Breakfast Business

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Joe Lynam.

Business conditions in Ireland's manufacturing sector were stable in the first month of 2023. That’s according to AIB’s Manufacturing PMI and to discuss further Emmet spoke to Oliver Mangan Chief Economist at AIB.

70% of SMEs are optimistic about Ireland’s business environment in 2023. That’s according to the latest Melior Funding for Growth Survey. For more on this Emmet spoke to Jonathan Dalton, Managing Director, Melior Equity Partners.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Emmet Oliver.

Minister of State Dara Calleary will lead a trade mission to Dubai this week to promote Irish healthcare companies in the Arab world. He’ll be traveling alongside a slew of Irish Medtech businesses who will be announcing new innovations and contracts with countries in the Middle east. Many of those firms were supported by Enterprise Ireland and its Executive Director Jennifer Melia joined Joe live from Dubai

During lockdowns many of us decided to set up our online businesses - some of them choosing dot com web addresses where available but others choosing the Dot IE domain. Many had worried that Irish domain registrations would fall dramatically as we returned to offices but it hasn't been the case - according to the latest report from Dot Ie. And David Curtin, the Chief Executive of the domain.IE spoke to Joe this morning.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Joe Lynam.

Managing Partner with PwC Ireland, Feargal O’Rourke, joined Joe this morning to discuss their new global survey.

Joe Lynam takes a look at Monday's business papers and websites.

Ryanair's Chief Financial Officer, Neil Sorahan, joined Joe this morning to take him through the airlines third quarter figures for last year.

It’s not often a profession that women choose to go into. Safety wear for people who work in construction and the oil business. But our winner this month made the leap from modest circumstances to one of the very short lists of women in the construction and trade sector. She formed Ennis Safety Wear during the Pandemic and it’s grown by 200% in 2 years. Her name is Angela Ennis and she is the Newstalk BPTM for January.

2022 was a perfect storm for farmers and food producers. Not only did energy prices soar but also fertiliser costs trebled because Russia was one of the biggest suppliers in Europe. Add in problems getting staff and anyone will tell you that the sector was braced for a tough 2023. How have things started? To discuss Joe was joined by Pat O’Toole, Irish Farmers, political editor of the Irish Farmers Journal.

Joe takes a look at todays business stories and markets with Aidan Donnelly from Davy Stockbrokers.

This time a year ago household finances looked pretty healthy. Then came the war in Ukraine and soaring inflation. But after a milder expected Winter and government support, household incomes are starting to look up. According to the Credit union sentiment survey, it’s at a 7-month high. But the mood music is still far below the long-term average. The economist Austin Hughes compiled the Credit Union survey alongside Core Research and spoke to Joe this morning.

Everyone knows that we have a major problem in Ireland building things. It costs too much, there is too much red tape, there are too many objections and of course, Planning takes too long. Planning has turned into the whipping boy for anyone or anything that can't get a project built. But is that unfair? Speaking to Joe this morning was Gavin Lawlor is the VP of the Irish Planning Institute

Joe Lynam takes a look at Thursday's business papers and websites.

Small businesses have had to deal with a slew of challenges over the past 3 years including, Brexit, Covid, and soaring costs but there’s a new bureaucratic train coming down the tracks which could be far more burdensome. It's called the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. It’s a new obligation for companies to audit the impact of everything they do not just on their immediate environment but also on their supply chains. These new requirements might be an irritant for larger firms but a real headache for smaller ones. Neil McDonnell – the CEO of ISME joins me now

The sudden departure of Damian English due to planning irregularities 3 weeks ago, opened the door for the relatively new TD Neale Richmond as Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment with special responsibility for Employment Affairs and the Retail Business. It is a portfolio of interest to Breakfast business listeners or anyone in the retail or Human resources and the Minister joined Joe on the show.

A look at today's business papers and markets with Joe Lynam.

It’s tough in any town to get people to spend money in the local economy - especially when it’s up against bigger shops in cities and giant eCommerce players like Amazon. It’s especially tough if you're in one of the more remote towns close to the border where things might be cheaper. But that’s the challenge that faced Letterkenny in Co Donegal and it rose to that challenge by introducing its own local voucher scheme - with a payment card that can only be spent in local shops. It’s been working for 19 years and now has 240 retailers involved It’s called ShopLK and Claire McDonough is the Vice President of Letterkenny Chamber of commerce which administers the project. Claire spoke to Joe on the show this morning.