Global trade to shrink 18.5% in Q2, defying worst fears – WTO
Global trade is expected to drop around 18.5% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 in a huge coronavirus-driven plunge ...
Read More Consumers spent €600 million using contactless payments in May
The impact of Covid-19 on how consumers are spending is recorded in the latest figures from the banking sector. In ...
Read More Ibec calling for ‘dramatic intervention’ to save businesses
A Government fund aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises to reopen and rebuild – as the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions are ...
Read More Crucial six months ahead for SME sector
Decisions taken in the next six months will impact the small and medium enterprise sector for the next five years, ...
Read More 50% of restaurants face closure without emergency grant aid package
A new report warns that up to 50% of restaurants in Ireland face closure unless an emergency grant aid package ...
Read More Numbers on Pandemic Unemployment Payment fall again
465,900 people are now receiving the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment – a drop of 32,800 over the last week. This ...
Read More EU ready to go it alone on taxation of digital firms
France said a US decision to quit global talks on how to tax big digital firms such as Google, Amazon ...
Read More Air freight rates head back to earth as virus-driven boom cools
An air cargo boom driven by demand for protective gear against the coronavirus has peaked. Rates, while still 50% above ...
Read More ‘The financial system is stronger than a decade ago, but its resilience is not limitless’ – Donnery
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank has said while the financial system is stronger than a decade ago, its ...
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