http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/business/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:12:40 +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/ The McDonald's fast food restaurant chain, which employs 170 people in the north-east region, generates over €2.5 million in household incomes in the region, according to a new report from Indecon International Economic Consultants. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995505-mcdonalds-contributes-836437m-to-northeast-region-new-report-shows/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995505-mcdonalds-contributes-836437m-to-northeast-region-new-report-shows/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:42:31 +0000 News ISME, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association, reacting to the latest live register figures, has warned of Government complacency, saying that the stabilisation of the numbers signing on was "off the mark" and not indicative of the real unemployment situation. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995504-jobs-crisis-as-bad-as-ever-as-the-latest-jobless-figures-are-published/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995504-jobs-crisis-as-bad-as-ever-as-the-latest-jobless-figures-are-published/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:41:48 +0000 News Putting it mildly, banks are not being very upfront about reporting the looming problems on their loan books. But when it is also in the interests of Government politicians to obscure the true picture, then there is little chance of anyone solving the problem. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995503-regulators-figures-understate-households-real-mortgage-debt-problems/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/10/3995503-regulators-figures-understate-households-real-mortgage-debt-problems/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:40:54 +0000 News A total of 26 Meath-based companies held creditors' meetings last year, new figures compiled by ICC Information reveal. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995241-26-companies-in-meath-held-creditors-meetings-last-year/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995241-26-companies-in-meath-held-creditors-meetings-last-year/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:41:38 +0000 News Brussels, and presumably the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, took a long look and finally last week approved the setting up of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), the bad bank agency that, in the name of the taxpayer, will buy the good, bad and downright ugly commercial property loans from five of Ireland's banks. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995236-time-for-lenihan-to-tell-taxpayers-about-banking-cleanup-bill/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995236-time-for-lenihan-to-tell-taxpayers-about-banking-cleanup-bill/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:40:46 +0000 News South Wales-based supplier of construction industry support, groundworks and landscape services, Spencer Environmental Care Associates, has recently opened its new Irish office in the Scurlockstown Business Park in Trim. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995239-welsh-company-sets-up-in-trim-business-park-/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/3995239-welsh-company-sets-up-in-trim-business-park-/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:39:11 +0000 News The economic crisis is an opportunity to make changes that would be more difficult in easier times, John Bruton, former taoiseach and EU Ambassador to America, said at the weekend in an address to the annual dinner of the ACCA in Thomond Park in Limerick. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995090-new-development-model-needed-in-ireland-says-bruton/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995090-new-development-model-needed-in-ireland-says-bruton/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:41:12 +0000 News Mortgage debt is the only type of secured lending from which borrowers cannot hide. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995089-struggling-households-need-a-nama-for-distressed-home-loans/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995089-struggling-households-need-a-nama-for-distressed-home-loans/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:40:02 +0000 News The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) this week announced a national awareness campaign in relation to car loans as it revealed a significant rise in applications for loans to buy vehicles. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995091-credit-unions-focus-on-car-loans/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/3995091-credit-unions-focus-on-car-loans/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:39:58 +0000 News The long-awaited Government National Broadband Scheme (NBS) is now well underway throughout Ireland, with leading mobile broadband provider 3, rolling out one of the most advanced wireless technologies in the world, which will be complete by October 2010. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994886-much-greater-broadband-penetration-on-way-for-meath/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994886-much-greater-broadband-penetration-on-way-for-meath/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:41:26 +0000 News Leaving aside the way he departed Leinster House, George Lee fled a short political career claiming that the Dublin political classes had struck a poor economic bargain. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994885-lee-has-a-heavyweight-supporter-in-questioning-economic-consensus/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994885-lee-has-a-heavyweight-supporter-in-questioning-economic-consensus/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:40:09 +0000 News Despite the continuing economic downturn, one Meath company is continuing on the road to financial success by focusing on what its managing director calls "lean transport initiatives". http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994887-courier-company-goes-lean-to-beat-slump/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/3994887-courier-company-goes-lean-to-beat-slump/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:35:24 +0000 News The Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association (ISME) has called for the immediate introduction of a jobs 'think tank' to address the most immediate crisis facing the economy, the crumbling labour market. