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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Funding, small businesses, Support for small business owners

Excuses we use to avoid planning for Brexit.

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Excuses we use to avoid planning for Brexit.

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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Brexit