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‘If a piece is not good enough to hang on our walls, it’s not good enough for our customers’
Inside Track: Julie McLoughlin, Jando
‘You have control over your quality once you manufacture’
Inside Track: Harte Outdoor Lighting managing director Liz Harte
Irish small business weak on exports, OECD says
Digital knowledge and financial skills also issue, report finds
The Irish granola that went from a market stall to five star hotels
Inside Track: Jill Crawford of Just Live a Little
'I’m hard on myself and sometimes I expect too much from others'
Inside Track: Kevin O’Connor, managing director of General Paints
Audio visual solutions firm’s focus on new tech ensures customer satisfaction
Inside Track: Gerard Darcy, MD of Pemberley Audio Visual Solutions
‘The biggest challenge is changing the traditional mindset’
Inside Track: Paul Cummins, MD, SeaChange
‘Believe in yourself but take advice from those you trust’
Inside Track: Dooley Insurance Group managing director Tim Dooley
‘No one really knows what the consequences of Brexit will mean’
Inside Track: restaurateur Sham Hanifa, owner of the Cottage in Co Leitrim
‘There are times you would love if there was a grown-up in the room’
Inside Track: Glencove chief executive Kate Hyde
Inside Track: Clean Cut Meals founders Micheal Dyer and Conor McCallion
Having racked up chef, and hospitality and catering experience respectively, pair set about changing people’s diets
Unique designs and affordable prices key to Jo Harpur Jewellery’s success
Inside Track: Business Woman of Year finalist says managing stock is a challenge as orders grow
'We wanted to create a beautiful moment through chocolate'
Inside Track: sisters Natalie and Karen Keane of Bean and Goose
Inside Track: Evan Talty, Wild Irish Seaweeds
Clare company now sells seaweed to nutraceutical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries
‘Banks seem increasingly difficult to communicate with one to one’
Inside Track: Studio Donegal believes artisan products will survive Brexit challenge
‘He believed in four guys who knew nothing about running a business’
Inside Track: The Irish Handmade Glass Company
'Our worst-case scenario is a WTO trading environment'
Brexit Proof: Eastcoast Bakehouse’s Alison Cowzer on bracing for a no-deal Brexit
Louth bespoke furniture maker plans further expansion outside of Ireland
Inside Track: O’Connors of Drumleck MD John O’Connor on what sets his business apart from rivals
Kildare agri-tech utilising the cloud to help farmers improve health of animals
Inside Track: Terra NutriTECH CEO Padraig Hennessy on what makes his business special
Farm expertise showcases the real Ireland to tourists
Inside Track: Farm Tours Ireland director Aonghus Giggins on learning a new business
Brent Pope: ‘I don’t see why I couldn’t establish a brand like Tommy Hilfiger’
Inside Track: Brent Pope, Pope Shirts and Shoes
Helping put firms ‘with a story to tell’ back on their feet
Inside Track: Capitalflow chief Ronan Horgan on finding a niche in lending market
‘My experience of dealing with the Irish banks has been woeful’
Inside Track: Liz Doyle, The Fine Dining Club
Nutritious food business lets Galway GAA teams take their mind off cooking
Inside Track: FeedThePulse co-founder Owen McArdle on what sets his business apart
Profit at Bennett Construction increases by 7% as sales rise sharply
Westmeath-based business sees turnover jump 38 per cent to €283 million
Profits up at Kathryn Thomas’s media firm
Accounts for Aquarius Productions show rise of €37,288 in 12 months to end February
‘There’s no point putting a flashy marketing plan over a bad business plan’
Inside Track: Orla Veale, founder of the digital marketing company Conker
Indian expansion is the silver bullet for Cork contracting business
Inside Track: Michael Dineen Founder of Contracting Plus
Visualise’s 360-degree service key to shopper marketing firm’s success
Inside Track: Joint MD Stephen Rust believes firm’s future is ‘extremely promising’
The entrepreneur providing wifi solutions to transport firms and rural Ireland
Future Proof: Patrick Cotter, founder of FleetConnect and Rural Wifi, eyes further expansion
Basta locks brand bought out of examinership
Industry veterans acquire the goodwill and stock of troubled Sligo business
Inside Track: Stephen O’Sullivan, founder and owner of ParcelDirect.ie
O’Sullivan saw a customers’ need for a more convenient and cost-effective way of sending packages
Cantering at the speed of the economic demand for racehorses
Future Proof: Doyle Bloodstock – Peter, Anna and Ross Doyle
Inside Track: Zipit co-founder Eamonn Flynn
Forest zipline adventure park business has expanded to three locations across Ireland
Donegal millinery business thriving despite competition from cheap imports
Future Proof: Hanna Hats, a family owned business, this year entered Russian market
Inside Track: Sharon Griffin, CEO of Frog Prince and Griffin & Grey
Design-led event production company is so busy the team works from 5am to 2am some days
‘We feel we have made a positive difference to people’s lives’
Future Proof: Ray Byrne talks about running the Wineport Lodge outside Athlone
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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