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Designing a country fit for the future

Engineering body ACEI is focusing on balancing regional growth, developing vital transport infrastructure and adapting design to mitigate climate change

Engineering awards foster a culture of excellence

The Engineering Excellence Awards 2021 demonstrate the commitment of member firms to pursuing projects that will benefit communities and the environment

Clicking into collaboration with Center Parcs

ORS was involved in the development of the €233 million holiday resort in Co Longford well before the first sod was turned

ORS sense: building a better tomorrow

The construction consultancy has worked on some of Ireland’s most significant projects of recent times, most recently Center Parcs in Co Longford

Cork: Horgan’s Quay redevelopment on track to make its mark on cityscape

The railway background to the six-acre site is at the heart of the €160 million project, a joint partnership between Clarendon Developments and BAM Construction

Stepping up to the plate

The ceramics made by Alexis Bowman and Stephen O’Connell of Fermoyle Pottery in Kerry have found favour with some of the country’s best chefs

Meeting the challenges, finding the opportunities: the KPMG view of Brexit

The true repercussions of ‘the biggest trade realignment in 50 years’ will reveal themselves over time, say leaders from the accounting firm

Brexit far from over for Irish businesses

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed last Christmas set up an institutional architecture that will define the ongoing negotiations for years to come

EI keeps eyes on prize of bountiful post-Brexit opportunities

‘The danger of current disruption is that we focus on what’s happening in the business rather than what’s happening in the market,’ says Deirdre McPartlin, Enterprise Ireland’s manager in Britain

Travelling the hard, bumpy road alone

Brendan Dixon of Dixon Transport, which operates 160 trucks to Britain and beyond, reports an excruciating slowdown of movement as a result of new measures

Freight group has firms covered for realities of Brexit

Irish International Freight Association offers tailor-made training programme about practical customs clearance for businesses

Making It Work: Platform allows businesses to go digital without coding expertise

Dublin-based Kianda Technologies has developed a no-code toolkit for companies who do not have software skills

Making It Work: Retro design has fresh appeal for Ireland’s oldest family pie-maker

Mogerley Pies has weathered plenty of storms in its long history, and doesn‘t plan to let Brexit or a pandemic stop it from growing

Making It Work: Global response to Kinzen’s call to join battle on disinformation

Kinzen, set up by Mark Little and Áine Kerr, offers a blend of human expertise and artificial intelligence to tackle fake news

Urban farming: Turning over a New Leaf

Korean farming methods have helped Kevin Wallace create a business that caters to some of Ireland’s best chefs

New global tax changes will make world of difference

Complex negotiations at hand could usher in a new global regime that may last for two to three decades

Time for government to get creative again on tax

Aidan Byrne of RSM Ireland recommends rolling with the changes as the tax landscape continues to shift

Changes in tax landscape have benefited us, but for how much longer?

Peter Vale, Grant Thornton’s Head of International Tax, warns that adjustments to global tax rules currently in the pipeline may hit FDI in this country

Simple tech solutions to recycling conundrums

ZERO, an artificial intelligence (AI) recycling assistant created by Sensibin, will automatically identify the correct waste category and bin for waste items

Emex proves there’s safety in software systems

Cloud computing gives small companies the opportunity to benefit from software systems that previously only large organisations had access to