The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland has called for the establishment of a review group to examine the impact of regulation on the SME sector, which it said was becoming unreasonable and strangling Irish business.

ACCOUNTANTS’ salaries in Cork and Limerick are quickly catching up on pay levels in Dublin, according to new research commissioned by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

REDUNDANCIES will hit 30,000 this year, wiping out the benefits arising from the creation of new jobs, according to small business lobby group the Small Firms Association (SFA).