Q) We’ve just signed a contract to do some work on behalf of a well known charity. Our payment terms are 50% of the agreed amount upfront, 25% to be paid on completion of half of the contract, with the outstanding balance due once the project has been delivered in full. However, when we submitted […]
Most solid Irish companies that want to scale up have an eye beyond these shores – for many businesses, the home market alone simply doesn’t have the breadth and depth to sustain growth. But exporting isn’t as easy thing to do, and many business owners have wasted money on ill-thought-out international expansion. If you want […]
In January this year, Minister for Justice and Equality Alan Shatter announced what I believe to be one of the most progressive pieces of legislation that we have seen for some time. The Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 will be welcome news to thousands of Irish people right now in that it deals with the financial […]
I have been running a small photography business in Galway for the last two years. Up until now I’ve managed to keep the company going through savings that I had myself and also by increasing the amount of clients I have. However, lately I’ve found myself in a tight spot when it comes to cash […]
I’ve been in business with four other business partners for roughly six years now. Things had been going well for us – we are suppliers of materials to the construction industry – until last year when our sales took a big drop. We did everything any business would do to get through a difficult […]
Over the past 18 months or so, a number of our clients have asked our advice on how they can cut business costs without harming the day-to-day running of their company, or indeed productivity. Obviously, there is only so far one can go when it comes to making redundancies – a reduced workforce, after all, […]
I’m having real cashflow problems in my business at the moment – we’re still outstanding payment on some invoices going back as far as August last year, while others we’ve had to right off as bad debts and accept that the account won’t be paid for one reason or another. We are a small business […]
A client of ours wants us to go into business with him. He currently operates as a sole trader while our company is set up as a partnership agreement, with three partners involved. We’ve obviously discussed the opportunity at length between ourselves and it sounds like a great chance for us to grow our business. […]
Being the driving force of a smart economy, research and development is heavily encouraged in Irish business – so much so that there are tax incentives for conducting such activities. Subject to certain conditions being met, Research & Development tax relief can return up to 25 per cent of a company’s qualifying expenditure either […]
County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) exist to provide support to new and existing small businesses in the commercial sphere, and it’s important to know how to go about getting this help when it’s needed. There are three types of financial support offered by CEBs: Priming Grants, Business Expansion Grants, and Feasibility Grants. Priming […]
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