Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam

From next year employers will have to deal with quite a few new challenges when it comes to staffing and HR rules.  They include new rules for whistleblower protection but also increasingly tighter rules on the protection of personal data.  And then there’s the key ruling from the Supreme court last month about the Gig economy.  All these issues will be discussed this week at the Em...

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Last week we saw unemployment rise to 4.8% still low by recent standards.  While only yesterday the CSO said that the live register of people who claim unemployment support had gone down by 1.8%.  Hovering overhead is also the fear that the corporation tax goose is laying slightly smaller eggs and potentially upsetting spending plans. To discuss further Joe spoke to the Independent Econo...

Europe’s biggest airline  Ryanair has just posted its half-yearly results.  To discuss the results Joe spoke to Neil Sorahan, CFO with Ryanair.  

Irish households are rapidly accessing high-speed broadband more and as a result, we’re also downloading videos and using video on demand a lot more.  That’s according to the PWC report into the Entertainment & media in Ireland.  It found that cinema-going is growing but the long-term trend is downwards as is the consumption of newspapers     Speaking to Joe this...

A run through of some of the business stories today with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Yesterday we heard that unemployment rose to 4.8% in Ireland.  Despite that many economists describe the country as having almost full employment.  That has created skills shortages for many companies, especially SMEs.  That’s reflected in the SME monitor out today from the Banking and Payments Federation.    Speaking to Joe to discuss this further Brian Hayes the Chi...

The EU has been trying to negotiate with Australia over a trade deal since 2018 but the talks collapsed this week. The EU appears to have baulked at demands from Canberra to deeper access to European markets for its farmers.  There is already trade worth €56bn between the Eu and Australia but a Free Trade agreement would certainly boost that figure. But farmers here are worried that mass-prod...

A look at today's business papers and markets with Joe Lynam and Aidan Donnelly from Davys.

Aldi is one of the very few supermarkets in this country which publishes its annual results.  Their financial year numbers for the past year show that sales were up 1.1% to €2bn but pretax profits were down a whopping 56% to €17m.  The supermarket says that planning delays continue to hamper the roll out of new stores around the country, but their expansion will continue anyway. Niall O’...

Just over a week ago, the Supreme Court passed a landmark judgement which will have a major impact on the so-called gig economy in Ireland. The ruling could impact more than 100,000 people and cost their new ‘employers’ more money. Speaking to Joe this morning on the show with more on this was Anne Dullea from the Revenue Commissioners.

Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam takes a look at some of the business stories this morning.

There was a time when cash was king, and money dictated where everyone wanted to work.  Then came technology and especially lockdowns and suddenly flexibility is the single most important attribute for employees when job hunting.  That’s according to Employflex.  Its survey found that company perks swayed only 6% of workers.    Speaking to Joe this morning was Karen O...

The lion's share of manufacturing in this country stems from the pharmaceutical sector. But huge exporters such as Pfizer are now seeing a clear decline in sales as demand for the COVID vaccine drops, that’s having a direct impact on our manufacturing data and has been reflected in the latest AIB survey.  Oliver Mangan the Chief Economist from AIB joined Joe this morning.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Kota raises €5 million to make core employee benefits work for modern companies and platforms. For more on this Emmet spoke Luke Mackey, Co-founder and CEO of Kota.

Festival organisers have announced a Live Club Jazz Jam collab show taking place this Saturday night at Cork Opera House. Speaking to Emmet as the festival begins this weekend was  Fiona Collins, Chairperson of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.

A look at Friday's markets and business stories with Emmet Oliver and Dan Moroney from RBC.

Irish clinical research organisation ICON plc has released its Q3 2023 financial results.  The CFO, Brendan Brennan joined Emmet this morning on the show.

EY has launched an artificial intelligence platform called EY.ai      Speaking to Emmet with more on their launch of the platform was Paul Pierotti , Partner in Data Analytics and AI at EY Ireland. 

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Emmet Oliver.

Germany is in something of an economic mudbath at the moment.  The IMF said last week that it will be the weakest member of the G7 this year and technically it’s already in a recession.  But Germany never stays weak for long and those betting against it might lose their money in the long term.  For a deeper look at what is going on in Europe’s largest economy, let’s speak to a man w...

The Protected Disclosures Act is now in force which obliges companies to have procedures in place to allow even the most junior employees to become whistleblowers if they see wrongdoing.  In 2 months, the law will apply to companies with 50 or more employees which will bring thousands of businesses into the net and force them to make major changes.  But are they gonna be ready? &nbs...

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Newstalk Business Editor Joe Lynam.

Are mass drone deliveries getting closer?   Bobby Healy from Manna Aero thinks they are both on the way and thinks he can build one of the biggest companies in Ireland.