Budget fashion chain Primark will trial a Click & Collect service on children’s products in the UK but said the move should not be seen as a precursor to an online delivery offer. Parent Associated British Foods said today the Click & Collect trial will take place in up to 25 stores in the northwest…
The Government has announced a new €85 million digital transition fund that will provide grant aid for businesses. The funding is designed to help companies develop new digital products, processes and services and will allow them invest in software, new equipment, staff training, automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI). €85 million in funding will be made…
IT, security and telecoms company HCS is investing €3.2m to double the size of its workforce and business revenues within the next three years. HCS has started its recruitment programme and will grow its workforce to 60 over the next three years. Following the investment, HCS is forecasting increased annual revenues of €9m by 2025….
The beginning of the pandemic in 2020 brought with it an end to years of bullish economic growth. As Ireland headed into the general election, the economy was in rude health. Predictions were bright. Nobody predicted two years of Covid turbulence, followed swiftly by war in our neighbourhood. But, though Covid restrictions have eased, the…
Tesco said today it was seeing early indications of changing customer behaviour due to surging inflationary pressures that had made the market environment “incredibly challenging”. Chief executive Ken Murphy vowed to work with suppliers to mitigate the impact of inflation as much as possible and support customers who are facing the most difficult economic conditions…
The Government is to make €55m available to businesses to help them move away from the use of fossil fuels. The new Green Transition Fund, to be launched later, will be made up of two parts. The Climate Planning Fund for Business, worth €25m, will provide firms with funding to help them plan how they…
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, known as ISIF, has announced plans to step up its regional investments. The fund, which is part of the National Treasury Management Agency, has a mandate to invest on a commercial basis to support economic activity and jobs. A new €500m investment programme will target the five regional cities of…
The Central Bank has warned that broad based price pressures have increased the risk of more medium-term inflation. The regulator also said that these inflationary pressures present new challenges for borrowers. However, the bank said these pressures are coming at a time when many borrowers have built up higher resilience over the past decade. The…
New research from the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation shows that inflation in May in the tourism industry was seven times higher that the same time in 2019, which is putting significant cost pressure on the sector. The Irish Tourism Industry Confederation’s latest dashboard for May shows that the sector’s recovery continues to gather pace. But…
Musgrave is investing €25 million in SuperValu and Centra stores as part of a new sustainability fund aimed at helping retailers to achieve net zero carbon by 2040. The supermarket supplier said the investment will result in an estimated 12% carbon reduction by the company over a two-year period. In the Republic of Ireland, Musgrave…