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Reflection on Budget 2012
IBEC: delivering for business in 2011
Analysis: reduction in the redundancy rebate
Temporary agency work legislation
UK and Ireland share similar OHS regulation challenges
€80 bn available from European R&D programme
Business concerned with draft energy efficiency Directive
IBEC report from the UN Climate Change Conference, Durban, South Africa
IBEC discusses water services and charges for business users at Oireachtas committee
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IBEC and its staff would like to wish you and your families a very happy Christmas. We hope each and every one of you enjoys the holiday season, and we look forward to working with you on the challenges facing business in 2012.

Danny McCoy

Director General, IBEC
Reflection on Budget 2012
The overall scale of Budget 2012 was about right but too much of the adjustment was achieved through raising taxes rather than reducing current expenditure... Read more »
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IBEC: delivering for business in 2011
At a time of unprecedented economic turmoil, IBEC has represented your views to Government, the EU-IMF troika and the media. Major challenges remain for 2012... Read more »
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Analysis: reduction in the redundancy rebate
Here we review the implications of the newly published Social Welfare Bill which will reduce the rebate to employers for statutory redundancy payments from 60% to 15%... Read more »
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Temporary agency work legislation
Employers and agencies are set to accrue unknown liabilities as temprorary agency work legislation is given retrospective effect... Read more »
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UK and Ireland share similar OHS regulation challenges
A recent report into occupational health and safety regulatory burden in the UK highlights similar problems to those in Ireland... Read more »
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€80 bn available from European R&D programme
The new Horizon 2020 R&D funding package of €80 bn will present significant opportunities for Irish companies... Read more »
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Business concerned with draft energy efficiency Directive
New European Commission proposals have significant implications for businesses who are engaged in the supply or consumption of energy... Read more »
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IBEC report from the UN Climate Change Conference, Durban, South Africa
Dr Neil Walker, IBEC’s head of energy and environment policy, attended a number of the formal proceedings, as well as various side-events... Read more »
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IBEC discusses water services and charges for business users at Oireachtas committee
IBEC appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment in late November to discuss the cost for businesses of water supply and disposal... Read more »
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