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The British Irish Chamber's John McGrane tells Petula Martyn the UK's White Paper on Brexit is a basis for a deal on free trade for goods

Brexit White Paper does mark progress:UK Irish Chamber

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the publication of the White Paper on Brexit by the UK as a basis for an agreement on free trade for goods.

Business • 13 Jul 18

EY's Managing Partner Frank O'Keeffe tells Aengus Cox there has been a significant change around governance issues at the company

EY seeking 215 'experienced candidates'

EY's Managing Partner Frank O'Keeffe said the company is looking for a broad range of skills across its four businesses - audit, tax, corporate finance and consulting - as it seeks to recuit 520 people.

Business • 12 Jul 18

The CEO of the ITAA, Pat Dawson, tells Aengus Cox that uncertainty about possible strike action will affect bookings in the coming months

Airlines' strikes 'very disruptive' for travel agents

The chief executive of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) Pat Dawson says strikes like tomorrow's Ryanair action are "very, very disruptive" for travel agents.

Business • 11 Jul 18

Irish Exporters Association CEO Simon McKeever tells Aengus Cox that companies still need to do more on currency hedging

Weak sterling cause of concern for Irish exporters

The chief executive of the Irish Exporters Association, Simon McKeever, said a weaker pound causes a number of issues for Irish companies selling into the British market.

Business • 10 Jul 18

Ibec's Director of Employer Relations Maeve McElwee tells Aengus Cox that current school pupils will have 10-12 jobs by the age of 38

Most students to work in jobs that don't yet exist

The majority of students currently at school in Ireland are going to end up working in types of jobs that do not exist yet, according to new research on the future of employment carried out by Ibec.

Business • 09 Jul 18

Ben Hurley, CEO of the National Digital Research Centre, tells Adam Maguire it is keen to improve diversity amongst the start-up teams it invests in

Value of companies invested in by NDRC hits €486m

The value of the companies invested in by the NDRC reached €486m last year, according to the investment body's latest annual results.

Business • 06 Jul 18

The Director General of the Irish Universities Association, Jim Miley, said there has been a persistent lack of funding in third level education for the last decade

Irish Universities Association urges more investment

Universities are in crisis following a decade of underinvestment, according to the Irish Universities Association, which launches its pre-Budget submission today.

Business • 05 Jul 18

Smurfit Kappa's chief financial officer Ken Bowles tells Petula Martyn that the two bids from IP undervalued the paper and packaging giant

Reparenco purchase 'an obvious deal' for Smurfit Kappa

Smurfit Kappa - which employs around 46,000 people worldwide - this week completed its acquisition of Netherlands-based paper and recycling business Reparenco for €460m.

Business • 04 Jul 18

Spectrum Wellness to create 100 jobs in €4m investment

Spectrum Wellness, which provides wellness programmes to corporate clients, is today announcing 100 new jobs as part of a €4m investment.

Business • 04 Jul 18

Four utility companies have announced price hikes in recent weeks

Six energy suppliers - so far - announce price hikes

Customers of Energia, Flogas, SSE Airtricity, Electric Ireland, Panda Power and Pinergy will see their energy bills rise in the coming weeks, after the suppliers announced price increases.

Business • 02 Jul 18

Canada has a significant footprint in Ireland that is only growing

Canadian lessons for Irish economy

The fourth of July is Independence Day in the US, but what people might not know is Canada just pips them with its national holiday being marked on July 1.

Business • 29 Jun 18

Hickey Pharmacy boss Paddy Hickey tells Aengus Cox the company plans to hire 125 new staff by the end of next year (Pic: Credit Hickey's Pharmacy)

Hickey's Pharmacy aiming to have 60 outlets by 2022

Hickey's Pharmacy has unveiled significant expansion plans, with the group looking to double in size over the next five years.

Business • 28 Jun 18

John Finn, managing director of Treasury Solutions, tells Aengus Cox that around half of UK SME's 'have no plan' for Brexit

Irish SMEs better prepared for Brexit than UK peers

John Finn, managing director of Treasury Solutions, said Irish companies are "getting there" when it comes to Brexit preparedness and there is a lot of Government assistance available.

