Little ThingsONE MORE THING: EXACTLY ONE year on from its purchase of Tullamore Dew from CC, Scottish drinks group William Grant has made…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Top jobs for bank's asset managers in new groupONE MORE THING: STAFF AT the former Bank of Ireland Asset Management (Biam, now trading as SSgA) have clearly made a positive…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Receiver appointed to D2 Property ManagementBANK OF Scotland (Ireland) has appointed a receiver to D2 Property Management Ltd, an investment vehicle owned by developer David…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Setanta Sports gives Irish films a try-outONE MORE THING: THE DECISION by Setanta Sports to add music and Irish films to its schedule for the quiet summer months marks…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Faraway fields are greener for developer Simon KellyONE MORE THING: WITH NOTHING much stirring in Ireland, developer and financier Simon Kelly appears to have switched his attention…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Dealer to buy Maxwell MotorsLONG-ESTABLISHED Irish car dealer Frank Keane Holdings is set to buy Blackrock-based Maxwell Motors out of receivership, in a…Thu Jun 30 2011 - 01:00
UPC agrees Microsoft deal on broadband and voice productsCABLE TV and telecoms provider UPC has agreed a major deal with Microsoft that will allow it to bundle the computer giant’s Office…Tue Jun 28 2011 - 01:00
Property sector sets up new lobby groupSOME OF the leading players in the Irish property market have come together to set up a new umbrella body to represent the interests…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Varadkar in dispute with DAA over bonusA ROW is brewing between Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar and the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) over a decision by the board…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Return to bonds trading for Goodbody brokersGOODBODY STOCKBROKERS is planning to open a bonds desk, marking its return to fixed-income trading since 1997.Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Challenging times force top broker to take stockTHE FRIDAY INTERVIEW: Roy Barrett, MD, Goodbody Stockbrokers: WHEN GOODBODY Stockbrokers’ managing director Roy Barrett last…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Eircom lenders form groupA GROUP of subordinated lenders to Eircom has formed an ad hoc bondholder committee to engage with the Irish telecoms group on…Wed Jun 22 2011 - 01:00
Revenues at top law firm rose by 8.9% last yearREVENUES AT top six law firm Mason Hayes+Curran rose by 8.9 per cent in 2010 to €39Wed Jun 22 2011 - 01:00
Expenses of €150m for latest B of I capital raisingBANK OF Ireland will incur expenses of €150 million from its latest capital raising exercise, which aims to generate funding …Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Breakdown in talks on sale of 30% stake in Shaws retail chainA POTENTIALLY damaging split within the family owned Shaws retail chain is once again on the cards following a breakdown in talks…Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Irish stock exchange profits down by 16%THE IRISH Stock Exchange’s profit fell by 16 per cent to €4Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Ryanair set for China design dealIRISH LOW-COST airline Ryanair and China’s state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (Comac) are expected to sign…Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Business as usual for Irish flyers after United Continental mergerEXECUTIVES FROM US airline United Continental Holdings were in town this week to reinforce the message that it is business as…Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
RBS hotel decision blindsides AvestusROYAL BANK of Scotland’s decision on Tuesday to appoint a receiver to a portfolio of Marriott Hotels in the UK appears to have…Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Little ThingsSOME GOOD news yesterday from Dublin-based animation group Jam Media, which has announced 22 new high-value jobs.Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Mobile joy for TescoTESCO IRELAND’S grocery and household sales might have dropped by 3Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Eason goes back to basics with asset saleIT’S A case of sticking to the knitting for books and stationery retailer Eason & Son Ltd.Fri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
Corporate blitzkrieg delivers rich spoilsANALYSIS: WHEN DENIS O’Brien launched the Digicel mobile phone network in Jamaica in April 2001, he could hardly have dreamed…Tue Jun 14 2011 - 01:00
Digicel's revenues up 27% to $2.23bnDENIS O’BRIEN’S mobile phone company Digicel Group Ltd increased its revenues last year by 27 per cent to $2.23 billion.Tue Jun 14 2011 - 01:00
