The founders of the ice-cream parlour business have sold a significant stake to the food-focused private equity firm. Hilliard Lombard and David McKernan plan to grow the chain to between 10 and 15 outlets within two or three years.
The subsidiary of the US-based Encore Capital Group is just one of many investors increasingly using Ireland as a base to snap up distressed debt on the continent. But it has hit a speedbump in the rolling out of this plan.
Just three years after retiring from rugby, Bob Casey was CEO of London Irish. Now running the Dublin business of Korn Ferry, he talks about how professional athletes have to start again, leadership trends, and hiring Joe Schmidt for World Rugby.
Richard Dunwoody was driven by obsession as a jockey, but he walked away from horse racing for a life of adventure. He talks to Dion Fanning about fatherhood, lockdown and doping in horse racing.
Declan Kelly's behaviour at a charity event is all the more harmful because Teneo's entire business model is based on authority and respect.
The government is bringing in new laws on statutory sick pay and auto enrolment of pensions, while the minimum wage looks likely to be increased again. The Tánaiste and enterprise minister defends the policies and explains why - and how - they are being implemented.
Iranian-born businessman Robert Tchenguiz bought a €55 million debt of Derek Quinlan for just €5,000 – and called it in. The Irish financier has countersued and is prepared to fight his action.
Legal editor Francesca Comyn won the award for her "informed and balanced account of the test case against FBD Insurance by publicans denied Covid-19 related business interruption cover".
With Sinn Féin leading in the latest opinion polls, Stephen Kinsella asks the party's finance spokesperson to imagine himself as finance minister. From the unwinding of pandemic spending to preparations for a potential united Ireland, this is what Pearse Doherty said he would do.
Seroba started investing in early-stage biotech and medtech firms in 2002. Almost 20 years later, it is now raising up to €150m for its latest fund. This is how its business has performed to date, and what it wants the new fund to do.
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