ISME’s latest Prompt Payments report finds SMEs suffer as payment delays persist. The report also found:Payment time for SMEs remains high at 50 days. Businesses in Dublin are waiting longest to be paid at 66 days.53% of businesses are experiencing...

ISME’s latest Government Satisfaction Report finds SME’s satisfaction with government performance continues to decline.Medium sized enterprises most satisfied with government. Small businesses least satisfied with government performance.Government’s handling of costs to businesses begins to trend positively.Services and manufacturing sectors most...

The Q2’21 Business Trends Quarterly survey showed 13 out of 14 confidence indicators yielding declining results, increasing by eight from the previous quarter.BREXIT Uncertainty dropped by a further 4 percent to 38%. Business Confidence rose massively again this quarter, increasing...

The Irish SME Association (ISME) has relaunched our annual ‘Business Crime’ report. The 17th edition of this report details the results of the 2020 survey, which was sent by email, on the 17th of May to businesses, with a total...

The Irish SME Association (ISME) has issued its Pre-Budget 2022 Submission to Government. While Ireland looks toward the final stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is clear that many business sectors in Ireland will not return to 2019 levels of...

Today April 20th the Irish SME Association (ISME) has launched a report to examine how state policies are affecting the decision-making of low skills workers with regard to work. ISME’s ‘Job Kill Zone’ report examines how the interaction of policies...

The number of businesses who believe they can keep trading for more than 9 months has increased to 63%, up 13% from JanuaryOn 13th April, ISME released the results of our seventh flash survey on COVID-19. The survey found that...

ISME’s latest Prompt Payments report finds SME payment delays have improved, but only slightly. The report also found: Payment times for SMEs remains high at 45 days.Businesses in Ulster are waiting longest to be paid at 53 days.53% of businesses...

ISME’s latest Government Satisfaction Report finds SME's satisfaction with government performance declines.The report also found:Medium sized enterprises most satisfied with government.Micro businesses least satisfied with government performance.Government’s handling of costs to businesses trends negatively.Services and Retail sectors most dissatisfied with...

The Q1’21 Business Trends Quarterly survey showed 5 out of 14 confidence indicators yielding declining results, dropping by two from the previous quarter.BREXIT Uncertainty dropped by 4 percent to 42%. Business Confidence rose massively by 39%, bringing the Q4 total...