One more thingThere was no Tony Curtis or jaunty jalopies but it was Monte Carlo or Bust for 49 leading business men and women last week in…Fri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
One more thingIndependent News Media directors face off; Slattery turns down DAA chair; O’Leary offers calendar option; Indoor golf coming …Fri Jun 03 2011 - 01:00
Vodafone plans to cut jobs 'callous'THE CWU, the Communications Workers Union, has described Vodafone’s plans to cut 184 jobs here and outsource functions to Egypt…Tue May 31 2011 - 01:00
Revenues fall 5.3% at Britvic IrelandREVENUES AT soft drinks group Britvic Ireland declined by 5.3 per cent to £81Sat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Eircom signals it may breach covenantsEIRCOM HAS said it is “likely” to breach its financial covenants with lenders within the next three months as its revenues and…Sat May 28 2011 - 01:00
Vodafone to move call centres abroadMOBILE OPERATOR Vodafone has decided to move two call centre operations from Ireland to Egypt and India respectively, and to …Sat May 28 2011 - 01:00
P&G urges suppliers and retailers to end tug-of-warONE MORE THING: PROCTER & GAMBLE’S chief customer officer Bob Fregolle was in Dublin this week to address a conference…Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Santander appointment to keep Byrne in PolandAIB MAY quit Poland with the sale of BZ WBK to Santander but Irishman Gerry Byrne remains in situ after the Spaniards appointed…Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Recession still taking sheen off Golden DiscsRecord sales off key; end the shop wars; Bank of Ireland assets in new home; Irishman in Pole positionFri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Leo's fast trackFRIDAY INTERVIEW : Leo Varadkar, Minister for Transport, Tourism and SportFri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Buyers of BoI asset arm settle into new surroundsBANK OF Ireland Asset Management has moved into new offices in Dublin five months on from its €57 million acquisition by State…Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
McCarthy to join BWG as non-executive directorBWG GROUP, the Irish-owned food retail and wholesale distribution business, has appointed former Ulster Bank chief executive …Thu May 26 2011 - 01:00
Greencore shares fall 3.2% as loss of €251,000 recordedSHARES IN convenience foods group Greencore fell by 3Wed May 25 2011 - 01:00
Diageo looking to cut 70 jobs in IrelandDRINKS GIANT Diageo told staff in Ireland yesterday that it would seek redundancies in support functions and marketing as a result…Wed May 25 2011 - 01:00
Diageo workers in Ireland face new threat of job lossesDRINKS GIANT Diageo is reviewing its operations in Ireland with a view to job cuts being implemented among its 1,800-strong workforce…Tue May 24 2011 - 01:00
Little ThingsBANK OF Ireland seems to have pulled a neat trick as part of its annual enterprise week, which starts today.Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Setanta to cut staff numbers in effort to get game in orderAS THE English Premier League season comes to a close this weekend, Setanta Sports Ireland is preparing to restructure its business…Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Irish potters are no mugsIN THE week of Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland comes news from my colleague Michael Parsons of a Tipperary-based pottery company…Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Trying to stem tide by merging portsOUR NEW transport minister Leo Varadkar is a man with a missionFri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Retrofitters warm to the taskWITH HOUSEBUILDING having almost ground to a halt here, the building industry has turned its attentions to retrofitting homes…Fri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Rising fuel costs a major factor as ICG posts €1.2m lossIRISH CONTINENTAL Group made a loss of €1.2 million in the first 18 weeks of the year due to rising oil prices and a 6Wed May 18 2011 - 01:00
AIB to sell credit bank stake to rival for undisclosed sumAIB HAS agreed to sell its 49Tue May 17 2011 - 01:00
Entrepreneur of the Year finalists shortlistedTWENTY FOUR leading business people in Ireland have been shortlisted for this year’s Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year award…Mon May 16 2011 - 01:00
Bear Stearns may owe RevenueA NON-TRADING Irish subsidiary of Bear Stearns, the New York bank that collapsed in 2008 and was acquired by JP Morgan, could…Mon May 16 2011 - 01:00
Chairman of DAA to step down from postDAVID DILGER resigned yesterday as chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and will step down from the role on May 31st…Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
INM warns advertising remains 'erratic'INDEPENDENT NEWS Media said yesterday that it continues to “target” an improvement in its operating profit this year and a reduction…Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
