Author: Practicenet

Derry-based Nuprint Technologies is located just under 5km from the Border with Co Donegal. The design and print SME does about 40pc of its business cross-border and sources the bulk of its raw materials from within Europe. For Gavin Killeen, the company’s managing director, the dramatic weakening in sterling over the last year is part […]

Irish connectivity platform provider Cubic Telecom is to add 60 new jobs at its Dublin office over the next year, bringing its total headcount up to 140. The jobs boost comes after the firm secured a major deal with German manufacturer Audi. Cubic and Audi will bring the first connected cars to Ireland bring connected […]

THE average motor premium will go up by €130 by the middle of next year, as the insurance crisis continues. Credit rating agency Standards & Poor’s (S&P) said in a new report that motorists are typically paying €900 a year for cover at the moment. S&P said it expects to see a further rise of […]

Construction disputes are to be settled by a new third party “Adjudication Panel” which has been set up by the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland(SCSI). The move will see pay claims resolved by the independent body, and has been set up in response to provisions made in the 2013 Construction Act. It is the […]

The EU has launched a corporate tax clampdown that could hit Ireland’s tax revenues. The proposed consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) is the latest salvo in Brussels’ battle against multinational tax avoidance. It contains a new system for calculating corporate taxes in Europe and a formula to decide where those taxes should be paid. Tax […]

A LACK of women entering the field of engineering is harming the economy, according to the President of the Royal College of Engineering. Professor Ann Dowling said a lack of gender diversity is damaging to the pharma, food, IT and biomedical engineering sectors, which are all vital components of Ireland’s export-driven economy. Women account for […]

The European Union’s hopes of signing a landmark free trade deal with Canada this week appeared to evaporate yesterday as the Belgian federal government failed to win the consent of French-speaking regional authorities. European Council President Donald Tusk had given Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel until yesterday to resolve the impasse. But a meeting Michel […]

America’s biggest pilot union will drop its opposition to Norwegian Airlines International’s plans to use Ireland as a base to serve the United States, if the carrier formally tells the US Department of Transportation (DOT) that it will only hire crew on either US or Irish contracts. Speaking in Dublin Union President Tim Canoll told […]

The head of the semi-state company behind Irish Water is to stand down. Michael McNicholas has decided to step down from his role as group chief executive of Ervia, the State -utility company responsible for Irish Water and Gas Networks Ireland. He’ll remain in the role until May next year, and the board of Ervia […]