Inflation Higher for longer: How businesses are struggling with sky-high costs even as inflation easesInflation has begun to cool as interest rate hikes take effect but energy, food and wage costs remain significantly higher than before - and are unlikely to fall
Tax Business supports: Coalition plans tax rebate but rules out new Vat cutGovernment finalising package to help struggling firms offset rising costs
Tax Firms make push for PRSI rebate scheme to offset rising costsSimon Harris has created an expectation among business owners that a significant support package is on the way this summer
Economy Threats to export market puts economic growth at risk, Ibec warnsExports fell 4.8 per cent last year after three years of double-digit growth
Appointment Cairn’s Michael Stanley appointed to Ibec boardDeveloper chief joins Irish enterprise heavyweights such as Meta’s Anne O’Leary on Ibec’s board
business Businesses praise Leo Varadkar’s leadership during Covid and Brexit ‘crises’ after shock resignationIndustry groups praised Varadkar’s record when it came to directing the country through numerous crises over recent years
News Energy is ‘main cost pressure’ for 98 per cent of customer-facing firms, Ibec saysInflation and labour costs are also an issue for most firms according a new report from the representative group
Companies Increase tax relief on employee share schemes to €20,000 or lose FDI, business groups warnDepartment of Finance told it must increase tax efficiency of share plan structures for multinational corporations if IDA Ireland is to keep winning investment
Tax €2m threshold for pension tax relief making it harder to attract top talent, businesses warnThe government is reviewing a regime that means pension pots above €2m are not eligible for tax relief. Companies say the cap must be indexed to inflation
Companies Ibec calls on government to introduce employer PRSI rebate in face of rising costsNew report finds labour costs in Ireland could rise by 20 per cent over the next two years
Employment Almost two thirds of unpaid caregivers in employment – Ibec Ibec said it was urging the government to fully fund a ‘carer’s guarantee’ for core services and to review the current support schemes for carers
Climate & Environment Irish and Northern Irish business groups call for report into all-island energy storage policy Policy suggestions included the creation of an investment fund to entice private money, with €125 billion needed to fund the transition to net-zero
Economy Employers’ groups split on public sector pay dealIsme and Ibec divided over deal to deliver 10.25 per cent for public sector workers
News ‘Made for Dublin’ - Michael McGrath steps up Ireland’s bid for EU anti-money laundering agencyIbec said the bid was a way of boosting Ireland’s reputation abroad as a tech powerhouse
Jobs Penalise firms that deny workers collective bargaining rights, Ictu tells TDsUnion also to advise government against handing out public contracts to companies that do not engage in collective bargaining
business Government to finalise report into impact of labour cost increases on firms Neale Richmond, the retail minister, has said that the government is ‘not blind’ to rising costs facing businesses after stinging criticism from Ibec
Economy Trade unions slam Ibec’s ‘craven’ call for a pause in minimum wage increasesICTU said that people need to “live as well as work in this economy”
Employment Ibec takes aim at minimum wage hikes as it calls for pause on ‘excessive’ labour cost increasesBusiness representative group said that recent labour market reforms will increase the annual wage bill of Irish businesses by €4 billion
Companies Labour reforms pose ‘most significant threat to cost competitiveness since Celtic Tiger’Ibec says ‘quite spectacular cost increases’ for companies facing businesses are down to government policy
business Small firms being ‘bounced’ into risk by new state-imposed costsFirms around the country are set to be hit with a host of new responsibilities that will test the viability of some