Competition watchdog delays Superquinn dealA DECISION on the proposed Superquinn acquisition by Musgrave has been delayed after the Competition Authority wrote to both …Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Hastings hotel group sees pretax profits fall by 26% to £2mONE OF the North’s largest hotel groups, the Hastings Group, made a profit of just over £2 million in its 2010 financial year…Fri Aug 19 2011 - 01:00
Ikea proposed as anchor tenant at Cherrywood siteIKEA IS being lined up as the anchor tenant for a proposed development in Cherrywood in southeast Dublin.Fri Aug 19 2011 - 01:00
Price and volume growth led to successANALYSIS: FOLLOWING CRH’S announcement of interim results on Tuesday, Kerry Group yesterday became the latest Iseq heavyweight…Thu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00
Kerry Group shares rise 3% as first-half results better than expectedKERRY GROUP’S share price rose by more than 3 per cent yesterday after the foods and ingredients company posted first-half results…Thu Aug 18 2011 - 01:00
European division drives CRH results ahead of forecastCRH POSTED first half results ahead of forecasts yesterday, driven by a strong performance from its European division, but warned…Wed Aug 17 2011 - 01:00
Vodafone to relocate marketing to LondonVODAFONE IS relocating the marketing and sponsorship team, which manages the company’s sponsorship of McLaren Formula One racing…Tue Aug 16 2011 - 01:00
Start-up companies up 6% on last yearSOME 8,800 start-up companies have been registered so far this year in Ireland, 6 per cent higher than in the same period last…Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Company behind Ballymaloe House posts €111,000 lossTHE COMPANY behind Ballymaloe House, the country house hotel and restaurant run by the Allen family, incurred an operating loss…Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
Banks' reliance on ECB and Central Bank funds falls slightlyIRISH BANKS: IRISH BANKS’ reliance on Irish Central Bank and European Central Bank funding dropped slightly last month, from…Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
Iseq advances as Ryanair soars more than 4%Iseq: 2,449.24 (+39.40) Settlement date: August 16th: VOLATILITY CONTINUED to be the defining characteristic of the Dublin market…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
United Drug to seek €9m in savings as revenues fallUNITED DRUG will introduce cost savings of more than €5 million in its Irish operations in the coming year in response to falling…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Markets still tense despite late rallyVOLATILITY WAS the defining characteristic of global markets yesterday, as markets remained extremely tense despite an afternoon…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Prison service meat contract awarded to Northern companyTHE IRISH Prison Service has awarded a contract for supplying meat to the country’s prisons to a Northern Irish company.Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
US giant to close Irish motor insurance armUS INSURANCE company Travelers, which has been operating in Ireland since 1995, has announced it is to pull out of the Irish …Thu Aug 11 2011 - 01:00
ECB bond buying eases tensionsBOND MARKETS: BORROWING COSTS for Spain and Italy fell for the third consecutive day yesterday as the ECB’s bond-buying programme…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
KBC warns Irish loan losses could get worseBELGIAN BANK KBC has warned that Irish loan losses, particularly in its mortgage books, could increase in future months, as austerity…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Iseq follows global market trends, rising almost 3%Iseq: 2,466.35 (+70.62) Settlement date: August 12th AFTER HITTING a 2011 low on Monday amid a major sell-off of stocks, the…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Greencore to move to British listingTHE GREENCORE chief executive has said the company hopes to maintain a secondary listing on the Irish market after the company…Tue Aug 09 2011 - 01:00
Profits at Newry-based Glen Electric rose by 12% last year to €85 millionPROFITS AT Glen Electric, the Northern Ireland-based division of Glen Dimplex, rose by 12 per cent last year to just over £74…Tue Aug 09 2011 - 01:00
Butlers secure hamper deal with lotteryBUTLERS CHOCOLATES has won the contract to supply the National Lottery’s annual “Hampers and Roses” scratch card scheme, which…Sat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
Number on Live Register rises againTHE NUMBER of people signing on to the Live Register increased for the third consecutive month in July, rising by 1,500.Fri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
Balmoral property company plans to delist in restructuringSHARES IN property company Balmoral International Land, formerly Blackrock International, are to be traded on a grey market if…Wed Aug 03 2011 - 01:00
