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EVERY MONTH THEJOURNAL.IE focuses on a different aspect of life for Small and Medium Enterprises.
SMEs provide around 77% of the jobs in the Irish economy, and the issues they face are crucial to employment and economic growth.
For the first month, we looked at everything you need to know about starting a business in Ireland.
When he retired, he decided to commit to something maybe even more bruising by starting not one but two small businesses. But what lessons did he take from the rugby pitch for his life in business?
Nine need-to-know SME news stories from May
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When it’s good it can be good but when it’s bad you are on your own. Don’t expect any kind of assistance. No job seekers allowance, nothing. It doesn’t matter how many staff you employed or how much vat, duty and every other tax you’ve paid in to the system. You will be left high and dry to fend for yourself.
Good luck to anyone who tries because it takes b@lls to do what most won’t.
I’d give you a thousand green thumbs for this one if I could. A good summary of the situation. The amount of SME’s facing wipe-out at the moment as they face crippling mortgage obligations from property “investments” needed to work made during the tiger years is considerable. Many of them have full order books and have to lay people off and/or leave the country to keep the banks happy. If every SME added just one job opportunity it would half the unemployment rate overnight at least. In this country multinationals and big corporates are God. When they are all gone what’s left? The politicians and banks will then see sense? Probably not. A policy of some kind of nursery system for businesses starting out is needed and the people who have the b@lls to do it valued, even if it does go wrong. It would be better than losing them and the jobs to the US or UK and elsewhere. Oh…and I’m not one of them, past all that now, but I remain a student of the situation.
Government is anti SME & pro Global Corporations. Scary but very true.
Because its easier to give a tax break to a large corporate and hope they can create jobs in the short term. I am in the UK, 1 year in business and I have to say the support and grants available to small businesses here are second to none right now…Even on the corporate tax front, if you innovate an IT platform and IP in the UK, only 10% corp tax applies…Ireland should take a closer look at what the UK are doing with SMEs, the UK is starting to thrive, Ireland should be following suit.
Haven’t we seen this article on Journal.IE before?
Important to really explore the viability of your business idea and to develop a good business plan… If you’ve been unemployed the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance can be a good support while starting your business..
If you are in Bray, the Bray Area Partnership’s enterprise company offers free mentoring, information, advice and training if you’re thinking of setting up your own business. http://www.brayareapartnership.ie/our-services/enterprise/
Oishi sushi is great but expensive and contains additives, best sushi is natural and fresh
Everything you need to know about starting a business in Ireland = DON’T !!
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