Breakfast Business

We are passionate about supporting Irish companies at the startup and scale-up stage of life. One thing they nearly always need is financial support. But banks are often slow to lend to startups or even scale-ups. That’s where private equity and venture capital comes in. Laura Dillon runs Waterland private equity and plans to spend €100m over the next 12/18 months to support the growth of Irish companies. Laura joined Joe on the show this morning.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at some of the business stories in today's newspapers.

What’s the most important attribute that a business leader or manager needs? Sound judgment, entrepreneurial skill, profit-oriented? Or is it perhaps compassion? That’s the view of author Manley Hopkinson who is also the head of the compassionate leadership academy and joined Joe on the show this morning.

We have nearly become customers of the presence of international companies here which provides very well-paid jobs and make Ireland one of the wealthiest countries in Europe. The downside of that is the dependency on foreign direct investment at the expense of creating our own national champions. One body thinks we need to wean ourselves off on that dependence venture capitalists Joining Joe this morning was Sarah Jane Larkin -the Director General of the Irish Venture Capital Association.

Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at some of today's business stories featured in the mornings newspapers.

How did AMTD Digital, a company with 50 people, end up becoming worth 450bn? Paul Sommerville, Sommerville Advisory Markets told Gavin more about AMTD Digital.

As Musgrave calls for a new support scheme for food retailers, we assess the state of things with James Burke, retail advisor, James Burke and Associates.

Gavin McLoughlin takes a look at some of today's stories in today business pages.

A young upstart bottled water brand is trying to take on the big guns. Speaking to Gavin this morning was Aidan Roche, founder, and CEO, of Defiant Water.

Meath firm Turmec has won a €30m contract to design a recycling plant in Australia amid an increasing focus on the circular economy. Geoff Bailey, CEO, Turmec joined Gavin this morning on the show.

We review the big stories in this morning’s newspapers and the latest market developments with Aidan Donnelly from Davy.

Equine Medi Record expands globally with 10 million in funding. Pierce Dargan Chief Executive of Equine Medi Record joined Gavin this morning on the show to chat about their expansion.

A new set of exchequer returns was released last night. To discuss the results Gavin spoke to Peter Vale Tax Partner from Grant Thornton.

BP posted phenomenal results yesterday but it appears the oil industry is not making the investment in further production capacity that might ordinarily be expected Robert Maxwell, who is an Oil Analyst gave his reaction to these results.

As one e-commerce CEO admits he was wrong to bet that soaring pandemic-era growth would continue, has the move to online shopping been overhyped?

Deputy Business Editor Gavin McLoughlin takes a look at some of the business stories in today's papers.

New research shows many consumers believe money-off deals actually cause them to spend extra Bernie Coyne, Managing Director, Coyne Research spoke to Gavin this morning with more on this.

A new report on the health of Ireland’s manufacturing sector shows output shrunk in July for a second consecutive month Oliver Mangan, Chief Economist, AIB gave Gavin his reaction to this report's results.

Deputy Business Editor Gavin McLoughlin takes a look at some of the business stories in today's papers.

New figures show a significant reduction in personal injury awards and claims. For more on the findings of this report, Gavin spoke to Rosalind Carroll, CEO, PIAB.