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# small-firms-association - Tuesday 11 October, 2016
"Not Brexit-proof" - there's a deal of good news for the self-employed today, but is it enough?
However the earned income tax credit still lags behind the €1,650 automatic deduction available to PAYE workers.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 17 February, 2015
Sick days cost €490 million last year but which area had the highest rate of absence?
Back pain, anxiety and depression were the biggest contributors to absenteeism in 2014.
# small-firms-association - Saturday 7 February, 2015
'Opening a business is risky. It's time self-employed people had a safety net'
The Small Firms Association wants self-employed people to be allowed make voluntary contributions to PRSI.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 20 January, 2015
‘Bosses need to be treated equally to – if not better than – employees’
The Small Firms Association wants an end to ‘discrimination’ against the self-employed.
# small-firms-association - Monday 10 November, 2014
Been knocked back for a business loan? Well, here's some good news
The Credit Review Office has been overturning a lot of rejected applications.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
Call for more scrutiny on bank lending to SMEs
An Oireachtas Committee wants the Central Bank to find out just what the true approval rate for SME loans is.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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’.
# small-firms-association - Monday 2 June, 2014
What I learned: Keith Wood on leadership in rugby and business
Taking lessons from the pitch to the boardroom.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - Sunday 25 May, 2014
Speed-dating (networking) for business: 'It's time to get out of your comfort zone'
Want to make 15 business connections in less than an hour – here’s how.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 8 April, 2014
Small firms 'prohibited' from government work
Larger companies forcing down prices for government work.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
Shoppers should be encouraged to buy Irish this Saturday, says SFA
An initiative like “Small Business Saturday” could raise as much as €30 million, the Small Firms Association believes.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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’.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - Friday 28 December, 2012
Small and medium businesses could* deliver 20,000 jobs
The Small Firms Association makes optimistic prediction for 2013 – *but only if SMEs are “placed at the heart of economic policy”.
# small-firms-association - 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.
# small-firms-association - Monday 28 May, 2012
A 'Yes' vote likely says poll of small firm owners
Small Firms Association survey states that 83 per cent believe a yes vote likely but members would welcome a growth package.
# small-firms-association - Monday 20 February, 2012
Employers warn that Burton's sick pay proposals will result in job losses
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.
# small-firms-association - Friday 30 December, 2011
Small firms "confident" about 2012 outlook
But comprehensive enterprise and a jobs support package is needed to avoid a ‘double-dip’ recession, says the Small Firms Association.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 29 November, 2011
SFA calls on consumers to buy Irish this Saturday
The Small Firms Association is calling on consumers to spend their Christmas money with small businesses this Saturday.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 1 November, 2011
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you need to know this morning….
One in five small firms hiring staff in next three months
However, an industry association said the environment is still very challenging for small businesses.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Government must do more to help small firms - SFA
Small Firms Association chairman Ian Martin will today identify three areas that government must work on to assist businesses.
# small-firms-association - Monday 22 August, 2011
Pay frozen as small businesses look to sustain jobs
New results from the Small Firms Association show that seven per cent of firms decreased pay in the past year.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 2 August, 2011
More than 100 HSE staff off sick every day - at just one hospital
Absenteeism rates are around twice the national average among nurses at several units, HSE figures show.
# small-firms-association - Tuesday 19 July, 2011
Superquinn workers retain conditions, while suppliers fear for payments
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.
# small-firms-association - Monday 23 May, 2011
Loan approval rates nearly halved in three years - CSO
90 per cent of all business loan applications were approved in 2007, but only 50 per cent were given the thumbs-up by 2010.
# small-firms-association - Monday 7 March, 2011
Small Firms Association criticises coalition proposal to reverse minimum wage cut
The SFA is cautiously welcoming the programme for government which is its says is “good and bad for small firms”.
# small-firms-association - Monday 24 January, 2011
1 in 10 small firms planning to recruit in first quarter
The Small Firms Association says its survey of businesses show intention to maintain and increase staff levels in 2011.
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