Organisation: Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Big retailers ‘using strong-arm tactics’

SOME of the major retailers are using strong-arm tactics to impose unfair conditions on suppliers.

Thu, 25 Mar, 2010

Rural Ireland heading towards ‘retail wasteland’ claims newsagent group

RURAL Ireland is heading towards a retail wasteland, due to unfair mandatory wage structures, representatives from the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA) told a Dáil Committee yesterday.

Wed, 23 Sep, 2009

Shoppers pay more in south due to taxes and costs

SHOPPERS are being forced to pay more in the south because of a lack of competition, high taxes and business operating costs.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2009

SFA boss calls for freeze on business costs

The chairman of the Small Firms Association Pat Crotty has said that restoring business competitiveness has the potential to "lead the economy out of this recession".

Wed, 25 Jun, 2008

Questions for IDA on east Cork job outlook

THE IDA will be quizzed today on what it is doing to find new jobs for east Cork in the wake of the shock collapse of the 1,100-job Amgen project last year.

Tue, 22 Jan, 2008