Inis Meáin Knitting Company

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“Caring for our fellows and the places in which we live is as much the business of business as earning a profit.” Photograph: RubberBall Productions via Getty
How do we distinguish good businesses from evil ones?

What makes a good business? Presumably it must survive; it must be profitable enough to pay its staff a decent wage and to honour its trade agreements(...)

Tarlach de Blácam of the Inis Meáin Knitting Company: “There’s huge potential for us in online sales but we need decent broadband and, like others in rural Ireland, we feel neglected”
Aran Island outpost with designs on global knitwear market

Doing business from a unique location such as Inis Meáin was difficult in the early days for Tarlach de Blácam and his wife, Áine Ní Chonghaile, found(...)