Barber Robbie Connaughton calls on the government to consider allowing salons to open temporarily to allow them to serve customers.
All debt enforcement activity has been suspended until further notice.
The Irish Red Cross that that it was administering two temporary emergency support schemes at the request of the government.
The competition for top talent is red hot now – here’s how to make sure you get the candidates that will make your company succeed.
They’re all under 30. Feel inadequate?
The latest Government Satisfaction Survey shows that the overall satisfaction rating improved from -41% to -4%.
Interest discount among perks for small business signing up for struggling microfinance scheme.
The EU says Ireland breached a directive in tendering for Eircode.
Almost one in five owners don’t report crimes, a survey has found.
The economy may be on the way back, but small businesses are still hurting according to ISME.
Call on newly-elected councillors to drive recovery in “busy main streets”.
Dónal Moloney reflects on the ups and downs of nurturing a start-up business…
The launch follows criticism of the Government’s approach to SME grants and funding.
As with mortgages, it seems the bank is taking a hard line on debt forgiveness.
Small Firms Association says the cost and rate of crime against business is on the rise.
Larger companies forcing down prices for government work.
Over 3,000 small businesses in Ireland have already had the chance to take part in the programme which is run by a non-profit support forum.
Kelly said there is going to be a lot of SMEs cleared out ‘in one go’ following ECB stress tests.
The figures show a stabilisation in the economy, the Small Firms Association says.
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of tomorrow’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.
The new initiative that rewards employers for taking on the long term unemployed was launched during the summer.
The Taoiseach’s first foray into a webcast with small business owners got a good reaction on Friday – so now he’s looking at what to do next.
The junior minister for small business has made a confidential settlement over a €2.47 million debt with Danske Bank and is not going to comment any further “at the moment”, his spokesperson says.
Small businesses are having to wait an average of 62 days to get paid by creditors.
A new survey also found that Irish businesses in the UK are outperforming their UK counterparts in a number of areas.
‘Hook & Eye’ was started by fashion graduate Lauralee Guiney and artist Delphine Libelula – and reckon their costumes could brighten up a night out.
Brian Hayes has said he has a lot of sympathy for fellow junior minister John Perry who had a €2.47 million judgment ordered against him in the courts this week.
Minister of State for Small Business, John Perry, and his wife consented to a judgment of €2.47 million being made against them in the Commercial Court today.
ISME praised the adoption of a voluntary code on prompt payments by SMEs – but says big business must be forced to agree to the code in order to improve the cash-flow of smaller operations.
Tom O’Reilly lost his engineering business of over 20 years when clients failed to pay him for some €600,000 worth of services.
Retailers say customers are buying less branded products and are shopping around more.
The Superquinn founder and independent senator tops a survey of Irish small and medium enterprises.
Small business owner are targeted by companies presenting misleading ad contracts and charging up to €5k a year.
The app uses a Bluetooth-connected PIN pad to securely process payments through a smartphone.
However, there are still barriers to employment opportunities including a lack of business and unrealistic salary expectations.
The quarterly bank survey has prompted an angry response from the SME sector.
During the boom it was cheaper for businesses to buy property than to rent it – but that’s causing huge problems now, writes Peter Faulkner.
Unemployed people who start companies are branded “involuntary entrepreneurs” – but they should be hailed as heroes, writes business owner Peter Faulkner.
A survey has found that some Irish SMEs don’t use social networking site to promote themselves – and some are even still using faxes to get the word about about their services.