Business Talk

Irish Independent: Irish Life move set to spark health insurance price war

Kerrie Collins — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:30:18 +0000

Health insurance expert Dermot Goode, of TotalHealthCover.ie, said Irish Life will not be content to operate as number three in the Irish health insurance behind VHI and Laya. The new combined health insurer will have 400,000 customers.

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/irish-life-move-set-to-spark-health-insurance-price-war-34527412.html

Irish Times: More motor insurance price hikes on the way

Kerrie Collins — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:29:14 +0000

Insurance companies “are being made pay for the mistakes of a competitor,” says Jonathan Hehir, managing director of online brokers coverinaclick.ie.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/more-motor-insurance-price-hikes-on-the-way-1.2571670?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Irish Independent: One in three small businesses not feeling economic recovery

Kerrie Collins — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:25:22 +0000

Marc O’Dwyer, Big Red Cloud chief executive, said that the data supports the fact that there is an economic recovery under way.

http://www.independent.ie/business/jobs/one-in-three-small-businesses-not-feeling-economic-recovery-34567274.html

Irish Independent: Work expenses are worth claiming but system is in need of an overhaul

Kerrie Collins — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:24:19 +0000

Senior tax manager with Taxback.com Barry Flanagan says the anomaly where a waitress is entitled to less than a waiter must be a source of acute embarrassment to Revenue.

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/choice/work-expenses-are-worth-claiming-but-system-is-in-need-of-an-overhaul-34567493.html

Irish Times: Third of public thinks State should build more houses

Kerrie Collins — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:22:30 +0000

The survey, undertaken on behalf of life and pensions company Royal London, showed that 28 per cent of people believed that the government should apply strict rent controls, while more than one in five believe that the “red tape” relating to the building of new homes should be cut.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/construction/third-of-public-thinks-state-should-build-more-houses-1.2580923

Business World: Nearly one-third of Irish want the building of new houses to be prioritised

Kerrie Collins — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:21:30 +0000

Protection specialists, Royal London, recently commissioned a nationwide survey, conducted by IReach, of 1,000 people throughout the country to see how they think the housing crisis can be tackled.

https://www.businessworld.ie/news-from-ireland/Nearly-one-third-of-Irish-want-the-building-of-new-houses-to-be-prioritised-563456.html

Irish Independent: Apartments are the future, but build costs are an issue

Kerrie Collins — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:20:24 +0000

“The cost is higher than the sales value that you can actually get for apartments,” says developer Aodan Bourke, director of Regency, the residential property development company.

http://www.independent.ie/life/home-garden/homes/apartments-are-the-future-but-build-costs-are-an-issue-34555703.html

Irish Independent: Motor cover up 30pc in a year

Kerrie Collins — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:49:01 +0000

Brian McNelis of the Irish Brokers Association said the level of increase is no surprise.He said insurers have been increasing motoring premiums for some time.

http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/motor-cover-up-30pc-in-a-year-34467176.html

BusinessWorld: Canadian Visa changes confusing many Irish workers

Kerrie Collins — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:43:36 +0000

Leading migration experts, VisaFirst.com, have this week claimed that they have been inundated with calls from Irish workers wanting to travel to Canada, looking for clarification on changes to the application process for the Canadian working visa programme

https://www.businessworld.ie/news/Canadian-Visa-changes-confusing-many-Irish-workers-563030.html

Irish Independent: Solar 21 to build €60m renewable plant in UK

Kerrie Collins — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:42:49 +0000

Irish renewable energy firm, Solar 21 has acquired the project rights to build a 22 megawatt (MW) biomass power plant in England.

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/solar-21-to-build-60m-renewable-plant-in-uk-34459917.html