Startups ‘will die’ over lack of support

The Government’s failure to deliver a budget of any real substance for startups will see an increasing number of fledgling businesses struggle, with more “dying” and fewer coming from abroad to set up base here.

The claim was made by Dublin Startup commissioner Niamh Bushnell, who said she was disappointed that a range of measures to support startups were not included in the budget.

While accepting that her office and other stakeholders were never going to get all or even most of what they had hoped to see in the budget, she was surprised to see none included in what she said is a plan that leaves serious failings in the entrepreneurial landscape unsolved.