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Wednesday 21 April 2021
However the earned income tax credit still lags behind the €1,650 automatic deduction available to PAYE workers.
The Small Firms Association wants the government to bring in a scheme to encourage landowners to sell up.
Some 200,000 people are employed here due to trade between Ireland and the UK.
Together these businesses account for half the private workforce.
The government wants a universal pension system – but not everyone thinks that’s a good idea.
Back pain, anxiety and depression were the biggest contributors to absenteeism in 2014.
The Small Firms Association wants self-employed people to be allowed make voluntary contributions to PRSI.
The Small Firms Association wants an end to ‘discrimination’ against the self-employed.
The Credit Review Office has been overturning a lot of rejected applications.
The trade group is calling for the introduction of improved supports for struggling and failed businesspeople.
An Oireachtas Committee wants the Central Bank to find out just what the true approval rate for SME loans is.
Three SMEs will get international mentoring from senior executives at global companies, including VISA.
Pretty good, a survey reveals, with 48 per cent expecting the overall business environment to be ‘good’ or ‘very good’.
Taking lessons from the pitch to the boardroom.
The small business lobby group has called for reform of the Government’s ‘daft’ policies.
Want to make 15 business connections in less than an hour – here’s how.
The EIIS programme is poorly explained and flawed, trade bodies say.
Larger companies forcing down prices for government work.
An initiative like “Small Business Saturday” could raise as much as €30 million, the Small Firms Association believes.
The SFA is urging employers in small businesses to address mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Small businesses are having to wait an average of 62 days to get paid by creditors.
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.
Results also show that 30 per cent of respondents rate the current overall business environment as ‘poor’ or ‘very poor’.
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.
The Small Firms Association has said that a lowering of the cost of employment along with strong political leadership is required for economic recovery.
The Small Firms Association makes optimistic prediction for 2013 – *but only if SMEs are “placed at the heart of economic policy”.
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.
Small Firms Association survey states that 83 per cent believe a yes vote likely but members would welcome a growth package.
The Small Firms Association and the Irish Business and Employers Confederation have condemned the government’s plans to shift the burden of sick pay on to employers.
But comprehensive enterprise and a jobs support package is needed to avoid a ‘double-dip’ recession, says the Small Firms Association.
The Small Firms Association is calling on consumers to spend their Christmas money with small businesses this Saturday.
However, an industry association said the environment is still very challenging for small businesses.
Small Firms Association chairman Ian Martin will today identify three areas that government must work on to assist businesses.
New results from the Small Firms Association show that seven per cent of firms decreased pay in the past year.
Absenteeism rates are around twice the national average among nurses at several units, HSE figures show.
Terms and conditions of employment at Superquinn will stay the same under new owner Musgrave, while the Small Firms Association says it fears for smaller suppliers.
90 per cent of all business loan applications were approved in 2007, but only 50 per cent were given the thumbs-up by 2010.
The SFA is cautiously welcoming the programme for government which is its says is “good and bad for small firms”.
The Small Firms Association says its survey of businesses show intention to maintain and increase staff levels in 2011.
NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS there’s a higher risk of dementia in those sleeping six or fewer hours per night at the age of 50 or 60.
Researchers say their findings cannot establish cause and effect, but suggest a link exists between sleep duration and dementia risk.
There was also a 30% increased dementia risk in those with consistently short sleeping patterns from middle to older age (from 50 to 70 years), irrespective of cardiometabolic or mental health issues (known risk factors for dementia).
The study indicates that sleep may be important for brain health in midlife, and future research may be able to establish whether improving sleep habits may help prevent dementia.
Nearly 10,000,000 new cases of dementia are reported worldwide every year.
A common symptom is altered sleep, but researchers say there is growing evidence to suggest sleep patterns before dementia onset may contribute to the disease.
Today we’re asking: How many hours sleep do you usually get per night?
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