Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

CSG is one of the biggest suppliers of chemical products to Uisce Eireann but it also supplies the pharma and dairy sectors with products to clean effluent as well as milk production lines.  And now CSG is expanding rapidly in the UK with the purchase of Resource chemicals. Speaking to Joe this morning was their Group Chief Executive is Kevin Quinn. 

Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a run through toady's business news headlines.

When it comes to redundancy what are your rights as a worker and what are your protections as an employer. Also, what sort of new changes are on the way for Employment law in Ireland? Joe discussed all with Emma Richmond from the lawyers Whitney Moore .

The rules surrounding the installation and grants of solar panels for companies are not as clear as they are for businesses. Speaking to Joe this morning was Ciarán Kells who runs the Micro Renewable Energy Federation MREF. 

Monday's business news headlines with Joe Lyam and Russ Mould from AJ Bell.

The new book ‘Leaving Russia: How Putin Forced A Nation’s Future to Flee’ details how intellectuals, dissidents and the young educated classes are quitting Russia in their thousands - including the books author Jason Corcoran who moved his family out due to repression and State control. Jason joined Joe this morning.

Ashley McDonnell has created a Irish luxury holding group by buying up brands here with high potential and streamlining where they are sold globally.  It’s called VYKO Group and its founder is Ashley McDonnell told Joe all about her business.

Joe takes a look through Friday's business headlines along with Kate English Chief Economist with Deloitte. 

The publicity surrounding autoenrollment has created a surge in inquiries for all types of retirement planning.  But a survey for LIA and the Financial Planning Standards Board has found that while we may feel we are earning enough we also feel that we’re not prepared for retirement financially.    To discuss this further Joe spoke to Emer Kirk, Financial Planning Standards Boa...

The Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted sold its European onshore business recently and what emerged from that sale process is a business called Perigus Energy. It already has almost 400 MW of wind power capacity here but aims to double that in the next year or two and potentially triple it before the end of the decade. But the same old planning issues hold it back and connecting that renewable e...

Thursday's business headlines with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Joe Lynam takes a run through Wednesday business headlines.

Ireland’s second busiest port in Cork has a massive plan in mind to move itself from the quays to Ringaskiddy.  It hopes the move will boost its already existing traffic of 1.9million tonnes of freight a year.  It also wants to beef up its presence as the only cruise ship berth in Ireland. Ann Doherty, chief executive of the Port of Cork company tells Joe about all these plans.

Startups and scaleups need the help of angel investors and venture capitalists to take the kind of risks that normal banks can't or won't take.  The State plays a key role in supporting entrepreneurs with little more than an idea and some vim.  That’s where Enterprise Ireland comes in.  All to discuss with Kevin Sherry, Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland. 

NorDan, the Scandinavian manufacturer is gaining from the surge in home building and renovation in Ireland with sales up 33% last year alone. That comes despite huge delays courtesy of supply chain and planning issues.  NorDan says we are seeing a ‘2 track market’. All to discuss with Brendan Harte Residential Director at NorDan Ireland.

Wagyu is literally the Japanese word for Japanese Cow.  But the word is synonymous in English for the highest quality cut of beef you can get.  Sales have taken off in Ireland among the better off shoppers and ABP has signed an exclusive deal to supply wagyu beef to Aldi supermarkets. Joining Joe this morning was Stephen Connolly is the Sustainability manager with ABP Foods who is also a...

Friday's business and markets review along with Joe Lynam and Kate English from Deloitte.

We all use online aggregators when shopping around for electricity suppliers or even travel insurance but how many use them for furniture? uFurnish.com does exactly that. They’ve even signed a deal with myHome.ie this week to ‘shop the image’. A lot to chat about with Raymond Wright, co-founder of uFurnish.com. 

When it comes to booking a taxi and you don't fancy hailing one on the street, mostly you have two options:  Uber and FreeNow. David Mitchell is a taxi driver and is launching what he and his colleagues hope is a viable alternative to the big two. ‘Tap a Taxi’ drivers initially purchase their share and then pay a flat subscription per month and users pay what it says on the meter with no othe...

Thursday's business new review along with Joe Lynam.

The recently rebranded Eir Business is shaking up how its employees handle queries internally -out go multiple different platforms and types of software and in comes a single new platform in the form of ServiceNow. But will ServiceNow survive AI as well?  All to discuss with Paul Turley the Director of Irish Enterprise Sales with ServiceNow Ireland.  

Datavant is an American health data platform which helps companies in the healthcare sector to process the terabytes of personal information garnered every year from patients and hospitals.  They are officially launching their facility in Galway and the recruitment of 100 people there. Joining Joe on the show was Josh Builder the Chief Technology Officer with Datavant.

Wednesday's business news review with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

My next guest got under the noses of many in the airline sector when he accused some of them of ‘profiteering’ from the energy crisis by hiking up fares or adding fuel surcharges. Christophe Mathieu from Brittany Ferries likened some of the airlines to bad gamblers for not hedging or fixing the future delivery prices of their fuel. He also said that his ferry company, which runs fer...

The S&P 500 index of shares reached an all time high last week, as did the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones is hovering near its record as well. All this at a time of the biggest energy supply interruption in history which could in theory push Europe, Asia and much of the world, which depends on oil imports, into recession. So why are the markets seemingly so sanguine? &n...