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994722-think-tank-only-way-out-of-jobs-crisis-claims-isme/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994722-think-tank-only-way-out-of-jobs-crisis-claims-isme/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:38:18 +0000 News Commentators are daring to ask the question: if the worst is over, can recovery be far away? The Government is certainly hoping so, and the latest opinion polls showing that its popularity ratings may have risen off rock bottom levels may, in part, boost such hopes. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994721-if-the-worst-is-really-over-when-will-the-jobs-start-to-grow-------/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994721-if-the-worst-is-really-over-when-will-the-jobs-start-to-grow-------/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:37:36 +0000 News The latest statistics released by ICC Formations reveal that the economic downturn may be easing somewhat with the total number of new companies incorporated in Q4 2009 increasing by six per cent compared to the same period in 2008. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994723-new-company-formations-up-six-per-cent-in-q4-2009/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/3994723-new-company-formations-up-six-per-cent-in-q4-2009/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:35:45 +0000 News Knightsbrook Hotel Spa & Golf Resort, Trim, part of the Cusack Hotel Group, were honoured at the Fáilte Ireland Optimus Awards which were held in Galway last week. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/3994551-trim-hotel-recognised-for-service-excellence/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/3994551-trim-hotel-recognised-for-service-excellence/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:36:22 +0000 News The people best placed to judge the turning point in the Irish housing market are the brokers who make their living from selling mortgages. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/3994550-not-just-higher-mortgage-rates-that-threaten-homebuyers/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/3994550-not-just-higher-mortgage-rates-that-threaten-homebuyers/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:35:05 +0000 News Talented craftspeople from Meath "performed strongly" at an international buyers' event in Dublin, according to the Meath County Enterprise Board. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/3994554-local-craftspeople-do-well-at-rds/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/03/3994554-local-craftspeople-do-well-at-rds/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:34:13 +0000 News Meath was the fifth most popular location nationwide for business start-ups in 2009, with 467 fledgling companies getting off the ground, according to a leading Irish bank. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/3994354-meath-saw-467-new-company-startups-in-2009/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/3994354-meath-saw-467-new-company-startups-in-2009/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:41:21 +0000 News It is not only in Ireland that governments, in dealing with bankers, have managed to inflict political damage. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/3994353-mistakes-in-dealing-with-banks-costing-us-and-irish-governments/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/3994353-mistakes-in-dealing-with-banks-costing-us-and-irish-governments/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:40:11 +0000 News Global online payments company PayPal last week announced the creation of a further 100 new jobs in customer service and operations at its European Centre of Excellence in Blanchardstown. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/3994355-paypal-adds-100-jobs-to-blanch-operation/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/27/3994355-paypal-adds-100-jobs-to-blanch-operation/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:39:36 +0000 News A sustained decline in the value of sterling combined with the economic downturn and severe difficulties in the global dairy market created unprecedented challenges for Irish food and drink exporters in 2009, according to Bord Bia's Export Performance and Prospects report, launched last week. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/20/3994123-export-growth-set-to-resume-predicts-bord-bia/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/20/3994123-export-growth-set-to-resume-predicts-bord-bia/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:41:08 +0000 News In the same week that the Government conceded that it would, after all, convene some sort of official inquiry into the banking bust, the business affairs of another large property developers were laid bare. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/20/3994122-banking-inquiry-should-start-with-the-dublin-docklands/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/20/3994122-banking-inquiry-should-start-with-the-dublin-docklands/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:40:01 +0000 News Craftspeople from Meath will be representing the county at the Showcase Expo in Dublin this month, meeting thousands of international buyers from across Europe, North America and Asia. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/20/3994124-crafts-people-to-meet-global-buyers/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/20/3994124-crafts-people-to-meet-global-buyers/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:39:49 +0000 News The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe, has issued a 'call to arms' to rally volunteer engineers to go into schools across Meath to enthuse students about maths as part of Engineers Week 2010. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/13/3993957-meath-engineers-called-on-to-help-promote-maths-in-local-schools/ http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2010/01/13/3993957-meath-engineers-called-on-to-help-promote-maths-in-local-schools/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:41:39 +0000 News