Demand for credit and bank charges high
PRESS RELEASE: DEMAND FOR CREDIT AND BANK CHARGES HIGH SME demand for credit is at 32%. Loan refusal rates increase from 12% to 33%. 8% waiting longer than 10 weeks from permission to drawdown. 69% stated that banks are making it...
Business owners gather in Minister Charlie Flanagan’s constituency to highlight the urgency of the insurance crisis.
PRESS RELEASE: Business owners gather in Minister Charlie Flanagan's constituency to highlight the urgency of the insurance crisis. 16/05/19 ISME held a meeting in Portlaoise this morning to voice concern at the failure to make any meaningful progress on the...
Plan To Cut Whiplash Shot Down By Judges
PRESS RELEASE: PLAN TO CUT WHIPLASH SHOT DOWN BY JUDGES 09/05/19 ISME is in agreement with the judiciary on the inappropriateness of an interim judicial council resetting the book of quantum, but for different reasons. The businesses worst affected by this...
ISME hold meeting in Minister Charles Flanagan’s constituency to address the severity of the insurance crisis for businesses
PRESS RELEASE: ISME hold meeting in Minister Charles Flanagan’s constituency to address the severity of the insurance crisis for businesses 08/05/19 The ISME Insurance Reform Meeting will take place on May 16th in Kavanagh’s Portlaoise. The event is taking place here...
ISME has asked the Minister for Justice to revisit the Defamation Act
PRESS RELEASE: ISME has asked the Minister for Justice to revisit the Defamation Act 07/05/19 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has already found that safeguards in Irish law against disproportionate financial awards in defamation cases were improperly applied by...
ISME Roadshow – Next stop Munster
PRESS RELEASE: 29/04/19 ISME’s next Roadshow will take place in Limerick on Friday the 3rd May Key opportunity for businesses to network SME lobbying, Brexit, Recruitment and Insurance Reform will be discussed Admission to the event will be complimentary ISME,...
ISME call on CSO to update insurance section on Form B
PRESS RELEASE: ISME call on CSO to update The Annual Services Inquiry: Form B as soon as possible The current proposal from the CSO to survey insurance quotations makes no sense ISME does not understand the reported difficulties with the CSO gathering information...
Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns tells it as it is on Insurance cost
PRESS RELEASE: PIAB held a conference in Croke Park today, 10th April, on ‘The Evolving Personal Injuries Landscape in Ireland’. Without doubt, the most interesting contribution came from Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, Chairperson of the Personal Injuries Commission. In a...
ISME calls on Government to eradicate ‘Brexit-Proofing’ clauses from public tenders
PRESS RELEASE: ISME has received a complaint from a member company about a 'Brexit-proofing' clause inserted in a Leitrim County Council request for quotation to fit-out vehicles with ' fire service operational equipment' Even if such a clause were enforceable at law,...
ISME tells Finance Committee Insurance Reform has Stalled
ISME expresses its gratitude to the Committee on Finance,Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach for the consideration shown to them and the Alliance for Insurance Reform on 4th April. It was clear to us that many members of the Committee...
