Chupi Sweetman, the businesswoman behind the eponymous jewellery brand Chupi, talks about creating a global brand from Dublin, pivoting away from wholesale to a direct-to-consumer model, and why the future of retail is digital.
For the past four years, vehicles established in Ireland to hoover up debt secured on Irish property have been banned from paying tax-free profit-participating interest. New accounts show how this rule has applied to portfolios sold by Nama and Ulster Bank.
Emmet Bosonnet makes recycled copper lamps and lights. Benoit Nicol sells high quality oils. Julie and Owen McLoughlin run a multi-award-winning print studio. All found a home in a former chocolate factory in inner city Dublin.
The shareholder rift at Broderick's got a very public airing this week as the High Court was asked to decide whether to appoint an examiner to the troubled food company. The Currency looks back at how the battle played out in court.
Providence Resources is on an astonishing run, up more than sevenfold since March. This week, one major investor has taken some money off the table.
Former Ireland AM presenter Sinéad Desmond won the first round in her equal pay claim against Virgin Media Television. The commercial broadcaster now wants the High Court to review the WRC decision.
Since being co-founded by Brendan O’Farrell in 2003, DCN has developed over 100 rapid diagnostic tests for its customers, which range from larger manufacturers to non-profits to start-ups. Martis Capital has now backed the business.
After months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, Paddy Byrne’s Victoria Homes has agreed a deal which resolved all outstanding issues with the Lotus Investment Group.
Having taken full control of three of Ireland’s best private hospitals Larry Goodman now has appointed a new group chair and chief executive to oversee them.
Wayflyer is growing quickly by financing small to mid-sized e-commerce companies. Last month, QED Investors, which has backed 13 unicorns to date, invested in the Irish company. Is Wayflyer a $1 billion business of the future?
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