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In light of the current cyber attacks which have affected more than 200,000 people in over 150 countries, Richard Brown, director of the national cyber security centre, has advised that the most common way of dealing with the threat of cyber attacks is good practice, especially the updating of anti-virus systems regularly. Speaking on Rte […]

The surge in property prices has pushed up the net worth of households.The debts of consumers here are also falling faster than elsewhere in the European Union. New figures from the Central Bank show that the average household in this country now has a net worth of €137,000. It has risen because of the strong […]

More than 1,200 people will attend today’s FutureScope conference in Dublin. The event aims to bring together 300 startup and scale-up businesses with entrepreneurs and large enterprises to develop opportunities for working together. Delegates will hear about evolving trends and how they are expected to shape the world, with more than 90 speakers and panellists […]

Savills Ireland has launched Workthere, a new service to help growing businesses find flexible, co-working, and services office space across Ireland. The brokerage service and website listing platform will offer a professional, easy, and transparent way for office providers to let their space and for occupiers to identify flexible working space that fits their individual […]

This is a far cry from the first half of 2014, when over 26,000 customers switched, although this was mainly due to the exit of Danske Bank and ACC Bank from the current account market. “The main reason for inertia in switching current accounts is fear that something will go wrong,” said Simon Moynihan of […]

Facebook is poised to expand further in Dublin, with the company set to hire 3,000 people for ‘community operations’ worldwide. The social media giant, which employs 1,600 people here and announced a bumper set of financial results last week, has already announced an expansion into Dublin’s northside East Wall. That facility is designed to cater […]

The Government should do even more to promote Ireland internationally as a business-friendly destination, the global head of technology giant SAP has said. Bill McDermott said it should develop a ‘who’s more friendly to business than Ireland’ movement to help hammer home internationally the State’s 12.5pc corporation tax rate beyond the board rooms. “I think […]

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. […]