30/04/20 Thousands of Irish businesses have been starved of cash for almost two months. Ireland has an excellent examinership regime, but one that is too expensive for SMEs. ISME wants priority legislation to allow as many SMEs as possible to...

27/04/2020 Thousands of Irish businesses have been starved of cash for almost two months. Ireland has an examinership regime that is too expensive and slow for SMEs. ISME is calling on the Oireachtas to prioritise legislation to allow as many...

PRESS RELEASE: SMEs need a better lifeboat. 09/04/20 Ireland’s examinership process is too expensive and cumbersome for most small businesses. SMEs need a simpler, administrative form of examinership available to them. As Covid-19 shutters many businesses, ISME believes that now is...

 ISME and Griffith College Join Forces to Support Businesses with FREE Online Training Programme in Response to COVID-19 Crisis ‘Restart your Business, Rethink your Strategy’ Dublin, Tuesday 31st March 2020: ISME, The Irish SME association and Griffith College, the independent...

PRESS RELEASE 25/03/20 ISME welcomes the improvements in the COVID-19 Income Support Scheme. ISME notes that without aggressive action to introduce liquidity into the market, workers availing of the support will have no jobs to return to in a matter...

19/03/20 ISME believes the Government needs to take a far more aggressive approach to maintain the liquidity of small business Covid19 has caused a societal crisis of confidence in the ability to spend, by consumers and employers. This crisis of...

13/03/20 We must take measures to ensure the survival of as many small enterprises as possible throughout this event. SMEs employ almost 70% of the workforce, any increase in business mortality will have a significant negative impact on employment levels....

09/03/2020 Health and Safety focus for SMEs during 2020 Roadshows The HSA will be providing demons and advice at selected ISME Roadshows The next ISME Roadshow featuring the HSA will take place in the Midleton Park Hotel, Midleton, Co. Cork...

02/03/20 SME demand for credit is at 24%. Loan refusal rates decrease from 58% to 19%, with 44% being partially successful. 17% waiting longer than 4 weeks from permission to drawdown. 69% stated that banks are making it more difficult...

PRESS RELEASE:  21/02/20 ISME’s next Roadshow will take place in Gormanston, Co. Meath on the 27th February 2020  Key opportunity for businesses to network and ‘Pitch my business’  SME lobbying, Upskilling, Insurance Reform and Health and Safety will be discussed ...