http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/business/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:26:56 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 75 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/mc_logo_500x75.png http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/business/ Farcical bureaucracy, mounting stealth charges and misdirected policies are strangling retail newsagents, according to the vice president of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents in Ireland, Joe Sweeney. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999561-overregulation-strangling-retail-newsagents/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/25/3999561-overregulation-strangling-retail-newsagents/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:35:05 +0100 News There are finally some signs that Ireland's economic recovery is underway but the retail and construction sector are still struggling, according to research by Ireland's leading trade credit insurer, Atradius. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999373-retail-construction-holding-back-recovery/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/18/3999373-retail-construction-holding-back-recovery/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:35:17 +0100 News IDA Ireland CEO Barry O'Leary has welcomed the expansion of Kellogg's European Headquarters in Swords, Co Dublin. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999206-kelloggs-create-50-new-jobs-in-swords/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999206-kelloggs-create-50-new-jobs-in-swords/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:37:30 +0100 News Ashbourne's Marriot Hotel has been acknowledged as a green accommodation provider on the Discover Ireland website. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999207-marriott-goes-green/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/11/3999207-marriott-goes-green/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:35:18 +0100 News Irish investors are significantly less bullish about the global economy during the current quarter, according to results of the latest RaboDirect Investor Barometer (RIB). http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999072-investor-confidence-in-global-economic-outlook-falls-further/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999072-investor-confidence-in-global-economic-outlook-falls-further/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:35:09 +0100 News New figures show a total of 330 creditors' meetings were held in the second quarter of the year, the equivalent of five companies for every working day in Q2. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998862-26-creditors-meetings-in-meath/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998862-26-creditors-meetings-in-meath/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:35:14 +0100 News The SuperValu Getaway Breaks scheme contributed over €30 million in direct revenue to the Irish Tourism industry in 2009. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998864-meath-hotels-gain-8364400000-in-revenue-from-supervalu-breaks/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998864-meath-hotels-gain-8364400000-in-revenue-from-supervalu-breaks/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:34:50 +0100 News The Royal County is Ireland's most savvy shopping county, according to a new survey conducted by eBay.ie, Ireland's largest online marketplace. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998865-meath-savviest-shopping-county/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/28/3998865-meath-savviest-shopping-county/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:33:39 +0100 News Bobby Kerr of Insomnia Coffee Company and Kevin Neary of GameStop Group are two of Ireland's leading entrepreneurs. At a recent address to the Institute of Directors in Ireland, of which both are members, they outlined some useful tips for entrepreneurs to cope with the downturn. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998676-exercising-entrepreneurial-spirit-in-a-recession/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998676-exercising-entrepreneurial-spirit-in-a-recession/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:35:54 +0100 News A recent survey of 400 Irish organisations reveals that, despite concerns about its reliability, organisations continue to use traditional methods, such as tape, to backup their sensitive data. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998677-companies-still-favour-traditional-data-backup/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/21/3998677-companies-still-favour-traditional-data-backup/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:34:15 +0100 News A new business initiative, the Meath Business Awards, has been launched this week by the Meath Chronicle in partnership with Meath County Council and Meath Tourism. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998622-business-awards-launched/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/14/3998622-business-awards-launched/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:34:50 +0100 News The director of a top US company has become the first 'Ambassador for Meath' at the launch of the 'sign up call' for a new 'Meath Around the World' business link to promote Meath, its citizens and its business opportunities. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/07/3998460-meaths-first-business-ambassador-appointed-as-new-network-launched/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/07/3998460-meaths-first-business-ambassador-appointed-as-new-network-launched/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:36:22 +0100 News The Government's press relations people must have been tempted, maybe for all of a minute, to make a big deal out of the latest economic figures that showed the recession was at an end. