The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine have recently launched a new loan scheme, the “Brexit Impact Loan Scheme” targeted to SMEs (including farmers and fishers) and small mid-caps that have...

The government has published the latest draft of the upcoming sick pay bill which is due to become legislation from January. The legislation will give employees 3 days sick leave entitlement from January 2022 increasing to up to 10 days...

ISME has written to the Justice Minister about a recent High Court personal injuries case in which a golf club was successfully sued by an apparently lapsed member. While acknowledging that the injury suffered by the plaintiff was real and...

Budget 22 - Summary Limited in substance with not much consideration for medium to long term economic development. Enhancement for SME sector were limited to the extension of Start-up tax relief and EIIS with changes relating to the later deferred...

From 30th September the suspension of the right of employees to claim redundancy during lay off or short time as legislated for by the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid 19) Act 2020, section 29 has been lifted. Prior to...

The Government published an updated work safely protocol. This is the third version since its initial publication in 2020. The protocol covers the safety measures required to re-open workplaces following closure. The fourth edition of the protocol highlights further guidance...

Ahead of Pensions Awareness Week which starts today, ISME is calling on Government to treat private sector workers equally in any pension reforms. Pensions Awareness Week 2021 (20th – 24th September), which seeks to raise awareness about retirement planning, comes...

Did you know that when a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, some people assume that the following Monday is treated as a public holiday? However, this is not the case.  This year Christmas falls on a Saturday...

Women Entrepreneurs Competitive Start Fund   www.enterprise-ireland.com/womencsf For this Women Entrepreneurs call, applications are invited from women entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial teams and existing early stage start-ups with a woman who has a place on the lead management team and who owns...

ISME welcomes the commencement of the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offences) Act 2021 by Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys TD on 28th July, making perjury a statutory criminal offence for the first time in Ireland. As a result, ISME...