The Sunday Interview: Charles HandyCharles Handy spent the first half of his career working for Shell and the London Business School, and the second half questioning corporate values. Here, he reveals why change is good.
Chasing the big ticket dealsWhile Irish start-ups seem to have no trouble raising seed capital, when it comes to bringing in the big bucks they struggle
Super-rich set sights on DublinHigh net worth individuals are piling into the capital, focusing on property as the best way to get a return for their huge sums of money
Ralph Lauren sets up $5bn pair of Irish companiesThe New York-based fashion house Ralph Lauren, founded and owned by the eponymous designer, has established two Irish companies with a combined share capital of $5 billion to run significant parts of the global fashion empire.
Year of living dangerously on the currency marketsThe effects of the ECB’s quantitative easing programme may drive Europe’s currency even lower
Mega merger clears way for €6.5bn CRH dealIndustry giants Lafarge and Holcim agree new merger terms to create the largest cement company in the world. Philip Connolly reports
Gilson goes to court to stop business banTV presenter Glenda Gilson is fighting potential restrictions against her taking a role as a company director as she plans to set up her own media production company, The Sunday Business Post has learned.
Teeling in talks to sell 20 per cent of Great Northern for €5 millionThe Teeling family are in discussions with a number of investors about selling a 20 per cent stake in the Great Northern Distillery for around €5 million.
The Sunday Interview: Dermot SmurfitSmurfit is a father of seven. His son, Dermot Junior, is chief executive of GameAccount Network, a software company specialising in the gambling trade that is growing rapidly.
Nama redundancy bill to cost €20m as agency winds downNama’s redundancy costs are set to be about €20 million as the agency accelerates its wind-down.
Smurfit family to receive €4m Finnish windfallPowerflute, the paper company controlled by the Smurfit family, is in line to earn around €4 million as it sells out of a Finnish paper mill.
The gang of 22: The PWC files: what they revealA mere 22 men and their associated companies ended up owing the Irish banks €25.6 billion by the time the country’s property bubble burst. As revealed in detail today in the PwC dossier, each of the men faced huge financial pressure when the report was produced.
Irish Pharma start-up raises €750,000Irish pharmaceutical start-up Inflection Biosciences has raised €750,000 from private investors as it moves forward with the pre-clinical development of a cutting edge cancer treatment.
Mergers and acquisitions: Activity set to remain robust as companies put cash to workIMAP’s Jurgis Oniunas gives his assessment of the current trends driving the global M&A market, writes Philip Connolly.
Big Data: hot stuff in a cool climateThe fields of Athenry are to get a massive Apple data centre, one of a growing number of such facilities that could make Ireland the European leader in the newest tech wave
Data security fears mounting over rising cyber crime riskIrish businesses are facing a rising threat from cyber crime and data breaches, according to one of the country’s top law firms.