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Cairn Homes increases inflation estimate up to 7% for 2022

Listed builder expects reported turnover of €600 million this year

Gavin Slark to step down as chief executive of Woodie’s owner

Slark led the company for 11 years and will continue in his roles as CEO and board director until leaving at the end of 2022

Glenisk hopes to return to 90 per cent production levels in next 12 months

Chief executive Vincent Cleary says the family yogurt business destroyed by a fire last year is steadily regaining lost ground

Call for government to postpone working from home bill

Dublin Chamber director says most companies are trialling hybrid systems for staff and need time to evaluate before facing new legal obligations

Indie List generates almost €2.6m for freelance workers

The new platform matches people skilled in marketing, communications or digital with companies looking for services often on short-term basis

Job candidates’ demands are excessive, business leader survey finds

Bosses say that applicants asking too much in terms of pay and conditions is adding to rising costs for companies

Call for chefs to be included on critical skills list

Recruitment firm founder tells Oireachtas committee that cutting the visa processing timeframe would help to tackle the countrywide shortage in the sector

Meet Ray Dalio, the corporate contrarian who’s ‘shorting Europe’

The founder of Bridgewater is the archetypal hedge fund creator: white, well-educated and idiosyncratic. Right now, the firm is shorting on some of Europe’s biggest companies, among them Adidas and Siemens, Bayer, BNP Paribas and Sanofi. But why?

State to sell further 5 per cent of its AIB shareholding

Overall size of the state’s shareholding will be reduced from 68.5 per cent to 63.5 per cent

Subsidy of €10m needed to fix mobile blackspots, Cellnex chief says

Colin Cunningham says a once-off government payment would help to build infrastructure which could be used by all mobile providers

John Wood Group appoints Irishman as chief executive

Sligo native Ken Gilmartin will head up the Scottish-based global engineering firm, which employs 40,000 and generated revenue of $6.4 billion last year

Bridgewater bets €10 billion against European stocks

Leading hedge fund almost doubles its wager in less than two weeks – expecting stock to continue to fall in value

New law will allow non-EU investments to be screened

Enterprise minister to get powers to stop financing that poses a threat to security or public order, in line with European Union regulation

French asset manager Amundi’s stake in Kerry Group now worth €491m

The French asset manager has upped its shareholding as analyst downplays a 20 per cent drop in the food giant’s share price

The Big Interview

‘What’s the breaking point? How long can we absorb these increases?’ – Ciara Troy, food entrepreneur

The Dublin-based founder of Oishii Foods built her successful Japanese cuisine company from scratch, but is concerned now about the impact of inflation on her growing business

Galway jewellery maker eager to build on success after getting royal seal of approval

Aisling O’Brien, owner of All The Falling Stars, ran out of stock after Kate Middleton was pictured wearing one of her creations

Pay drops for DCC boss despite jump in profits

Chief executive Donal Murphy sees long-term incentive plan take a hit, though operating profit up 11 per cent

People facing ‘unprecedented increases in cost of living’, Tesco Group chief says

The supermarket giant has noted customers switching to own-label brands, while sales have dropped by 2.4 per cent in 13 weeks

Kerry Group chief says ‘alternative proteins’ will drive future food trends

Edmond Scanlon says that with demand growing all the time, ‘there just isn’t enough protein there to feed people’

Nama says construction inflation ‘a real challenge’ in plan to deliver 1,800 homes by 2025

Agency’s chief executive says 600 homes will be completed this year despite the increase in costs for building materials