Business Matters with Karl Fitzpatrick

Stephen Conmy of Contenseo joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss their content licensing platform. By connecting buyers and sellers of copyrighted content, Contenseo makes licensing simple and transactional, unlocking new revenue for sellers and great content for buyers. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Ac...

Liz Morris from DampDoctor joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss her role as Ambassador for Wexford LEO’s National Women’s Enterprise Day event, the speakers at this event and the realities of being a female entrepreneur. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brian O'Malley, Senior Tax Manager with EY joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the range of business supports in Budget 2025, including the Power Up Grant for hospitality and retail businesses, increases to the Start-Up Relief for Entrepreneurs, the Start-Up Capital Incentive, increases to the R&D Tax Credit, increases to the relief available under the Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (EII...

Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, joins Karl Fitzpatrick, to explain how there has been 600 closures of food-led businesses since the reintroduction of the 13% VAT rate for hospitality businesses, the eroding margins which restaurants are faced with and why the failure to reduce the VAT rate to 9% and increasing the minimum wage in next week’s Budget could...

Kim Mackenzie-Doyle from The B!G Idea joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss her success in the product design world, how a childhood accident caused her to develop her own problem-solving skills in order to progress in school and how The B!G Idea teaches teenagers the creative thinking skills that they will need for the future world of work. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusin...

Melissa Fenlon, Director in PwC’s South East practice, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss why Budget 2025 is the most important budget of this government’s tenure, the need to pause the expected increases to the minimum wage and statutory sick leave entitlements and how Budget 2025 should incentivise FDI investment. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #...

Kate O’Driscoll from Lidl Ireland and Hayden Smith from Pup Pup Dental Chews join Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss Lidl’s ‘Kickstart’ initiative, how the initiative helps local suppliers to get a place on its supermarket shelves and how businesses can apply for Kickstart 2025. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Ac...

Brian Murphy from Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies Programme joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss what sets these companies apart, the eligibility criteria for the programme and why AI and sustainability remain at the top of the agenda for these organisations. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast...

David O’Connor from Sheil Kinnear joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss its merger with Xeinadin, how the Wexford-based accountancy firm will now be able to offer additional services to its clients and the current sentiment amongst SME companies. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Brian O’Farrell from O’Farrell Recruitment joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how he helped to place German speakers in tech companies that are based in Ireland, why the mass tech lay-offs have impacted his business and the commercial opportunities in Germany for Irish-based businesses. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.i...

Fionn Rogers from Ingadi joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the sustainable products which are made by the 3D design and manufacturing company, how it has created an international customer base for its pots and how Fionn’s participation on SETU’s New Frontiers programme benefited the business. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpa...

Minister Emer Higgins joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how the upcoming Budget may impact businesses, the changes to employment permits legislation in Ireland and why employers might recruit staff from outside of the EEA. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave McCormack from Fluent joins Karl Fitzpatrick to explain why businesses are now using video to attract new employees, the importance of creating authentic videos and its plans to gain traction with Irish and international clients. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Louise O’Connor from Strong Roots joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the benefits of B Corp certification, Strong Roots’ journey to becoming a B Corp organisation and the growing B Corp movement in Ireland. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joseph Scott-Lennon from the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss being a part of a famous Irish hotel dynasty, its recent acquisition of the Woodenbridge Hotel and Lodge and future plans for the Fitzpatrick Hotel Collection. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Jason Lynch from Equal1 joins Karl Fitzpatrick to highlight the benefits of quantum computing, why Equal1 is the only Irish company operating in this space and the opportunities for Ireland to achieve growth in this industry. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Norman Wolfe from Quantum Leaders joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how organisations can achieve extraordinary results, the concept behind the Living Organisation System and how organisations and the people within them can adapt to unexpected events. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Jerome Pan from TalentCen joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how Tinder and Bumble have inspired this recruitment solution, the use of gamification to match jobseekers and companies and his plans to grow this start-up business.   #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Mark Peters from Kinetic Financial joins Karl Fitzpatrick to preview the rollout of auto-enrolment pensions next year, the criteria for determining which employees will be auto-enrolled and why employers and employees need to start preparing for auto-enrolment pensions now. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on...

Seamus Parle, the newly elected District Governor of Rotary Ireland, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to share his own Rotary journey, highlight the benefits of joining the organisation, and to outline some of the community initiatives which Rotary is involved in on a local, national and international level. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karl...

Declan White from Veolia Ireland joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss why it has been referred to as the biggest company that some people have never heard of, the challenges for Ireland in meeting its climate targets, how it helps businesses to achieve their environmental goals and the impact of virtual power plants on the grid. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #bus...

Paul Stewart from My Baggage joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss why the challenges he faced as a student inspired the idea for the business, how My Baggage is now transporting personal belongings all over the world and managing the customs requirements of different countries. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on...

Heather Thompson, The Success Coach, joins Karl Fitzpatrick, to discuss the reasons for transforming her career, how she is helping other women to change aspects of their lives and the importance of grounding yourself when preparing for an interview. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Thomas Russell from Verodat joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how successful AI implementation hinges on data being AI ready, how Verodat helps businesses to get AI ready and his insights from its launch at a tech event in San Francisco. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur #AIready #AI karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Joe Fernandez and Dr. Colm Fallon from ALPACA join Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how it is uses games to detect reading and writing challenges for young children, how the early identification of difficulties can lead to quicker interventions, the feedback which ALPACA has received from teachers and its participation on UCD’s new AI Accelerator Programme. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusin...