New documents have shed light on the profitability of Smyths Toys, one of Ireland’s most successful retail dynasties. And the numbers – from profits to dividends - for the family-owned business are eye watering.
The New York-listed pharmaceutical giant is involved with a judicial review of its tax affairs one year after a last-ditch Budget Day stamp duty change added hundreds of millions to the cost of its Allergan acquisition.
Five months after James McGann and Seb Poole founded Frankie Health, the Dublin company has raised $1.25 million and now plans to create 20 jobs in the next 12 months.
The reclusive British billionaire David Barclay has died aged 86 after a short illness. He will be best remembered in Ireland for his legal battle with Irish developer Paddy McKillen for control of London's most exclusive hotels.
Seamus Fitzpatrick’s private equity fund, CapVest, owns Valeo and Eight Fifty, two food companies with over a billion in revenue each. Between them, they’ve acquired five companies in the last month. What’s the plan for these food giants?
Despite owning 18 primary care centres in Ireland, UK-listed Primary Health Properties is not a household name. However, as it rolls out a €500m Irish expansion plan, it soon will be. Head of investment David Bateman reveals what is next for the stg£2bn real estate investment trust in Ireland.
David Walsh believes he can emulate the success he enjoyed with Netwatch with his new business, HaloCare. He talks about regional development, driving innovation and why the government needs to ban personal guarantees and reform CGT.
Since taking as CEO of Maxol five years ago, Brian Donaldson has overseen growth and expansion at the 100-year-old fuel retailer. He talks about location, competition and entering the energy sector.
Backers were told Lux Estate Capital, a purported luxury property investment firm, was worth millions and would deliver an 8 per cent return. However, the promoter is now in Spain and the backers of his Irish company are battling to get their money back.
Personal and commercial issues have to be resolved in the lucrative family-owned business behind the Ashling Hotel in Dublin and the Imperial Hotel in Galway.
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