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# sfa - Thursday 4 July, 2019
Brexit and wage increase lead to drop in confidence for Ireland's small businesses
The Small Firms Association is calling for a national Small Business Strategy to improve small business performance.
# sfa - Thursday 25 April, 2019
'It's a huge football country' - Sven Goran-Eriksson keen on the Scotland job
The SFA are looking to replace Alex McLeish, who was sacked earlier this month.
# sfa - Monday 22 August, 2016
'People are holding onto land with no intention of developing it and just hoping for the best'
The Small Firms Association wants the government to bring in a scheme to encourage landowners to sell up.
# sfa - Monday 21 March, 2016
Survival of small businesses 'hangs in the balance' if Brexit becomes a reality
Some 200,000 people are employed here due to trade between Ireland and the UK.
# sfa - Tuesday 29 September, 2015
Celtic's Leigh Griffiths fined over 'refugee' song about Rudi Skacel
The Scottish striker has been fined and given a suspended two-game ban.
# sfa - Monday 14 September, 2015
The single biggest engine room for Irish jobs is starting to fire up
Together these businesses account for half the private workforce.
# sfa - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
Tensions mount as Scottish FA chief blasts John Delaney - 'We do things the right way'
The relationship between the SFA and FAI has been strained since November.
# sfa - Monday 25 May, 2015
Forcing people to pay for their own retirement will 'put many jobs and businesses at risk'
The government wants a universal pension system – but not everyone thinks that’s a good idea.
# sfa - Thursday 26 March, 2015
Could the self-employed be about to get equality on social welfare?
The next budget is gearing up to be pretty generous one. It’s the latest in the pre-election extravaganza…
# sfa - Monday 23 February, 2015
Happy days - there's lots of good news out there today if you own a small business
Ireland’s guarantee scheme for small companies is being extended, while crowd-sourcers LinkedFinance announced a new €250 million SME loan fund
# sfa - Monday 15 December, 2014
Irish businesses could cut the state's €8.5 billion spending bill
But owner-operators say they are still taking far to long to get paid when they do get contracts.
# sfa - Friday 31 October, 2014
SMEs will soon to able to access €800m from Ireland's newest bank
The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland is hoped to be up and running by the end of the year.
# sfa - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
'Uninspiring' budget continues tax discrimination against self-starters
The self-employed are still paying more tax than everyone else.
# sfa - Wednesday 8 October, 2014
'Jobs lost here at home' as foreign firms cash in on Ireland's public purse
The government should “think small first” and keep more tenders in Irish hands, SFA says.
# sfa - Tuesday 30 September, 2014
We should back female and elderly entrepreneurs better: small-business lobby
They’re among the groups under-represented in business which could be targeted in a national policy for entrepreneurs.
# sfa - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
More jobs coming as Irish firms get 'back on feet'
Small businesses are expecting to hire extra staff this year… and to have to pay more for them.
# sfa - Wednesday 27 August, 2014
The SFA is warning the new small business minister to steer clear of wage hikes
This afternoon Ged Nash said that businesses should try and award pay increases where possible.
# sfa - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
Nearly half of SMEs with Celtic Tiger property debts are defaulting
Jobs in the SME sector could be threatened by bad property debts, according to the Central Bank.
# sfa - Tuesday 5 August, 2014
Irish 'stigma' around failure is hurting entrepreneurship - SFA
The trade group is calling for the introduction of improved supports for struggling and failed businesspeople.
# sfa - Wednesday 11 June, 2014
Irish companies to get helping hand from global business leaders
Three SMEs will get international mentoring from senior executives at global companies, including VISA.
# sfa - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
How are small businesses feeling about the next few months?
Pretty good, a survey reveals, with 48 per cent expecting the overall business environment to be ‘good’ or ‘very good’.
# sfa - Tuesday 3 June, 2014
SME groups welcome EU report but warn they are still in 'survival mode'
The EU Commission report found that lending to SMEs still remains weak.
# sfa - Monday 2 June, 2014
What I learned: Keith Wood on leadership in rugby and business
Taking lessons from the pitch to the boardroom.
# sfa - Tuesday 27 May, 2014
Government supports for SMEs 'designed not to be used' - SFA
The small business lobby group has called for reform of the Government’s ‘daft’ policies.
# sfa - Tuesday 13 May, 2014
"They've replaced the tellers with plants" - are banks interested in lending to small business?
Domestic banks are failing to support a vital segment of the economy, lobby groups have said.
# sfa - Thursday 8 May, 2014
Noonan should know better than to listen to banks - ISME
ISME chief’s comments come after the Minister said SME debt is far down his list.
# sfa - Friday 2 May, 2014
Why isn't this government support for SMEs working?
Microfinance Ireland has approved just €3 million from a €90 million lending budget.
# sfa - Sunday 20 April, 2014
Restrictive, badly marketed and poorly explained: Government finance scheme for SMEs is not working
The EIIS programme is poorly explained and flawed, trade bodies say.
# sfa - Thursday 10 October, 2013
Over 1,200 employers and 2,400 jobseekers register for JobsPlus scheme
The new initiative that rewards employers for taking on the long term unemployed was launched during the summer.
# sfa - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
Business people avoid discussing mental health due to fear of appearing weak
The SFA is urging employers in small businesses to address mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
# sfa - Friday 6 September, 2013
ISME: Plans to increase PRSI for self employed "utter madness"
The proposed rise in Pay Related Social Insurance is being considered by Minister Joan Burton.
# sfa - Wednesday 21 August, 2013
One in 10 small businesses use debt collection agents to get money owed
Small businesses are having to wait an average of 62 days to get paid by creditors.
# sfa - Monday 27 May, 2013
5 steps to tackle youth unemployment outlined by SFA
The Small Firms Association says the lack of job opportunities has impacted on young people more than any other group in Irish society and called on the government to face the problem head-on.
# sfa - Monday 29 April, 2013
Three months on and small firms feel more confident about business
Results also show that 30 per cent of respondents rate the current overall business environment as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.
# sfa - Monday 15 April, 2013
SFA warn of €6 billion cost of black economy, urge government action
The Small Firms Association is to meet with the Joint Oireachtas on Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation tomorrow and outline measures which they believe will help tackle the issue.
# sfa - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Economic activity needed to solve 'fiscal and unemployment crisis' - SFA
The Small Firms Association has said that a lowering of the cost of employment along with strong political leadership is required for economic recovery.
# sfa - Monday 7 January, 2013
Small firms being 'strangled' by late payments - SFA
Companies are now waiting an average of 62 days to be paid, according to a survey by the Small Firms Association.
# sfa - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Bad blood: Levein launches legal action over Scotland sacking
The Scots are winless in a ramshackle bid to qualify for the World Cup in 2014.
# sfa - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
Over 40 per cent of small firms plan to create new jobs
However, there are still barriers to employment opportunities including a lack of business and unrealistic salary expectations.
# sfa - Thursday 31 May, 2012
Column: 'Self-employed people need a safety net too'
Patricia Callan of the Small Firms Association says in order to encourage entrepreneurs, self-employed people should get as much protection as their employees if a business fails.
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Poll: Do you think Phoenix Park's gates should be mostly closed to traffic?
MOST OF THE Phoenix Park’s gates were closed off to traffic at the height of the pandemic, but are being reopened now for cars to pass through.
This has been described as “incredibly regressive” by Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan, who argued that it should be used as a park, and in a few months it will be back to “car city”.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan said that the volume of traffic has “gone up a lot” in the adjoining areas. “Whether we like it or not, for an awful lot of people it’s a commuter route,” he said on RTÉ Radio One.
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