Breakfast Business

Joe Lynam takes a look at today's business papers and markets.

Laura Bourke is a female entrepreneur with a passion for getting more women into the workforce. Laura is the founder of Aspire Recruitment and Flexi Desk and president of Network Ireland Tipperary and spoke to Jonathan this morning.

21% of Irish Firms have been affected by the threat of cyber or invoice fraud and this figure rises dramatically to 70% for large companies employing more than 100 people. That’s according to new research commissioned by Leinster-based general insurance and financial planning broker LHK group. Colm Kelleher is the Managing Director of LHK Group and joined Jonathan this morning on the show.

Aidan Donnelly from Davy for a look at some of the business news in the papers this morning.

The European Central Bank will deliver another major interest rates hike today to tackle soaring inflation, as Eurozone countries succumb to recession. What does it mean for us, costumes? Jonathan asked Shane Quinlan, Economist and Managing Director of Financial Services Sherry Fitzgerald.

Irish employees are strongly interested in professional development and investing in their upskilling, according to the new report released by UCD Professional Academy. What should be done to make our workforce more competitive? Aaron McKenna, CEO of UCD Professional Academy told Jonathan on the show this morning.

Jonathan Healy takes a look at some of the main business stories this morning.

Irish costumers are eating out less often and they are cutting out on grocery shopping buy choosing cheaper brands to tackle rising costs of living, according to the report recently released by Paypal. Is this self-imposed frugality affecting the hospitality sector? Let’s ask Adrian Cummins, CEO of the Restaurant Association of Ireland joined Jonathan this morning to discuss these findings.

If there’s a brand more synonymous with traveling to Ireland, it is CIE Tours. The country’s leading tour operator celebrates its 90 years on the market. So how is the business doing 90 years on? Stephen Cotter Chief Operations Officer, CIE Tours International, joined Jonathan on the show.

This morning Jonathan Healy runs through some of this morning's main business stories.

There have been two interest rates hikes in 3 months within the eurozone. We’re all braced for another one this week. But is there a risk that the ECB cut kill the economy as it hopes to kill inflation which is stuck at 10%. Pearse Conaty is head of EURO rates with Bank Of Ireland spoke to Joe with more on this.

Niall Carson the Managing Director of Free Now has been awarded business person of the month for October. Niall joined Joe on the show to talk about his business which is now the largest taxi-booking app in the country.

We take a quick look at today's business papers and websites.

Declan Murphy was the target for an abduction when he used to be a senior executive with the security company G4S. After two such attempted abductions, he decided to change jobs and found the recruitment process simply not good enough. Declan Murphy is the founder and boss of Allsorter which helps in the recruitment space and Declan spoke to Joe this morning on the show.

There may be 200,000 Irish people who have worked in the UK and may be entitled to part of the British state pension. But you might soon miss out on an opportunity to draw down the UK state pension if you worked there for a number of years because the window is closing. Mel Morgan Pensions Adviser UkStatepensionAbroad.com spoke to Joe this morning on the show.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at today's business papers and markets.

Fresh hopes for progress on Cork Events Centre comes following the announcement of €15m in Budget 2023 for the project. The proposed centre, which was first approved 10 years ago, has met several snags over the past decade. Seamus Heaney, Head of Visit Cork joined Jonathan Healy on the show this morning with more on this.

All this week on the show been speaking to some of Ireland's newest and most unique SMEs. We found out who's behind them, what's their ethos, and how they’re navigating the current market. Our final guest this week is Sheelin Conlon, Founder of The Kind, a Sustainable Lifestyle Store who spoke to Johnathan this morning.

Today’s SME is Edventure Innovator which has launched a sports-themed board game. Think of FIFA 2023 but for Gaelic football. It’s called Bainesteoir which is of course manager

What is your favourite brand? How important is Customer Service to you? Do you have a long memory when it comes to what annoys you about companies? A recent survey brought some interesting results in terms of Brand appreciation and joining Joe this morning was Cathy Summers, the Chief Executive of the CX company which carried out the survey