Organisation: Small Firms

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Business lobby’s budget wish list ‘contradictory’

Some of the largest business lobby groups have been accused of being contradictory with their wish lists for next month’s budget.

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Small firms 'backbone' of recovery, assocaition claims

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SFA calls on Government to tackle business costs

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Poll: Majority of small firms afraid to penalise over late payments

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IBF chief slams bank lending report

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SFA: Employment laws 'discourage job creation'

SFA: Over 1,000 jobs lost every week last year

The Government was today urged to boost job creation in 2011 by restoring cost competitiveness to the business sector following the release of figures showing more than 60,000 redundancies last year.

Tue, 04 Jan, 2011

SFA: Budget should 'generate greater certainty'

The Chairman of the Small Firms Association, Dr Aidan O'Boyle has said that "today’s Budget should generate greater certainty among small businesses".

Tue, 07 Dec, 2010

Mortgage interest, airfares and petrol prices soar

MORTGAGE interest payments, air fares and petrol prices all soared in the last year as prices nudged up 0.5%.

Fri, 15 Oct, 2010

Fall in consumer prices easing

CONSUMER prices are no longer falling sharply, with figures showing an easing off in price drops.

Fri, 13 Aug, 2010

SFA: Policy changes needed to ensure inflation stays low

The Director of the Small Firms Association, Avine McNally, has said: "The July inflation figures show that Ireland is not experiencing a broadly based price deflation as the key fall in costs are occurring in a narrow range of goods".

Thu, 12 Aug, 2010

SFA concerned about rise in value of euro

The Assistant Director of the Small Firms Association, Avine McNally, has said that the SFA is increasingly concerned at the rise in value of the euro against sterling.

Tue, 18 Mar, 2008

Record numbers of workers are leaving their jobs

A new national poll by the Small Firms Association has shown that a record breaking 199,000 Irish workers left their jobs this year.

Fri, 23 Dec, 2005

SFA: Spending to exceed €4bn this Christmas

The Director of the Small Firms Association, Pat Delaney, has said that consumer spending over the Christmas season will exceed €4bn for the first time.

Wed, 16 Nov, 2005

Gardaí ‘should be trained in business’

GARDA superintendents should be seconded to the private commercial sector as part of their training to help combat crime which costs Irish companies €1 billion a year, a business leader demanded yesterday.

Tue, 14 Dec, 2004

SFA calls for major offensive on crime

The Director of the Small Firms Association Pat Delaney has called for a major offensive against crime to make changes within the Irish criminal justice system.

Mon, 13 Dec, 2004

SFA hits out at ESB price rise

The Director of the Small Firms Association, Pat Delaney, has said the latest round of electricity increases will further undermine the ability of Irish manufacturing and production industries to remain in Ireland.

Thu, 07 Oct, 2004

MEPs urged to push small business agenda

The Director of the Small Firms Association, Pat Delaney, has said that Ireland's newly-elected MEPs must champion the cause of small business in Europe.

Mon, 14 Jun, 2004

SFA: Strength of euro exposing lack of competition

The strength of the euro is exposing the lack of competitiveness of Irish businesses.

Wed, 28 May, 2003

Christmas shoppers spending €18m every hour

IRISH shoppers are spending €18 million every hour of every day in the run-up to Christmas as cash registers look set to ring in another record year.

Sat, 21 Dec, 2002