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Cost inflation ranked as top threat to growth in Irish food sector

A PwC survey administered in conjunction with Love Irish Food found that more than 75% of SMEs do not think the economy will improve over the next year

Making it Work: Woebot aims to make a digital difference in mental health

Alison Darcy, the company’s founder, says her aim is to provide digital support to clinicians and their patients

Making it Work: Kerry 3D print firm targets German and Nordic markets for expansion

Wazp works on a model of ‘decentralisation, digitalisation and demand drivers’, building the product on site for customers if requested

This Working Life: How Scarp can offer a lifeline to ailing smaller business

The Small Company Administrative Rescue Process allows firms to restructure their balance sheets in a quick and cost-efficient way

60% of Irish SMEs not taking proper data protection steps - study

Report from .IE shows pandemic has accelerated Ireland’s move towards cashless transactions

Online book marketplace lets authors sell direct to readers

Rachel Drury set up BuytheBook.ie when she discovered her own book was listed as out of stock on Amazon. It is now selling €5,000 worth of books a month

Irish tech start-ups and SMEs raise record €1.3bn venture capital

VC investment into Irish tech start-ups and SMEs rose 44 per cent in 2021 from the previous year, a VenturePulse survey finds

ClubZap seeks €1.5m to get in the game in Britain

Clare-based company aiming to get its sports management app into clubs around Britain

Clare hotel owner offers maternity leave and private health insurance to boost recruitment

John Burke of the Armada Hotel in Spanish Point, Co Clare, says that the hospitality industry will have start offering better pay and conditions if it wants to attract and retain employees

Riley targets further fundraising for UK and European expansion

The Irish eco-friendly period product provider has already attracted several large clients, including Vodafone, Flutter and a number of universities

Making It Work: New platform designed to streamline fashion orders

Buyerpix, developed by Niamh and Cyril Byrne, is a cloud-based system that helps shops keep track of their inventory and transactions

Snapfix looks to the bigger picture with focus on US

Cork founder Paul McCarthy sees Snapfix’s photographic task management tool becoming ‘the global platform for getting things done around the world’

London-based support platform to target 20,000 business in Ireland

Enterprise Nation works with 500,000 company founders and employees annually and helps small businesses outside of the tech space

Making it Work: Accounting start-up removes the admin ‘paper cuts’ for founders

Outmin, an outsourced accounting and bookkeeping service, aims to ease the paperwork that bogs down many start-up founders

Mia Air aims to become Ireland’s premium air filter provider

Anticipating a huge gap in the market, Irish businessman David Byrne secured the rights to distribute hospital grade Mia Air Hepa 14 filters from Turkey

Making It Work: Medical device start-up aims to carve own niche in €1bn market

Spiorad Medical claims its new device can improve outcomes for patients undergoing cardiovascular procedures

Enterprise Ireland head forecasts further growth for Irish firms in Nordic region

Hannah Fraser says the relative robustness of Nordic economies during the Covid-19 pandemic offered many Irish firms a strong sales market

Making it Work: DCU spinout in €1m plan to scale up ‘diagnostic workplace scan’

Cloud-based platform Wrky allows firms to find out how their staff are getting on in a secure and anonymised way

This Working Life: SMEs demonstrate faith in their future by investing in staff

A recent study of 200 businesses discovered that Irish business owners are confident of future opportunities and plan to invest over the coming months

Making it Work: Good taste is the watchword for high-protein brand

When the founders of Purepower Nutrition started their business, they knew their products had to be delicious as well as healthy