Start-up activity has remained resilient through the Covid-19 downturn despite a poor second-quarter, according to figures compiled by credit risk analyst CRIFVision-net. New company registrations fell just 4pc in 2020, to the lowest level since [...]
Lending to businesses grew in November for the first time since the pandemic started, according to new data from the Central Bank. The volume of new loans non-financial companies crept into positive territory following a [...]
A consortium led by Dogpatch Labs has been confirmed as the winner of a €17 million five-year contract to manage start-up accelerator programmes on behalf of the State. A network of innovations hubs led by [...]
The Government will consider expanding the scope of the Employment Investment Incentive (EII) scheme to provide improved support for startups and to enable projects to attract capital from a broader range of investors, according to [...]
Venture capital funding rose 41pc to €193m in the third quarter despite barriers thrown up by Covid-19 according to new figures from the Irish Venture Capital Association. It brings to €786m the amount raised by [...]
ID-Pal has won Merchant Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the 8th Annual Payment Awards. ID-Pal enables businesses to verify the identity of customers in real-time simply, securely and conveniently. The solution is easy to [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic has put small businesses under considerable financial strain relative to larger companies, with the shock to their turnover creating significant cash-flow challenges in some sectors, Central Bank deputy governor Ed Sibley said [...]
EUROZONE economic activity slipped back into decline this month as a second wave of the coronavirus swept across the continent, heightening expectations for a double-dip recession, surveys showed on Friday. Renewed restrictions to control the [...]
The cost of borrowing for lrish SMEs is more than two and a half times the euro area average, according to new interest rate data published by the Central Bank. Small businesses in Ireland were [...]
As businesses across Ireland prepare to accelerate their recovery from the impact of Covid-19, Enterprise Ireland has seen a significant increase in demand for the Sustaining Enterprise Fund (SEF) which was launched in April of [...]