Organisation: Ibec

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Senior couple going over bills
Ifac warns budget spending splurge could rise household bills by €1000 a year
The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns a bumper budget will create 'the illusion of gain' but make cost-of-living crisis worse

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

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Paul Duffy: Irish competitiveness depends on investment into skills
Persistent underinvestment in higher education threatens to erode the quality of our education system

Sun, 01 Sep, 2024

Big tech firms insist Online Safety Code for children is 'overreaching'
Big tech firms insist Online Safety Code for children is 'overreaching'
Lobby groups for big tech firms have been criticised for claiming the country's proposed new Online Safety Code, aimed at protecting children from harmful content, is 'overly prescriptive'

Tue, 27 Aug, 2024

Lingering cost pressures weigh on SME sustainability investment
Lingering cost pressures weigh on SME sustainability investment
Uisce Éireann report shows firms' planned water conservation measures fell to 15% to the end of June compared to the same period a year earlier

Tue, 27 Aug, 2024

Capital gains tax: Proposed change 'could create a succession cliff edge for family firms'
Capital gains tax: Proposed change 'could create a succession cliff edge for family firms'
Prior to Budget 2025, the Government is being urged not to apply CGT liability to transfers of family business worth more than €10m

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

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Delayed delivery of critical infrastructure may dampen future economic growth, experts warn
A looming election is likely to persuade the Government to include further cost-of-living measures in Budget 2025

Thu, 22 Aug, 2024

Pouring beer
Alcohol consumption drops by almost a third in 20 years
Overall, beer has 42.9% of the Irish alcohol market, followed by wine with 26.7%, and spirits at 22.6%

Mon, 19 Aug, 2024

Irish Distillers Reports Groth In 2022
Competition and cost pressures hit export values of Irish spirits
Drinks Ireland | Spirits director Aengus King said the Irish spirits sector delivered continues to be 'confronted with challenging international markets'

Mon, 12 Aug, 2024

little girl playing with puzzle, early education
A sector in crisis: the reality of providing early learning and care in Ireland
The Government needs to increase core funding to early learning and care providers to avert a crisis in service provision in the coming months, writes Stephanie Roy

Sun, 28 Jul, 2024

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Technology Ireland calls for 'essential' investment into digital transition
In its pre-budget submission, Technology Ireland urged the Government to put aside €100m a year until 2030 to meet national and EU digital transition targets

Tue, 23 Jul, 2024

Childcare report
Childcare providers call for an end to freeze on fee increases
In its pre-budget submission to the Government, Childhood Services Ireland said it wants a 35% increase in core funding or the removal of the fee freeze, or both

Mon, 22 Jul, 2024

Exports to the US jump ahead of pre-election trade mission
Exports to the US jump ahead of pre-election trade mission
Meanwhile, the CSO figures showed the total value of Irish goods exports reached €91bn from January to May — up 10% on the same period in 2023.

Mon, 15 Jul, 2024

Small Firms Association seeks PRSI rebate in upcoming budget  
Small Firms Association seeks PRSI rebate in upcoming budget  
The association is also seeking a reform of commercial rates, saying that reducing the burden of commercial rates would make it easier for businesses

Mon, 15 Jul, 2024

2010 General Election Polling Day
Businesses seek certainty as general election looms
There is a major risk for Ireland that an EU response in a subsidy war could give large countries a free hand to ladle on subsidies which small countries could never match

Sun, 16 Jun, 2024

Rail Passengers in Dublin
Build all-Ireland road, rail, and water projects, say Ibec and CBI
In the latest report, they also call for significant increases in funds for InterTradeIreland, the Newry-based agency set up to encourage north-south trade, as well as for Tourism Ireland

Thu, 13 Jun, 2024

Company Insolvency And Liquidation
1 in 3 small firms 'could run out of liquidity within six months' without extra funding
Average business costs have risen 16.6%, Small Firms Association research shows, while the majority of SME respondents say wages contributed to rising costs, as lingering inflation squeezes households

Fri, 31 May, 2024

Ibec chief warns Government against pre-election budget of 'handouts' 
Ibec chief warns Government against pre-election budget of 'handouts' 
Danny McCoy said Budget 2025 should be a long-term plan rather than a package of measures such as utility bill subsidies

Mon, 27 May, 2024

SME supports come after government bends to lobbying pressures
SME supports come after government bends to lobbying pressures
The measures include doubling the Innovation Grant Scheme to €10,000 and increasing the maximum amount available under the Energy Efficiency Grant Scheme

Wed, 15 May, 2024

Explosion at Donegal service station anniversary
Business groups step up engagement with Sinn Féin as election looms
It follows Davy hosting a gathering of 50 global institutional investors in Irish sovereign bonds, banks, and Irish stock-market-listed companies

Fri, 03 May, 2024

End Q1 2024 Exchequer Returns
Gerard Brady: Government must manage budget expectations with less cash
Budget 2025 should be about setting out a vision for the next five years, rather than providing a sugar rush for five months 

Sun, 28 Apr, 2024

Housing completion rates
Housebuilding up strongly, but 'Government may still miss target'
Two surveys suggest it will take some time before new homes are delivered despite the significant uptick in housebuilding activity

Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

Woman working at a restaurant
Ibec calls for PRSI rebate for service sector amid high cost of doing business
A separate report by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment showed that firms in the hospitality sector could see payroll costs rise to 37% by 2026.

