KBC Invest 2019: Invest your money to do good while also doing well
The practice of socially responsible investing is gaining traction with broadminded, culturally aware millennials - but its roots go back a lot further
ESB Smart Energy Services
Energy is one of the most significant costs faced by business and we’ve seen that even small savings can yield healthy bottom line benefits
Workaholism in the digital age
Technology has brought huge productivity benefits, but it has also made it harder to leave work behind at the end of the day. Firms are introducing new programmes and methods to keep employees not only productive, but creative, healthy and happy
Teaching your kids how to spend and save
Educating children and young people about money should begin at home - and there are easy ways for parents and guardians to do it
Remote working: why absence makes the worker grow fonder
With the advent of highly flexible web-based communication and collaboration technologies, it’s never been as easy to work remotely - and more and more companies and workers are choosing it
Is It All Academic?
The route to securing a good job does not always have to be purely through college qualifications – we need to ditch our snobbery and embrace other forms of training
The Gig is up
Unemployment has fallen - but in its place are many new ‘jobs’ involving badly paid, insecure work. Roisin Killeen takes a look at the precarious nature of the so-called ‘gig economy’
Taking on the tech hierarchy
The numbers of women going into science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) are still too low. Róisín Killeen talks to female tech experts, and looks at what can be done to encourage the next generation into the sector
Grocery’s Whole new ball game
The decision by Amazon to take over the bricks and mortar organic supermarket Whole Foods signals changing times for the food sector
Invested: Taking social media into account
Banks can reach a large audience through social media, and are using popular channels such as Snapchat to attract a new generation of customers
Knowing the credit score
A new credit register governed by the Central Bank goes live in January. But what will it mean for lenders?
Beating the barriers to changing banks
Although it may seem a daunting task at first, switching from one current account to another is easier than you think
The robot revolution about to hit finance
We’re not too far away from a potential future where chatbots replace apps as our primary conduit to the world of technology. But what exactly are they, and what do they do? Róisín Killeen finds out
Are we ready for the bank of Facebook?
While EU directives rarely engender excitement, the looming EU Payment Services Directive 2 could revolutionise banking
Cashing in on Airbnb
Airbnb has changed the face of the hospitality industry, but its popularity is such that it is also starting to adversely affect the housing market
Can An Post be saved?
An Post’s new chief executive David McRedmond will have to make some hard decisions to reverse the fortunes of the post office network
A cashless society?
The elimination of cash from all transactions is an idea that could become a reality in Ireland in the not-too-distant future