As a small business owner in Ireland, have you struggled to get state support?

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In my role as a business consultant I regularly come across small businesses who are looking for help. They turn to business consultants for help as they fall into a blind spot when it comes to support from state agencies.

A small business is defined as one that has between 10 and 49 employees and has either an annual turnover and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding €10 million. According to the Central Statistics Office there are approx. 16,000 (probably ...

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Excuses we use to avoid planning for Brexit.

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Many Irish businesses are using excuses to avoid planning for Brexit. I refer to them as excuses rather than reasons, because when challenged the reasons do not hold water. Here I am going to consider excuse no 1. I will address the others in follow on posts.

Excuse no 1 – There are too many uncertainties regarding Brexit so it’s not possible to plan for it.

Yes there are a lot of uncertainties when it ...

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Practical help to navigate Brexit

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We are pleased to annouce that Denis is presenting at InterTradeIreland’s ‘Practical help to navigate Brexit’ event taking place in Sligo on 1st May 2018. In the session Denis will take attendees step by step through the Brexit planning process using a case study.

If you are in the area why not come along. It’s free to attend, but you need to register for the event via the ITI website.

 

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