The Small Firms Association

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‘The next government should have a major focus on entrepreneurship and small business,’ says SFA director Sven Spollen-Behrens
‘The government focus is on 3,500 multinationals. That has to change’

The Small Firms Association (SFA) is calling on the incoming government, whatever its complexion, to take be more supportive of small business than it(...)

Halo Business Angel Network in Powerscourt, Co Wicklow
Your business week: Halo Business Angel Network, SFA Business Connect 2020

Monday, February 3rd Results: Ryanair, Alphabet, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Viacom. Indicators: Euro zone manufacturing PMI (Jan); UK manufacturing PMI(...)

Public worries about “compo culture” scams forcing up the cost of motor and other insurance are nothing new. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Same old same old in insurance and personal injury debate

All this furious talk of soaring insurance premiums and dodgy whiplash claims really does raise people’s hackles. We might all do ourselves an injury (...)

Spotify will announce its results on Monday. Photograph: Reuters/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Results from Trinity Biotech and McDonald's plus US Fed rate decision

MONDAY Results: Trinity Biotech, Alphabet, McDonald’s, Spotify. Indicators: Irish retail sales (March); euro zone loan growth and money supply (Ma(...)

With fewer than half of all workers having a workplace or private pension, and concerns over the future viability of the State pension, the need for a supplementary savings is seen as essential. Photograph: iStock
Fiona Reddan: Will auto-enrolment pensions ever actually be introduced?

It’s been a long time in coming but is a private pension for all ever actually going to get here? First mooted back in 2006, auto-enrolment, where em(...)

Patricia Callan, director of the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland: “We have six weeks to go and I need to know what to put on my product in April.” Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Businesses ‘urgently’ need North-South trade solutions for no-deal Brexit

The Government must urgently address North-South trade issues to help businesses prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit, the representative group for t(...)

The battle for talent continues to be the most vexing issue for Irish businesses
War for talent ranks above Brexit as biggest threat for businesses

Attracting and retaining staff remains a bigger cause of concern among businesses than Brexit, according to a new survey. The research, which was car(...)

The Luas travelling along Dawson Street, which is undergoing a resurgence. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Has Grafton Street become a victim of the Luas Cross City?

It has been considered the heartbeat of retail activity in the capital but there are signs Grafton Street is waning, thanks in some small part to the (...)

Sue O’Neill was speaking at the SFA’s annual lunch in Dublin, which was attended by about 400 members
Government called upon to reform tax system to aid small businesses

The Government needs to urgently implement “real reform” within the tax system to ensure competitiveness and end discrimination against the self-emplo(...)

Minister for Tourism: the Restaurants Association of Ireland called for his head over the VAT increase. Photograph: Alan Betson
Budget winners and losers: Sector by sector analysis

Budget 2019 attempted to spread largesse from a fairly small pot as widely as possible. To make that easier, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe rais(...)

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