Budgets, Brexit & more – Weekly message from ISME CEO
Dear Members and Colleagues, An eventful week for SMEs nationwide with further COVID-19 restrictions introduced and the budget for 2021 announced. ISME broadly welcomed the budget in which there are a number of measures designed to keep businesses and their...
ISME’s Budget 2021 Commentary
Today is Budget 2021, ISME Pre-Budget (submitted in July) is available here: Obviously things have moved on somewhat, but our asks remain the same. Follow our coverage below for LIVE updates from 1. Our panel today will be made up...
Neil McDonnells weekly message
Dear Member and Colleagues, We, like many of you were very concerned on Sunday evening to see the recommendations of NPHET to move the whole country to Level 5 measures leaked to the press. To do this at the weekend,...
Ireland updates Green List
The Green List was reviewed on the basis of ECDC data on Thursday 8 October. As no EU / EEA countries were below the required 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases, there will be no countries on the Green List...
NPHET’s call for a Nationwide Level 5 Lockdown.
Dear member We were very concerned on Sunday evening to see the recommendations of NPHET to move the whole country to Level 5 measures leaked to the press. To do this at the weekend, without any time for Government to...
ISME welcomes the Law Reform Commission report on capping damages
ISME welcomes the report this week by the Law Reform Commission (LRC) which found that a cap on damages in personal injury claims is permissible by Irish law. This decision has confirmed ISME’s long-standing position that there is no constitutional...
ISME to seek Court backing for Private Sector Pensions
UPDATE: ISME CEO, Neil McDonnell spoke on Breakfast Business on Newstalk regarding this case on 02/10/2020. Listen back here from 21 minutes.. ISME is backing a legal initiative to create an equitable system for private sector pensions. The equity being...
Insurance Renewals
A message from the Alliance for Insurance Reform: Companies in many sectors are getting ready to renew their insurance cover at the moment so the Alliance Covid-19 Working Group is reaching out about insurance renewals in the current environment...
ISMEs RESPONSE TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE NCC REPORT
Speaking as the National Competitiveness Council release their report of Ireland Competitiveness Challenge 2020, ISME CEO, Neil McDonnell says ‘We do not consider the report to be sufficiently critical of long-standing blockages to increasing competitiveness’’ The NCC makes as a...
ISME Launches Virtual Brexit Discussion
ISME has announced the launch of a new online event, a ‘Virtual Brexit Discussion’. The event, sponsored by Skillnet Ireland, will focus on providing practical advice to Irish businesses to enable them to navigate the post-Brexit environment. The virtual discussion will...
