UK.
Rebecca McManus is building a healthcare app that aims to detect cognitive decline in older people using large language modelling technology. Her family history drives her and she believes a career in sales gives her an edge.
Restructuring saw AWS’s Irish unit change hands within the Amazon group at the end of last year. The price paid was a fair reflection of the bricks, mortar and servers on its books but did not reflect its runaway growth.
Ireland chaired the informal group of digitally like-minded EU member states for six months and one of its findings on tech policy is gathering more steam in Europe.
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