Business • 27 Jun 18

Dr Róisín Murphy tells Aengus Cox that the lack of supply of suitably qualified surveying professionals is now the primary constraint to employment growth

Shortage of surveyors over next four years - report

Demand for newly qualified construction and property surveyors is set to outstrip supply by more than 2,000 by 2021, according to a new report from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland.

Business • 26 Jun 18

Henkel's global head of 3D printing, Philipp Loosen, tells Aengus Cox the impact of 3D on R&D and manufacturing has been growing in recent years

Henkel investing €18m in Tallaght R&D centre

Henkel is investing €18m over the next four years at its Tallaght research and development centre, as it opens a European hub for 3D printing technology there today.

Business • 25 Jun 18

Carol Lynch, from BDO, tells Petula Martyn that products an Irish construction company uses will be heavily targeted by the new tariffs

Irish firms facing higher costs as tariffs kick in

Carol Lynch, a partner in the Customs and International Trade department at BDO, said a range of US products across a number of industries has been targeted by the European Union.

Business • 22 Jun 18

Rick Lacaille thinks there is a black cloud hanging around trade wars

Investors not overly concerned about trade war

Europe is set to levy tariffs against a range of US goods - including motorbikes, blue jeans and bourbon whiskey - in retalation against aluminium and steel tariffs introduced by the US earlier this month.

Business • 22 Jun 18

UK consumer confidence - and in turn spending - has taken a hit since the country's vote to leave the European Union, Professor Mary Lambkin says

UK retailers facing Brexit and online headwinds

Mary Lambkin, Professor of Marketing at the UCD Smurfit School of Business, said the closures on the UK high street are partly a side-effect of Brexit but are also part of a broader, global trend.

Business • 20 Jun 18

Health Innovation Hub Ireland hopes the Irish health care system will become more successful to create wealth, pay taxes, and keep the system going.

Health Innovation Hub Ireland to aid medical firms

Health focused startups and SMEs are being encouraged to pitch ideas to the Government-backed Health Innovation Hub Ireland.

Business • 19 Jun 18

Davy economist Conall MacCoille tells Adam Maguire that there might be more than one interest rate hike from the ECB before the end of 2019

ECB may hike rates more than once before end of 2019

Davy economist Connall MacCoille said that while the end of QE had been well flagged, the big surprise for the markets was the ECB's signal that it would keep interest rates at their record lows until around September 2019.

Business • 18 Jun 18

Mark Redmond tells Adam Maguire that "Ireland has always been consistent with certainty in our corporation tax policy."

Investments from US companies critical to economy

The vast majority of Irish people believe investments from US companies are critical to the economy.

Business • 15 Jun 18

Vice President of PayPal in Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Louise Phelan

PayPal removes fees for payments to friends and family

New research from online payments firm PayPal suggests that, on average, Irish adults are owed €152 each through small loans they have made to friends and family, meaning overall more than €575m of this kind of debt is estimated to be owed here.

Business • 14 Jun 18

Bank of Ireland chief Francesca McDonagh tells Aengus Cox the bank plans to grow its UK operations - a market she knows well

Bank of Ireland chief to cut bank's costs by €200m

Bank of Ireland chief executive Francesca McDonagh said the bank is making a "cost commitment" to the market to reduce the cost base to €1.7 billion over the next three years.

Business • 13 Jun 18

Joseph Lubin tells Aengus Cox that we can think of blockchain as 'a next-generation database technology'

Ethereum's co-founder says blockchain guarantees trust

Web Summit's spin-off fintech event MoneyConf is taking place in Dublin this week and is expected to attract over 5,000 attendees over the next two days.

Business • 12 Jun 18

Web Summit CEO and Co-founder Paddy Cosgrave

Over 5,000 expected to attend MoneyConf in Dublin

Over 5,000 people are expected to descend on the RDS in Dublin over the next three days as Europe's largest cryptocurrency and fintech event, MoneyConf, returns to Ireland.

Business • 11 Jun 18

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