Person: Marc O’Dwyer

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Budget 2024 would include a package for firms 'recognising that a lot of additional costs are going to come the way of businesses'. File picture: Larry Cummins</p>

economy

Budget will support businesses with the cost of minimum wage hike – Varadkar

However, Isme said that if minimum wage increases are so large that firms require state support, they should not go ahead

<p>The Low Pay Commission recently recommended that the minimum wage be increased from the current rate of €11.30 an hour to €12.70 an hour — a 12% increase. </p>

companies

Minimum wage increase would add 2.5% to grocery bills, warns ISME

<p>Marc O’Dwyer, CEO of accounting software business Big Red Cloud, has been appointed chairman of small firms representative body Isme. Picture: Big Red Cloud/PA</p>

companies

Isme appoints Marc O'Dwyer as new chair

business

Red tape ‘a bigger concern than credit’ for Irish SMEs

business

One in five Irish SMEs given no reason for bank loan refusals

business

Day in the life

SME job security ‘reliant on lower pay’

THE number of people employed in the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) sector will remain solid in the next six months, 83% of businesses leaders said is response to a recent survey.

Thu, 08 Oct, 2009

Survey: SMEs foresee further wage cuts but no job losses

The number of people employed in the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) sector will not fall in the next 6 months, according to 83% of respondents to a business confidence survey.

Wed, 07 Oct, 2009