
Friday's business headlines
Susan Hayes Culleton takes a the business stories that are hitting the headlines along with Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy.
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Susan Hayes Culleton takes a the business stories that are hitting the headlines along with Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy.

Only 47% of people feel confident they will manage financially after retirement. This is according to “The New Retirement Reality Report”. To explore how people expect retirement and employment to intersect, Susan was joined on the show by Emer Kirk, CEO for the Financial Planning Standards Board.

Two years ago a new global tax arrangement under the auspices of the OECD for large companies came into force after years of wrangling and much resistance from this country. It raised the minimum rate for corporation taxes on huge companies to 15%. It was part of a suite of global tax changes and was affectionately known as Pillar Two. Speaking to Joe this morning was Brendan Murphy is a Tax Partner with the consultants Baker Tilly.

We have become very familiar with working from home. But what about working from anywhere? Where should employers draw the line on time and location? To discuss the tax and HR risks, Susan spoke to Ronan Berry, Managing Partner of HRConsultants.ie .

Thursday's business news headlines with Joe Lynam.

PTSB is hoping to catch up with the other two big pillar banks when it comes to business lending. It loaned out €500m last year to SMEs. Now it’s setting up a new pool of money for them worth €250m with the express view of lending for energy and sustainability projects as well as female entrepreneurs. Patrick Farrell - Chief Retail Banking Officer with PTSB explained all their plans.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, a whole new ecosystem of financial regulation was set up. Now the Commission as part of its simplification drive is thinking about transferring some regulation of asset management from national to EU level. Because Ireland has a very large fund management sector, we’re not so keen.Speaking to Joe this morning was Michael D'Arcy the Chief Executive of the Irish Association of Investment Managers.

In the past 5 weeks, wholesale coffee prices have jumped 35%, Meaning your cuppa ‘morning Joe’ may soon get more expensive. De'Longhi says coffee is a useful indicator of the cost pressures on consumers and companies which also include tariffs, climate change and rising wages. Lee Bonniface is the Managing Director of De’Longhi UK and Ireland joined Joe this morning to discuss this further.

Wednesday's business news headlines with Joe Lynam.

When people fall behind with their repayments, debt collection agencies are often engaged. They operate in a strictly regulated environment because they handle people’s most intimate financial details. TCN is to provide cloud storage and AI capabilities to the debt collectors and last week TCN signed a major deal with one of the biggest platforms in this area Capone. Speaking to Joe on their new contract was Kerry Sherman is the Co Founder of TCN.
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