Company Formation Ireland

Euro zone business activity grew at its quickest pace this year in November and firms, which benefited from a weaker euro, raised prices faster than at any time in five years.  Policymakers at the European Central Bank this week are expected to announce a six-month extension to their asset purchase programme to try to boost inflation. This is expected to further dent the currency and offer support to exp [...]

Cork-headquartered tech support company Voxpro has said it should have the capacity to grow employee numbers in its home city by a further 400 in the next 12 months. Speaking at yesterday’s formal opening of the company’s first Dublin office, which itself, will house 400 staff, Voxpro co-founder and chief executive Dan Kiely said the firm has taken full ownership of its Mahon headquarters and should have [...]

Google is in negotiations to buy an office block at East Point Business Park in the Dublin docklands where it already rents five buildings. Block L extends to 3,716sq m (40,000sq ft) and is likely to be valued at about €10 million. Paddy Conlon of agents CBRE, who acts for Google, said he was not in a position to make any comment. Google occupies five buildings ranging in size from 2,972sq m (32,000sq f [...]

Ireland has a shortage of qualified company secretaries who can parse tougher EU corporate governance regulations, the new president of the Institute of Company Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) has claimed. Ruairí Cosgrove, who is also the PwC director for entity, governance and compliance practice, said over-regulation has now been identified as one of the key threats to growth. “For example, we hav [...]

Ireland is one of the most efficient countries in the world in which to pay business taxes, a new study shows. The PwC/World Bank Group report shows that Ireland tops the EU league table and comes fifth in the world. The study ranks 190 countries according to the levels of bureaucracy involved in paying and filing taxes, but also the amount of tax levied on companies.  In Ireland, the advertised or headl [...]