Rehab investment teams see little action in JuneJUNE WAS a sluggish month for the Rehab Investment Race, with none of the five teams in the charity investment race seeing their…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
IL&P shareholders group to challenge recapitalisationA GROUP of Irish Life and Permanent shareholders are to file a challenge to the Government’s decision to recapitalise IL&…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
Small firm owners more pessimistic now about business, finds surveySMALL BUSINESS owners, particularly in the manufacturing sector, are more pessimistic about the business environment than at …Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
Balmoral announces plans to delistBalmoral, the company formerly known as Blackrock International, has announced plans to delist from the stock exchange as part…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
HSBC silent on impact of job cutsHSBC IRELAND has declined to comment on whether its parent company’s announcement of up to 30,000 job cuts will affect its workforce…Tue Aug 02 2011 - 01:00
DCU graduates' aerospace company sold for €42mA DUBLIN-BASED aerospace company, which was founded by four DCU graduates, has been sold to American listed-company Curtiss- …Fri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Face of Fyffes, Neil McCann, dies aged 87THE DEATH has occurred of Neil McCann, a pivotal figure of the Irish business world for more than 40 years.Thu Jul 28 2011 - 01:00
€10m fund to be set up for Superquinn creditors if Musgrave deal completedA €10 MILLION fund is to be established to reimburse certain creditors of Superquinn, the supermarket chain which went into receivership…Wed Jul 27 2011 - 01:00
Superquinn directors may be cross-examined todayA NUMBER of Superquinn directors may be cross-examined today in the High Court, as the legal dispute over the future of the supermarket…Tue Jul 26 2011 - 01:00
DCC considers moving main listing to LondonDCC CHAIRMAN Michael Buckley has said the company is “actively monitoring” the possibility of moving its primary listing to London…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Kerry in talks to buy flavours business of US food giantKERRY GROUP has entered exclusive talks to buy the flavours business of US food giant Cargill.Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Zamano making 'good progress'Shareholders in Zamano have been told that the company has made “good progress” over the last 12 months.Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Catering for changeFRIDAY INTERVIEW: Donal O' Brien, managing director of Aramark Catering for changeFri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Pharmaceutical firm Icon buys Firecrest Clinical for undisclosed sumICON, THE Dublin-listed pharmaceutical company, has acquired Limerick clinical trials company Firecrest Clinical for an undisclosed…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Ballymore Ltd had £122m loss last yearBALLYMORE LTD, a UK holding company controlled by developer Seán Mulryan, incurred a loss of £122 million last yearWed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
A reaction to the failed Northern Foods quest - or a measured, strategic move?ANALYSIS: Greencore had to make its move this time, or again risk losing out to another bidderWed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Kerry faces inquiry over food mergerAN INVESTIGATION into Kerry Group’s acquisition of British frozen food company Headland Foods Limited has been launched by the…Wed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Greencore buys British food rival for €128.5mGREENCORE IS to buy British sandwich-maker Uniq for £113 million (€128.5 million).Wed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Investors in Anglo fund may seek redress over ultimate useAnglo denies conflict of interest in investing private clients’ money into properties developed by firms to which the bank lent…Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Mulryan property business down €500mTHE VALUE of Seán Mulryan’s Irish property business fell by more than half a billion euro to €1Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Ibec records €950,000 surplusBUSINESS AND employers’ representative group the Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation (Ibec) tackled its €1Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
ECB liquidity in Irish banks increasesIRISH BANKS’ reliance on European Central Bank funding crept up in June, increasing to €103 billion from €102Sat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00
Credit Review Office increases loan limitTHE CREDIT Review Office has increased the limit on the loan applications it can review from €250,000 to €500,000.Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Downgrade of Irish debt unlikely, say agenciesTWO RATING agencies on which the European Central Bank depends when assessing collateral needs have said they are unlikely to…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
