# SMEs
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This year
2024
THE MORNING LEAD
‘We need help’: Restaurant and cafe owners say they are struggling like never before
The Journal spoke to a number of restaurant, cafe and bar owners, with all of them reporting the same problems and suggesting similar solutions.
4 Feb
37.4k
132
Last year
2023
All time
bleak outlook
Despite some Phase Three optimism, TDs to be told many SMEs are 'dying' due to pandemic
30 Jun 2020
31.7k
37
Brexit
Half of small Irish businesses have cancelled or delayed investment over Brexit
14 Oct 2019
5.7k
0
hard border
Seven in 10 SMEs think Brexit will have negative impact and many are cancelling investment plans
11 Feb 2019
10.5k
7
hard brexit
'Shockingly low' number of smaller businesses helped by Brexit scheme
29 Jul 2018
10.3k
12
not enough knowledge
Remember the Knowledge Box Scheme introduced in 2016? No SMEs have applied for it
27 May 2018
13.3k
12
Funding
'I worked three jobs instead of leaving Ireland. I changed everything about myself'
23 Feb 2017
597
money maker
The best way to get a good deal from an Irish bank? Set up business in the UK
2 Feb 2017
1.0k
1
council rates
Border county businesses the most likely to leave rate bills unpaid as they struggle for trade
2 Feb 2017
316
1
Startups
New companies topped 20,000 last year for the first time in almost two decades
6 Jan 2017
8.5k
18
so dope
An Irish company spent six months designing the perfect grinder for weed
12 Dec 2015
36.3k
70
all wrapped up
'We won't be exchanging butter for margarine': Avoca sold to a US catering giant
12 Nov 2015
31.6k
35
Pulling teeth
The Irish 'Tripadvisor of health' making trips to the dentist *slightly* less painful
9 Nov 2015
12.8k
6
all on the table
This is where Ireland really ranks for setting up and running a business
28 Oct 2015
14.1k
24
Baby Steps
Mothercare is shutting stores after complaining about 'unsustainable' rents
28 Oct 2015
20.8k
16
way out west
Inside the Irish restaurant in an old boat shed where places sell out in hours
25 Oct 2015
47.4k
7
clicks not bricks
The Irish kings of online 'mystery shoppers' now with $20m in their coffers
20 Oct 2015
21.6k
1
hearsay festival
Inside the 'Woodstock for radio' about to take over a small Limerick village
18 Oct 2015
13.4k
4
ChannelSense
'They were intrigued to hear about three Irish guys with no company... no product'
17 Oct 2015
19.9k
11
fast lane
How one small group of people is building Ireland's most high-tech town
17 Oct 2015
35.2k
20
Big Bucks
This 5-year-old company started in a Dublin college has been sold for $68 million
14 Oct 2015
22.8k
7
thanks technology
The future has arrived - you can now order drinks on your mobile in Coppers
6 Oct 2015
24.3k
31
grape expectations
Meet the winemakers producing the nectar of the Gods in the land of Guinness
27 Sep 2015
33.4k
17
filthy lucre
How an Irish woman's 'Hailo for cleaners' plans to keep cleaning up
24 Sep 2015
18.6k
7
Toy Story
Why these award-winning Irish digital marketeers set up a secret sex shop
15 Sep 2015
32.6k
15
Back in business
The single biggest engine room for Irish jobs is starting to fire up
14 Sep 2015
27.5k
17
Voices
The secret to building a great business? Hire people you actually want to work with
John Rankin
11 Sep 2015
132
lager than life
How two men built a pub and brewing empire from the depths of the recession
6 Sep 2015
37.4k
19
board games
The Irish website that looks like it hasn't changed in forever is finally getting a makeover
6 Sep 2015
44.0k
47
Entrepreneurs
Ireland may have big entrepreneurial dreams - but we're still wedded to the boss's chequebook
3 Sep 2015
18.6k
29
grape expectations
See ya Australia and au revoir France, Ireland has a new favourite winemaker
31 Aug 2015
31.9k
36