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Busy start to 2025 with The Irish Times, Business Post and Business Plus Magazine featuring our key policies for the year ahead. The overall message is that the incoming government must focus on SMEs as the lifeblood of the real economy.. Business Plus: https://lnkd.in/etKtiJwN Business Post: https://lnkd.in/eSMRXMyn Irish Times: https://lnkd.in/eydBr35t Ciara O'Brien | Dominic Coyle | George Morahan |

To kick off 2025, our monthly business update includes a review of Employment Law changes your business needs to be aware of, plus health & safety updates from the Health and Safety Authority.

🎉 10 DAYS TO GO until Pendulum Summit 2025 kicks off at The Convention Centre Dublin!! The countdown is ON! Get ready for an electrifying experience featuring world-class speakers, unparalleled networking opportunities, and transformative insights that will set the tone for your success in 2025. 📅 January 8th & 9th | Dublin ✨ Don’t miss your chance to be part of the World's No.1 Leadership & Self-Empowerment Summit. Tickets are almost SOLD OUT—secure yours today and prepare to fuel your peak performance and holistic well-being. 🔗 Book your spot now at https://lnkd.in/eD5Uggm3 #Pendulum2025 #Leadership #Networking #PeakPerformance"

ISME's Programme for Government policies getting coverage in The Irish Times today. You can also read our detailed policy requirements here: https://lnkd.in/eHe6u7JE https://lnkd.in/eydBr35t

Incoming government needs to find its f*****g pride… https://t.co/S9SxhREJsK

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Nice mention of our Shop Local campaign on RTE Six One News this evening. As we come into the final days before Christmas, please remember to support your local retailers. Mullingar Chamber | McGreals Pharmacy Group | Anna Mai Bradley | #ShopLocal #Christmas2024

Your Winter issue of The bISME is now available to read online and download. We hope you enjoy this last issue of the bISME in 2024, full of interviews, articles and information for your business. Take a look here: https://lnkd.in/eR5z9P6A Oonagh O'Hagan I Fexco I Corporate Enforcement Authority I HRLocker I MSS - The HR People I Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) I Health and Safety Authority I Mary Darlington I MicroCreds I National Enterprise Hub I Crystel Robbins Rynne I IPS I (SBCI) Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland | Meagher's Pharmacy Group |

We don't want to catastrophise what is for many the most successful economy in the EU, but we must mitigate against potential dangers, and there are many. More important than that, there is no sign of a vision for indigenous enterprise, beyond attracting in ever more foreign multinationals. In 1922, the new government took a “big bet” and invested 20% of the state’s entire income on the Shannon Hydroelectric Scheme in Shannon. In 1958, realising that protectionism was ruining society, our workers and our society, we took a bold policy decision to become an open economy. Today, we seem to have lost the ability to think big, despite the fact we are a hugely attractive country for migrant workers from other countries. We need to get the “vision thing” back, and doing that requires confronting the vested interests holding back society. We need a government that recognises the need to scale indigenous business, not simply pay others to build their factories here. We need a government which will get out of the way, and allow local businesses to scale and grow. We need a government willing to confront the rentier class in the legal system: it is a roadblock to infrastructure development, affordable housing, affordable family law, free speech, timely commercial dispute resolution, and is discouraging inward investment by FDI. It is taking Ireland decades to develop housing, transport and water infrastructure that takes peer countries a few years. The spend-baby-spend ethos that has bedevilled the last few years must end. The next few years could prove very bumpy if we don’t take action immediately. https://lnkd.in/epvFs2wg

The ISME Team would like to wish all our members a very happy Christmas and a prosperous 2025. Our offices will close at 12.00 on Tuesday 24th December, and will reopen at 9am on Thursday 2nd January. Neil McDonnell CDir | Adam Weatherley | Ruth Connolly | Tom Corcoran | Gopika Murali | Sinead Byrne | Damien Heffernan |