Trish Dromey looks at what funding challenges lie ahead for Irish startups in the coming 12 months.

In 1976, the average supermarket stocked 9,000 unique products; today, that number has ballooned to 40,000, yet the average person gets 80%-85% of their needs in only 150 different supermarket items.

Startups have been warned they must familiarise themselves with the incoming law designed to shore up data protection in the EU before it comes into effect in May, writes Pádraig Hoare.

Co-working has become an attractive alternative to traditional offices, but entrepreneurs say that there is a need for development of the practice in Cork City.

Newly established food producers will be salivating at the prospect of setting up shop in Cork’s prestigious English Market thanks to a new initiative aimed at attracting new blood to the 228-year old market.

Startups will be looking ahead to the challenges ahead. There are several key issues facing small businesses.

Close to 4,000 startups were established last month as improving economic conditions encouraged more entrepreneurs into the world of business.

Three years ago John Joyce began creating a virtual world full of fun games that also help to educate children, and now Savvybear.com is getting ready to take on the world, writes Trish Dromey