Charlie Taylor

Charlie Taylor is a former Irish Times business journalist.

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Consumers turn away from British websites post-Brexit

Opportunities for Irish retailers as consumers experience problems at UK websites

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 18:22

Revolut rival Vivid withdraws application for Irish e-money licence

Fintech offers basic banking services and allows users to invest in stocks and crypto

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 11:39

Clearco creating 125 jobs to provide €100m to Irish ecommerce firms

New jobs to aid expansion and primarily cover sales and business development

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 05:00

Elgin Property Finance to provide €300m in loans for developers

Newly founded lender has partnered with Pollen Street Capital on new fund

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 05:00

LetsGetChecked to acquire US-headquartered Veritas

Irish home testing company is one of a small handful of home-grown tech unicorns

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 16:24

VHI announces refund of premiums and lower plan prices

Customers could be due between €100 and €300 per adult and €25 to €100 per child

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 11:52

Consumers warned on crypto as complaints against banks soar

New report from Financial Services Ombudsman shows rise in complaints last year

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 08:05

Zinkworks to create 50 high-tech jobs in Co Donegal

Company setting up a new software engineering hub in the CoLab facility

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 07:16

No Sweat: How Glofox kept going when the gyms closed and came out fighting fit

CEO Conor O’Loughlin on how his firm aims to be ‘operating system of the fitness sector’

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 13:00

Pepper to hire 100 people as assets under management surpass €20bn

Company commences recruitment with headcount set to reach 600 by year end

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 05:10

Buymie expands in Britain with Asda trial in Leeds and Bristol

Grocery delivery service has identified 200 cities and towns across Ireland and Britain

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00

State shareholding in Bank of Ireland falls below 5%

It is expected that the State’s holding in the bank will fall to zero by the middle of this year

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 17:18

Motorola acquires remaining stake in Tetra Ireland

Company takes full ownership of provider of secure comms for emergency services

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 10:06

DCU spin-out Pilot Photonics raises €1.8m in funding

Company is focused in the area of photonics, considered a key enabling technology

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 05:30

Revolut launches as a bank in Republic with deposit accounts

Fintech’s 1.7m Irish customers can avail of additional services such as personal loans

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 05:00