Sven Spollen Behrens
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Business groups broadly welcome budget amid ‘twin threats’ of Brexit and Covid-19
- Economy
- October 13, 2020, 17:29
Business groups have broadly welcomed the measures in Budget 2021, saying the package of supports would help many businesses cope with the worrying do(...)

Covid-19 restrictions are biggest risk to small businesses
- Business
- October 12, 2020, 07:08
Covid-19 restrictions are the biggest risk to small businesses in the coming months, while a gap is emerging between small firms doing well and those (...)

New wage subsidy scheme to be re-examined over cashflow concerns
- Business
- August 28, 2020, 15:56
The Government will re-examine part of its newly launched €2.3 billion employment subsidy scheme to address concerns it could have a negative effect o(...)

Rebooting Ireland
- Sponsored
- July 8, 2020, 00:00
The past month has seen the reopening of the retail and a significant segment of the hospitality sectors. But many doors remain closed on streets and (...)

Liquidity, liquidity, liquidity: It's what matters to SMEs exiting pandemic
- Sponsored
- June 11, 2020, 03:15
Small Firms Association (SFA) director Sven Spollen-Behrens sums up the challenges facing small and medium sized businesses as they emerge from the lo(...)

Publisher of ‘Mail’ titles to provide €1m ad fund for SMEs
- Media & Marketing
- April 27, 2020, 08:27
DMG Media Ireland, the publisher of the Irish Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, is to provide €1 million in advertising support for small businesses (...)

Covid-19 financial measures will help economy bounce back, says Ibec
- Economy
- March 24, 2020, 18:32
The Government’s €3.7 billion package to ease the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic will “play a crucial role in enabling the economy to bounce back”(...)

‘The government focus is on 3,500 multinationals. That has to change’
- Sponsored
- February 20, 2020, 05:15
The Small Firms Association (SFA) is calling on the incoming government, whatever its complexion, to take be more supportive of small business than it(...)

New online platform to help small businesses recruit and retain the right people
- Sponsored
- July 4, 2019, 02:33
More than four-fifths of small businesses in Ireland are finding it difficult or very difficult to recruit and retain the right people. This was among(...)

War for talent ranks above Brexit as biggest threat for businesses
- Economy
- January 2, 2019, 14:59
Attracting and retaining staff remains a bigger cause of concern among businesses than Brexit, according to a new survey. The research, which was car(...)