Government makes pledge over new start for Irish small firms
A Government pledge for a new start in the way it treats Irish small firms has been welcomed by business groups as it prepares to unveil in the autumn a new policy for SMEs under the auspices of the OECD.
Business groups Isme and the Small Firms Association have long complained to the Organisation for Co-operation and Development about the Government’s fascination through the IDA over attracting multinationals with a range of corporation tax lures, while Irish-owned SMEs, they say, have been left in the shadows despite employing hundreds of thousands of people across the State.
