Your Business: Futureproofing for an uncertain outlook

There is a sense of optimism in the Irish business community at present. You can sense it when you speak to entrepreneurs and you can see it when you leaf through the pages of this newspaper every week – companies are busy growing, expanding, exporting, innovating and investing. Deal flows are up, and corporate failures are down.

Much of the activity is being driven by small and ambitious Irish owned businesses. These companies ...