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    Employee ownership ticks the boxes but is not always the right answer

    Not all entrepreneurs are insensitive, venal bullies. Forget the Victorian workhouse conditions favoured by Mike Ashley.

    Credit Bureau loans boost

    THE Irish Credit Bureau has reported a 10.5% increase in revenue for last year, as strong demand for loans increased the volume of credit checks by lenders.

    Chill — get approved for a loan in minutes

    Chill, the insurance broker, is set to launch a online platform that can process loans from €3,000 to €50,000 in one day in a bid to shake up the personal loans market.

    Car loans package is ‘too complicated’ to save industry

    Credit help for the car industry, which manufacturers consider vital to revive the dire market and to save jobs, may be about to run into a fresh storm of controversy.

    Huge jump in borrowers requiring car loans

    Car scrappage scheme hailed a success, but concerns that it has encouraged consumers to take on more debt.

    PTSB drives expansion into ‘huge’ British car loan market

    PTSB is the biggest provider of car finance in Ireland and will this year approve more than €1 billion worth of car loans for the first time, up from the near €900m approved in 2005.

    BoI shakes up private arm

    Bank Of Ireland has completed a shake-up of senior management at its insurance and wealth management business, appointing veteran banker Gabriel Bannigan as managing director of its private banking unit.

    May vows to crack down on greed of big business

    Theresa May has promised to curb executive pay and install employees on company boards as she signals a break from David Cameron and George Osborne on the economy.

    Flash advertising will be big business

    The next time a giant Big Mac or Coke flashes into your mind when you’re staggering home from the pub, you may not simply have the munchies. And that picture of the model putting on Chanel –

    Bank ‘has no veto’ over London Stock Exchange merger

    The government has given its tacit support to the controversial £21 billion merger of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse, saying that the Bank of England did not have the legal authority to block the deal