Irish companies are top of the pile in terms of securing investment from a new EU SME fund with a fifth of applicants receiving €50,000.

With last year’s horse-meat scandal still affecting the way we shop, meat companies are turning to fast and effective ways of finding tainted meat before it leaves their factories.

The need for clear protocols around social media usage by employees is among the topics discussed on this week’s Small Business Show. Kehlan also travels to a start-up looking to disrupt the meat testing market with their silicon chip based test kits, visits an organisation looking to help solve issues in your business by encouraging round table discussion and in depth forums and talks to one of the founders of Chia Bia.