The Business Saturday 2 December 2017
The Business
A weekly look at the world of business and personal finance with Richard Curran
US Tax Reform & Brexit
To discuss the implifcations of US President Trump's sweeping tax reforms may have on Ireland and all that is happening with Brexit, the border & the lack of Tory understanding of how Irish politics works, Richard is joined in studio by Frank Barry, Economist at Trinity School of Business & Peter Vale, Pax Partner at Grant Thornton.
Vincent Carton - Manor Farm
Richard's next guest is Vincent Carton, MD of the country's largest chicken producer, Manor Farm. The business started out in the eighteenth century when the Carton's ancestors established the country's first poultry market in Dublin. Generations later the company employs more than 800 with a turnover in the hundreds of millions.
Mark Cummins - Pointy App
Mark Cummins along with business partner Charles Bibby is the co-founder & chief executive of Pointy, an app which literally points you in the direction of those hard to find items you might be looking for in shops that are close to where you live.
Construction
Afer a decade in the doldrums, the demand for construction is back, as well as the much-publicised & critical housing shortage, there are also major projects in the commercial sector. Julie Currid, co-founder & chief Operations Officer of Initiafy, which provides induction training to new staff & contract workers for firms in the construction sector, in Ireland, UK, US & Canada joins Richard in studio this morning.
Christmas Hampers - Liam Geraghty
Christmas is within sight & in the corporate world many see gifting a hamper as a token of goodwill to all employees & esteemed clients.
Music Played on the Show
3 R'S
Jack Johnson
0:39
What's This
Vitamin String Quartet
0:17
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Presenter: Richard Curran
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