Niamh and Joe Reid were weeks from launching their new clothing brand, Forty Foot Apparel, when they learned 40ft Brewery in London owned the trademark. “It’s been a steep learning curve," says the couple.
Following an investigation into the distribution of tickets to live events, the Competition and Consumer Commission has applied to the High Court to give legal standing to a settlement with Ticketmaster.
Revenue is sceptical examinership will resolve tensions between warring shareholders at the confectioner Broderick's which is mired in a hotly contested insolvency petition.
“Blameless” PwC partners may find themselves financially exposed as a result of the €900 million negligence claim being brought against the firm by collapsed insurer Quinn Direct, the Supreme Court has heard.
Greencore sells ready to go sandwiches and salads to busy workers, mainly in city centres. Covid has not been kind to it. It raised €101m from shareholders yesterday, which means it isn't stressed in the short term. But in the longer term, will city centres will be full of sandwich-eating office workers?
With just seven staff at Dublin Airport, 37 aircraft leasing subsidiaries are responsible for the liabilities of the troubled Scandinavian airline’s entire fleet. The four largest, along with the group’s Irish-registered airline, have just gone into examinership.
Through a Luxembourg SPV, Apollo acquired debts connected to Pat Doherty’s Harcourt Developments. However, much of those debts are due to be repaid, prompting its accountants to raise questions about the company’s finances.
Having built up a multi-million euro confectionery business from a family kitchen, the company is now carrying substantial debts. Its shareholders are divided on its future and whether an examiner should be appointed.
Irish Distillers, which is owned by French alcoholic beverages giant Pernod Ricard, and McCann FitzGerald, one of Ireland’s biggest law firms, are supporting Save Irish Pubs, a new campaign offering help to 7,400 pubs over disputed insurance cover.
Foxfield Inns owns the Ashling Hotel beside Heuston Station and the Imperial Hotel in Galway. One of the shareholders in the family-owned business has brought an oppression suit against her siblings.
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