“Ultimately, number one, it’s about creating a unified brand, one Waystone”

Bank of Ireland doesn't make much money outside its core business of money-lending. That's a big problem when loans start to turn bad.

The tax authority has unpicked the corporate structures used by hundreds of accountancy practices to reduce their tax liability by “syphoning” off certain work in their accounts as non-professional services. Following a landmark test case, many are now in line for legacy tax assessments.

Stock exchange disclosures reveal that asset manager Veraison has bought more than 7 per cent of the embattled industrial baker. Who are the Zurich-based investors picking up the cheap stock of the group behind the Cuisine de France brand?

Daniel Nugent just launched his second eyewear business, LensBuild, which aims to become a competitor for opticians around the country. Self financed to date, it is now launching in the UK, with further international expansion linked up in the coming months.

Mary McKenna’s travel agency Tour America has sent a generation of Irish tourists to the country now worst hit by the pandemic. She expects no travel until Christmas and her team are busy rescheduling trips - but with a mother in a nursing home, she knows this is not only about business.

David Maxwell, the chief executive of the fast-growing Mexican fast casual food brand Boojum, part of Save Our Restaurants, a coalition of restauranteurs that has developed a package of proposals aimed at helping the industry. The Belfast businessman knows it will not save every business, but he believes it will make a massive difference.

Together with Bertrand Gautier, Paul O'Donnell is Principal of Greencoat Renewables, the listed renewable energy company. They have been on an acquisition spree: twelve wind farm deals since 2017. Here O'Donnell describes Greencoat's long term perspective, the short term impact of Covid-19, and how Ireland hits its 70 per cent renewable energy goal.

The iconic Dublin cafe faces closure once more, hit by Covid-19 restrictions and a rent dispute – just one of the many costs associated with its historic building on Ireland's most expensive street.

Pay cuts and slashed bonuses are the order of the day at Ireland's blue-chip law firms. But so is resilience. They survived the last recession. Now they are preparing to weather the uncertain times ahead.

As the online short-term letting company lays off a quarter of its workforce, we examine what is known of its Irish-headquartered $2.4 billion international operations.