Metamo Credit Unions to Take Part in Brexit Impact Loan Scheme
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD and the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD along with Joe O’Toole, Chair of the Metamo Credit Union Group and Alan Kelly, Chief Executive of Metamo have today announced the launch of...
Central Bank release report on Motor Insurance
ISME welcomes the publication of the Central Bank’s third report of the National Claims Information Database into private motor insurance. The report confirms a downward trend in the cost of motor insurance, falling 7% from 2019 to 2020. In view...
Mark Little Receives Professional Excellence Award
Mark Little was today (Wednesday November 11th) awarded a Professional Excellence Award at Griffith College’s annual graduation ceremonies. Mr Little is an esteemed entrepreneur, journalist and broadcaster who founded his own successful news agency. He will be familiar to many...
Brexit Impact Loan Scheme
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...
Draft Sick pay bill
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 expresses concern to Justice Minister on personal injuries awards and public liability insurance
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
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...
Lifting of suspension of employees right to claim redundancy
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...
Updated work safely protocol
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...
ISME calls for equality for private sector workers in pension reforms
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...
