‘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

‘Sourcing quality ingredients is really important to us’

Inside Track: John Murray, Modern Botany

‘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

‘We’ve never had to interact with banks’

Inside Track: Rebekah Johanson of Lines and Current

'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

Foxpak’s pioneering attitude sets it apart

Inside Track: Paul Young, chief executive, Foxpak

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

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