Commoditisation of legal services
It is worthwhile to reflect on what is happening in other industry sectors, and to review opportunities in your own environment says management consultant Billy Linehan . The legal profession in Ireland has been battered by the recession, even the best of firms have suffered declines in turnover and profits.
A combination of technology and a change . . . .
Read more →Work placement programmes from FAS and IBEC
These programmes from FAS and IBEC appear to be similar except for the branding. The IBEC Gradlink is open only to companies who are IBEC or SFA members. Whilst the FAS scheme is open to all companies and offers a work placement programme for non graduates as well as graduates.
Read more →Export growth We at Celtar have promoted information on how to access tendering for the London Olympics before. It is good to see that Enterprise Ireland are also actively involved. Yesterday Enterprise Ireland announced that Irish companies have secured …
Read more →Probably more British and Northern Ireland based companies access Irish tender opportunities then the other way round. To balance this I offer you information on “Supply2.gov.uk” a tender site designed to increase access to public sector tenders in the UK.
Read more →Avatar is the biggest grossing movie ever, it may have only won 3 Oscars – one of them by our own Richard Baneham, an animation supervisor . This was a massively complex project costing over $310 million for production, and $150 million for promotion.
Read more →A lesson in response management, not! Recent issues of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have been particularly rich in their commentaries of heretofore magnificent corporations who have fallen on hard times, American writers have particularly enjoyed …
Read more →Better business road show review – no boot camp*
The SFA and several corporates have been on tour around the country offering a “boot camp road show” to SME owner managers. Attending the final one in the series last night in Eircom HQ with me were about 100 business people.
Advice on where to do business in the UK
Working actively in the business support sector in the UK for over 10 years I am interested in how enterprise activity is monitored both there and in Ireland – and the usefulness of research in assisting companies in deciding where to do business.
“MEET THE CONSTRUCTION BUYER” OPPORTUNITY AT THE CROWNE PLAZA, NORTHWOOD SANTRY From Dublin chamber of commerce “Meet the buyer” events are usually worth attending, and are a place where introductions are made to several potential customers in one day – Billy …
Read more →“MEET THE CONSTRUCTION BUYER” OPPORTUNITY AT THE CROWNE PLAZA, NORTHWOOD SANTRY From Dublin Chamber of Commerce “Meet the buyer” events are usually worth attending, and are a place where introductions are made to several potential customers in one day says Billy …
Read more →SFA “offers best business investment in 2010”! These events are styled as a Bootcamp for small businesses but they’re far from it – “Ireland’s leading brands” are being given an opportunity to sell to the small business sector. In …
Read more →Running your own show takes confidence – but be aware of your limitations. I like this piece by Martin Zwiller of Forbes.com who makes some relevant comments on business leaders – each example he gives is recognisable from the hundreds …
Read more →The keys to long-term success are professional management and keeping the family committed to and capable of carrying on as the owner, state the authors of a a recent article on McKinsey.com. The family business is an interesting model of …
Read more →This article looks at the approaching recovery and suggests how your pricing strategy should be reviewed.
Hopefully we will see signs of recovery in Ireland next year – probably based on increased global demand, resulting in higher export sales from locally based multinationals and indigenous companies.
Read more →Are the days of growth finished for Daft.ie, will the housing sales and rental market now be controlled by home buyers and home owners? This new service will allow both estate agents and private sellers to put their property as an overlay on Google Maps.
Read more →Big financial institutions do not realise that their credibility is shredded – they, with the government, have condemned us to years of frugality by their mis-management of the financial system.
Read more →What is it that enables Google to be so innovative? From an interview on mycustomer.com with people operations director Liane Hornsey who shares some of Google’s secrets. Google has a European HQ in Dublin, and is one of a cluster …
Read more →Today we present an interview with the Harvard professor John Kotter on good and bad urgency. John Kotter’s recent book A Sense of Urgency is a popular business book. Managers identify with his message that complacency can most effectively be overcome …
Read more →“Business opportunities in 2009” Incite no. 67 From the excellent Inc.com website I present a list of the best industries for starting a business in 2009 (in the US). This article is aimed at • those in business who wish …
Read more →There is no real choice . . . . . . vote YES to show our commitment to a shared ambition for the citizens of Europe Yes, I am strongly in favour of voting YES in the Irish referendum on …
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