Breakfast Business

We hear about the Irish Business Challenge with Gerard Duffy, Owner of Eurotech and Tom Watts, Head of Design at Design and Crafts Council Ireland. 

A look at today's business stories and websites with Bobby Kerr this week.

JB Barry and Partners, the Dublin-headquartered consultant engineering firm  is rebranding as Egis following its acquisition by the French-headquartered global engineering and operations group Laurent Germain, CEO of Egis Group joined Bobby this morning on the show.

Waterland private equity have launched their first responsible investing report. To discuss this and more about the business was Laura Dillon, Partner at Waterland Private Equity.

A look at today's business stories and websites with Bobby Kerr.

Christian Lawlor has been in the men’s wear business for 20 years. In December 2022 he launched his own online menswear clothing company called Kempt. Christian joined Bobby on the show to chat about his 20 years in business.

Just over half the counties in the country noted an increase in start-ups for H1 2024, with Carlow, Louth, Waterford, Galway and Dublin  seeing positive growth. For more on this Bobby was joined on the show by Christine Cullen, Managing Director of CRIP Vision Net.

A look at today's business stories and websites today with Bobby Kerr.

A new Property Price Report by MyHome.ie has revealed national asking prices are up 7.3% over the last year, making it the fastest inflation growth in nearly two years.  Speaking to Bobby this morning was Conall Mac Coille, Chief Economist with the Bank of Ireland. 

A look at today's business stories and websites with Bobby Kerr on the show this morning.

 78% of businesses have no budget set aside for sustainability initiatives that's according to a new survey. To discuss further Bobby was joined on the show by CEO of UrbanVolt Kevin Maughan.  

Almost two years after Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, many users sought alternatives due to its new right-wing slant. Meta launched Threads a year ago as an alternative to X, aiming to filter out extreme views. Joe spoke with Jess Kelly, technology correspondent, to discuss the performance and reception of Threads.

The political landscape is shifting dramatically, with the Tories ousted from office in the UK, potential changes looming in France, and Joe Biden's second term prospects in doubt in the US. Joe spoke with Russ Mould from AJ Bell and Mike O’Sullivan, author and co-founder of UNIO Wealth Managers, to discuss the implications of these changes in three of the top G7 economies.

We get the latest business news this morning with Joe Lynam.

Few economies are as dependent on international trade as Ireland.  In fact, our international trade is a multiple of our total economy. So other countries are looking on with envy at how Ireland does it and some of them will doubtless attend a conference about that today. The Trade Horizons conference in Dublin Castle has a theme of “trade for a sustainable future”, but is that possible when shipping and transport accounts for huge swathes of global carbon emissions? To discuss with Joe was Dara Calleary is the Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation.

It’s Independence Day of course and US companies are the largest investors in Ireland but amazingly we’re the 5th largest investor in the US.  That means that thousands of Irish companies need to be aware of a new piece of legislation over there called Corporate Transparency  Act.  It has a number of provisions including a declaration of the beneficial owner.  Failure to do so could land you in jail for up to 2 years.  We get the details from Sean Nolan, Partner, international law firm Clark Hill. 

We get the latest business news this morning with Joe Lynam.

The Luas in Dublin is 20 years old. It was severely delayed as usual when it comes to large infrastructure projects in Ireland and it wasn't universally welcomed but now it is about to surpass 50 million journeys in a single year well in excess of its original estimates.  So what lessons have planners learned from LUAS for other big transport projects nationwide and why can't we get stuff built on time here? Joining Joe this morning was Paolo Carbone, Head of Light Rail at Transport Infrastructure Ireland.  

 Foodcloud uses the internet to collect unsold food from supermarkets and distribute it to charities who in turn pass it on to those who need the food the most.  Foodcloud does this with the help of volunteers including 2000 staff members from AIB, which has renewed its financial and volunteer support scheme.  But why are we still throwing out so much food? Joe spoke to Aoibheann O'Brien the Co Founder of Food Cloud. 

A look at today's business stories and websites with Joe Lynam.