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Paydays pay off for wages firm as it goes international

8th May 2017

Sean Gallagher meets small and medium-sized business owners and shares the lessons they’ve learnt in building their companies. Most companies insist that their staff are their most important asset. However, for employers, paying staff has become more complex than ever before due to a lengthening increasing list of employer obligations and ever-changing entitlements for employees. […]

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Paydays pay off for wages firm as it goes international

8th May 2017

Sean Gallagher meets small and medium-sized business owners and shares the lessons they’ve learnt in building their companies. Most companies insist that their staff are their most important asset. However, for employers, paying staff has become more complex than ever before due to a lengthening increasing list of employer obligations and ever-changing entitlements for employees. […]

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Half of Irish SMEs say they’ve felt no fallout from Brexit, so far

5th May 2017

About half of small businesses have so far experienced no impact from the Brexit vote, a Government-backed survey has found. But looking ahead over the coming 18 months, only a quarter feel as confident. The smallest firms are feeling the squeeze the most, with 13pc claiming to be strongly impacted by the vote, highest among […]

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Rises in motor insurance premiums could be coming to an end

5th May 2017

Hopes that the rises in motor insurance premiums could be coming to an end have been sparked. It comes after one of the largest insurers said ts premium income fell by 10pc in the first three months of the year. RSA said it earned €52.57 in motor premiums in the first quarter, down 10pc in […]

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Irish firms top the most highly regarded organisations in Ireland

5th May 2017

An Post, Kerry Group and Bord Bia have topped the Ireland RepTrak 2017 study of the most highly regarded organisations in Ireland. Aldi, Lidl, Google, Boots, Tourism Ireland, Aer Lingus, and Super Valu make up the remaining top ten positions. The results are based on the perceptions of more than 4,500 respondents who completed The […]

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Irish firms top the most highly regarded organisations in Ireland

5th May 2017

An Post, Kerry Group and Bord Bia have topped the Ireland RepTrak 2017 study of the most highly regarded organisations in Ireland. Aldi, Lidl, Google, Boots, Tourism Ireland, Aer Lingus, and Super Valu make up the remaining top ten positions. The results are based on the perceptions of more than 4,500 respondents who completed The […]

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It doesn’t add up: 20,000 first-time buyers chase 10,000 new homes

5th May 2017

Twenty-thousand first-time buyers are now set to chase half as many new homes, which will drive property prices sharply upwards for the rest of this year. New buyers and investors have been cleared to borrow for around 20,000 mortgages in the past year, according to figures from the Irish Banking and Payments Federation. But there […]

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Healthy savings

3rd May 2017

If you have private health insurance, there’s a good chance that you’ll need to renew your policy this month, but why not switch instead and save hundreds, if not thousands? The bottom line is that anyone who is on the same plan for two years or more stands to save money, according to health insurance […]

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Almost 70pc of Irish workers believe SMEs and start-ups offer best office culture

3rd May 2017

Almost 70pc of Irish workers would like to work in a small to medium-size enterprise (SME) or a startup, research has found – with respondents believing that startups and SMEs offer the best office culture. Younger workers are also following this trend, with close to half of those aged under 25 preferring to work in […]

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Irish firm buys US international payroll company and announces 150 new jobs

3rd May 2017

Immedis, a specialist division of the Terry Clune owned Taxback Group, has today announced the acquisition of US international payroll company Expaticore. The $10m (€9.1m) acquisition is a first for Immedis and signals a step in the organisation’s growth plans. “We see real potential for the services we offer in the US market and are […]

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