While the Budget on December 5th casts a long shadow on business sentiment, the Budget Eve edition of the Bottom Line proves that life in business goes on no matter what and this weeks edition put what has become known in some quarters as “Slash Wednesday” in some perspective. Alan Seery of O’Neill Foley in Kilkenny joined us for a preview …
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Tom Molloy from the Irish Independent joined us as usual and focussed not on what Messrs Noonan and Howlin have in store but instead talked about technology in particular free technology can do for business. This item grew out of discussion of the announcement that Dropbox the file storage provider has decided to locate in Dublin.
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Edwina Grace joined us in studio to review recent business news locally and nationally as well as preview the activities of local Chambers of Commerce in the post budget environment, breakfasts, lunches and the like.
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The availability of finance and credit continues to be a major issue for many businesses hence the name “credit crunch”. But there are options. A new Government Scheme operated by Microfinance Ireland allows business to apply through Enterprise Boards for funds of up to €25,000. Geraldine Kelly, Chair of Microfinance joined us to tell us more.
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Marble City Travel were the deserved winners of the Business of the Year accolade in this years Kilkenny Chamber Business Awards. Tom Britton is the Managing Director of the company which employs 10 people. He talked to us of the sleepless nights, the pain and the worry that he went through to survive the collapse of the last few years and how he re-modelled his business to get it where it is today.
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Edwina Grace produced the programme and if you’d like to get in touch please feel free to give us your story ideas, feedback or news.