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/07/3998459-tax-receipts-and-jobless-numbers-not-gdp-will-indicate-end-of-recession/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/07/07/3998459-tax-receipts-and-jobless-numbers-not-gdp-will-indicate-end-of-recession/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:35:08 +0100 News Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O'Keeffe, has announced that online sourcing marketplace for manufacturing provider, MFG.com, is to establish an EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) operations centre in Drogheda. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998212-mfgcom-to-establish-emea-operations-centre-in-northeast/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998212-mfgcom-to-establish-emea-operations-centre-in-northeast/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:36:17 +0100 News Ireland and Portugal and the smaller European countries may pay dearly for the decisions leaders of the world's 20 largest economies have agreed at their latest get-together. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998211-toronto-gathering-does-little-to-soothe-market-crisis-facing-ireland/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/30/3998211-toronto-gathering-does-little-to-soothe-market-crisis-facing-ireland/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:35:55 +0100 News Minister for Trade and Commerce, Billy Kelleher, TD, officially launched the Government-supported 2010 Enterprise Ireland SuperValu Supplier Development Programme at a business breakfast in Cork. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/23/3998107-navan-firm-in-supervalu-supplier-scheme-/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/23/3998107-navan-firm-in-supervalu-supplier-scheme-/ Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:37:57 +0100 News Alan Dukes has had a varied career. The one-time leader of Fine Gael held positions as Minister for Agriculture, Finance and Justice during the 1980s and was Transport Minister in the so-called Rainbow administration in the 1990s. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/23/3998106-public-deserve-more-from-anglo/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/23/3998106-public-deserve-more-from-anglo/ Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:35:38 +0100 News This week sees the official launch of a new waste collection and recycling service in Drogheda/Navan and surrounding areas. Its operators claim the new service offers householders and businesses an opportunity to make significant savings on their waste collections. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/09/3997698-new-waste-collection-service-launched/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/09/3997698-new-waste-collection-service-launched/ Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:41:30 +0100 News Back in the late 1980s, Ireland also faced the twin scourges of high unemployment and rising debt levels. As unemployment crept higher to over 18.5 per cent, hopelessness took root. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/09/3997696-a-generation-will-be-lost-if-govt-fails-to-stem-unemployment--/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/09/3997696-a-generation-will-be-lost-if-govt-fails-to-stem-unemployment--/ Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:40:29 +0100 News Bank of Ireland recently held its second annual National Enterprise Week, with the aim of helping to get small businesses back on their feet. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/09/3997699-bank-of-ireland-hosts-local-firms-during-national-enterprise-week/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/09/3997699-bank-of-ireland-hosts-local-firms-during-national-enterprise-week/ Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:39:27 +0100 News Legal rights group FLAC expressed grave concern this week over fresh figures from the Financial Regulator that show mortgage arrears continuing to rise steadily. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/02/3997526-warning-of-danger-from-rise-in-serious-mortgage-arrears/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/02/3997526-warning-of-danger-from-rise-in-serious-mortgage-arrears/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:41:31 +0100 News The Government coalition parties did not want a comprehensive public inquiry into the reasons for the banking and economic crash. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/02/3997523-government-still-avoiding-public-inquiry-into-the-economic-crash--/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/02/3997523-government-still-avoiding-public-inquiry-into-the-economic-crash--/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:40:43 +0100 News Meath East Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Byrne has welcomed the news that AIB has pledged to make €500 million available to lend to small businesses. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/02/3997527-aib-sme-funds-must-be-backed-up-by-loans/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/06/02/3997527-aib-sme-funds-must-be-backed-up-by-loans/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:39:43 +0100 News A commitment to offering his customers the very best possible travel advice has paid off for local agent Philip Brady who has been awarded Gold status by his company, Travel Counsellors. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/05/26/3997305-navan-travel-advisor-strikes-gold-at-awards/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/05/26/3997305-navan-travel-advisor-strikes-gold-at-awards/ Wed, 26 May 2010 16:41:59 +0100 News The Financial Times had a very interesting report the other day saying that UK Treasury officials had been on the phone to the Department of Finance on Merrion Street in Dublin. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/05/26/3997298-market-crisis-helped-sell-the-pain-of-austerity-budgets/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/05/26/3997298-market-crisis-helped-sell-the-pain-of-austerity-budgets/ Wed, 26 May 2010 16:40:42 +0100 News