The High Court has clarified the powers a Nama-appointed receiver has in regards to the assets of two commercial properties.

Retailers have welcomed new retail planning guidelines published by the Department of the Environment.

Over 50,000 jobs have been lost as a result of difficult trading conditions in the retail sector, including upward-only rent reviews, it has been claimed.

OVER the past year people have been spending significantly less at bars, on petrol and clothes.

Dublin: Ireland has been confirmed as Europe’s most active market for switching utility providers according to research by The VaasaETT Utility Customer Switching Research Project.

BAR sales jumped last month as did hardware and clothes sales but shoppers remain cautious about splashing their cash.

A Dublin bakery has been convicted of failing to display a price list as required under law.

THE country’s retail sector continues to be ravaged by the downturn after sales plunged to a 25-year low in 2009.

SEVEN out of 10 businesses don’t survive past the third generation of family ownership and many fail because they do not get the succession issue right.

Bank of Ireland has announced a number of changes to its Group Executive Committee to take effect from July 1.

Japanese data this week will be sidelined by concerns over the release of policy announcements on Wednesday covering plans to speed up non-performing loan resolution and implement anti-deflation measures.