Cork: Businesses need to put a recovery plan in place now to seize on the opportunities presented by the downturn, according to ISME chief executive Mark Fielding.

A leading Irish economist has said that the Government has no option but to implement systematic cost-cutting in the public service in next week’s budget, stating that “in the current circumstances we have no option but to cut our cloth to match our means”.

IRISH companies, their directors and advisers have been urged to make their views known on the proposed changes to the Companies Act that will come into effect next year, the chairman of the CLRG Dr Tom Courtney has stated.