Wed, 20 Mar, 2024

ieExplains: What do you mean there's another referendum coming? 
ieExplains: What do you mean there's another referendum coming? 
The referendum on Unified Patent Court was officially announced by the Government in January of this year

Thu, 14 Mar, 2024

Unions criticise Ibec over 'shameful' demands
Unions criticise Ibec over 'shameful' demands
Ibec requests Government pause all further labour market policy measures which could add costs to employers

Mon, 22 Jan, 2024

Woman working at a restaurant
Firms face €4bn rise in wage bills, says Ibec
Government urged to pause labour market measures

Mon, 22 Jan, 2024

Making the Turkey and Cheese Sandwich
Gerard Brady: Employers face significant additional wage bills driven by Government pledges
Just as the global economy starts to slow, the Irish Government has committed businesses to billions of euro of extra labour market taxes, entitlements, and regulations 

Sun, 26 Nov, 2023

Woman working at a restaurant
Ibec warns that struggling SMEs may need extra financial help
70% of survey respondents are as confident now as they were six months ago — but 25% said they expected turnover to fall

Tue, 21 Nov, 2023

BBC Good Food Nation survey
Minimum wage 'to add to costs for small food and drink firms'
The hike in the minimum wage will add to the costs facing small firms even as energy and commodities inflation slows, business group Food and Drink Ireland has said.

Tue, 31 Oct, 2023

Irish firms 'to raise wages 3.8%' next year
Irish firms 'to raise wages 3.8%' next year
Ibec report reveals businesses involved in hospitality, tourism, and leisure expect to raise wages by 6.5%, while retailers expect to pay staff 5.2% more

Wed, 25 Oct, 2023

Gerard Brady: The ambitious Infrastructure Fund requires reforms and more workers
Gerard Brady: The ambitious Infrastructure Fund requires reforms and more workers
Capacity building and reform will be needed across the regulatory system in licencing bodies, in the planning system, local authorities, and courts where significant backlogs have emerged.

Sun, 22 Oct, 2023

Wine stock
Ireland's most popular wines revealed as consumption drops
Drinks Ireland said Irish wine drinkers face the highest excise level on wine in the EU 

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Central Bank of Ireland
Regulation and recruitment challenge financial services sector, report shows
Financial Services Ireland, which is a part of lobby group Ibec, suggested the Central Bank should examine its administration of regulation in an effort to make it more simple and streamlined

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

Irish inflation
Multi-billion euro package of one-off budget measures likely amid record €47.8bn tax receipts
Last year's budget included €4.1bn in once-off supports to help struggling households and businesses.

Thu, 03 Aug, 2023

Ireland may be at risk to vulnerabilities in key markets, says Ibec
Ireland may be at risk to vulnerabilities in key markets, says Ibec
Ibec’s Q2 Economic Outlook report also suggested that the implementation of UK border controls from October will impact unprepared Irish exporters.

Wed, 02 Aug, 2023

Energy efficiency concept and energy bill papers
Business group calls for another energy support extension
Food Drink Ireland makes call ahead of upcoming British border controls

Mon, 24 Jul, 2023

Debate heats up over McGrath's plan for an infrastructure fund
Debate heats up over McGrath's plan for an infrastructure fund
UCC economist Seamus Coffey questions need for another spending fund

Fri, 21 Jul, 2023

Narrow Water bridge project
Ibec questions the legality of Government bill to tax rezoned land
Property Industry Ireland says the move will 'discourage farmers from willingly selling land for development' and 'increase the cost of new homes'

Sat, 15 Jul, 2023

Sovereign wealth funds back on agenda, but many questions remain
Sovereign wealth funds back on agenda, but many questions remain
Experience says that even a separate sovereign wealth fund doesn’t protect public finances from disaster

Thu, 13 Jul, 2023

Ibec seeks €10bn infrastructure fund in Budget 2024 
Ibec seeks €10bn infrastructure fund in Budget 2024 
In its pre-budget submission, employers' group says such a fund would send a signal to investors that Ireland was addressing its infrastructure deficit

Thu, 13 Jul, 2023

Gerard Brady: Capacity restraints are a bigger risk than slow growth
Gerard Brady: Capacity restraints are a bigger risk than slow growth
Challenges in other investment locations mean that Ireland is still a location of choice for new investment, and CEOs see substantive growth opportunities if we can deliver the infrastructure and skills to match.

Sun, 09 Jul, 2023

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All-Ireland trade 'grows substantially' since Brexit
Chemicals and pharma goods featuring strongly in the trade statistics in both the North and the Republic.

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

Ibec: No need to reinvent the wheel with sovereign debt fund
Ibec: No need to reinvent the wheel with sovereign debt fund
The Department estimates that windfall corporation tax receipts will be in the region of €12bn this year

Wed, 10 May, 2023

New homes
Lack of housing is stunting Cork's economic growth, says Ibec
Housing shortage is seen as a Dublin issue but it's across the country, business group says

Tue, 28 Mar, 2023

Ireland's Stem education 'not fit for purpose'
Ireland's Stem education 'not fit for purpose'
We risk losing economic and societal opportunities if the current gap is not addressed, Oireachtas committee told

Tue, 28 Mar, 2023

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