If you’re looking for a business loan up to €25,000 to fund your business, then maybe Microfinance Ireland can help. To be eligible for an MFI business loan, you need to have: your business is registered and operates in the Republic of Ireland a commercially-viable business proposal less than 10 full-time employees annual turnover of […]

Income supports The COVID-19 Income Support Scheme provides financial support to Irish workers and businesses affected by the crisis. Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme: The Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), provides a flat-rate subsidy to qualifying employers based on the numbers of eligible employees on the employer’s payroll. COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment is available […]

Many of us have to deal with pressure and your business is no exception! As stress is often inevitable, these quick fixes will help you and your team perform under pressure and thrive. 1. Get rid of your bad clients and customers that take too much resource and not enough reward (in the widest sense of […]

The new rules introduce certain provisions for persons facilitating supplies of goods or services using an electronic interface such as a marketplace, platform, portal or similar means. Cross-border sales of goods and services New rules extend the scope of the Mini One Stop Shop to a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) scheme that covers all B2C services as […]

As Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO of Amazon, his legacy continues to inspire business leaders across the world. Jeff Bezos started Amazon as a loss making online book store and has built it into one of the largest and most successful businesses in the world. Amazon is a business that is known for having […]

What is Reddit and how can you use it? Reddit has been in the news a lot recently, due to the Gamestop share price boom that was largely driven by an investment forum on the site. So what exactly is Reddit? Reddit is a hugely popular online forum. It allows users to create their own […]

People can respond negatively to constructive feedback – so feed forward instead. When we provide feedback to an employee, we share information in terms of how they are currently performing. When negative feedback is given, the individual can respond defensively. Even constructive feedback can be taken the wrong way. The idea of feed forward is […]

Businesses can use podcasts as an effective digital marketing tool. Podcasts are recordings of an audio discussion on a specific topic or theme such as business, travel or current affairs. They tend to consist of a series of episodes that listeners can download and listen to via a smartphone or computer. Podcasts are effective marketing […]

We live in uncertain times and planning for the future is challenging. Rather than paying attention to what you can’t do, focus on what you can do. For example, when restaurants couldn’t serve customers indoors, they transitioned to delivery, take-away and outdoor dining. Regardless of the type of business that you manage, this is the […]

Top tips for driving your Business Development (BD) efforts this year. BD is often misunderstood. Some might say that it’s all about relationships, another will say it’s all about sales and others will talk about marketing. They are all right, in a way. BD is the creation of long-term value for a firm, through effective […]