Author: Practicenet

The old adage suggests that if you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door. It may even be true. But unless you know exactly what it is about your mousetrap that makes it better, for whom, and why, you’ll never know how many more you could have sold, and […]

Ash Technologies in Naas, Co Kildare was co-founded in 1994 by Hugh Maguire to design and manufacture a range of electronic magnifiers for people with visual impairment. When that market became overly competitive, Hugh decided to pivot the business. Today, with a staff of 29 and an annual turnover of more than €4m, he has […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]