Professional women were told to “know their worth and ask for equal pay” at the second annual Cork University Business School (CUBS) conference, writes Pádraig Hoare.

Tomorrow is the deadline for applications to Going for Growth,a peer support programme which helps women grow their business. Afric McGlinchey spoke to entrepreneurs, Oonagh O’Hagan, Siobhan Lawless and Marion Murphy Cooney, about what they learned on the programme

Pharmacy group Boots has announced plans for an expansion in Dublin.

PHARMACY group, Boots will say this week that it had the biggest sales decline since January 2001.