Great opportunity to reset policy on indigenous enterprise 3rd August 2022:  ISME has welcomed the decision of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to initiate a public consultation into the development of a White Paper on Enterprise Policy. In...

Proposals would raise additional €800m per annum for the exchequer Submission document is available here. 14th June 2022 - ISME has today published its Pre-Budget Submission 2023, and a revised version of its recommended changes to the social protection system....

An exciting new business funding matching tool that will revolutionise access to finance for businesses in Ireland has been launched today (26th May) by ISME – the Irish SME Association - in partnership with Swoop Funding. Swoop is a business...

12th May 2022: The Irish SME Association (ISME) has expressed grave concern at the rent price inflation noted in the publication of the latest Daft.ie today and the impact this will have for small employers. For more than two years,...

The position of insurance companies is indefensible In response to the publication of the Alliance for Insurance Reform’s survey on insurance, showing that the future of 42% of organisations is threatened by insurance premiums, ISME is calling for immediate government...

12th April 2022: Members of the Irish SME Association (ISME) have reacted with interest to the release of Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) figures which show that personal injury awards have fallen by 42% since the introduction of new injury...

23rd March 2022: ISME notes the latest release by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) on the economic consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and that it makes sober reading for everyone. While inflation was already rising before...

Introducing ISME’s Monthly HR Update Series with Cait Lynch, ISME’s HR Advisor and Tracy O’Brien, ISME’s HR trainer. This 10-part series has been developed to help business owners and their staff deal with HR responsibilities in order to navigate the...

While ISME welcomes the announcement of measures proposed to reform the Defamation Act, we are concerned they do not go far enough, and will not address the adverse finding made by the European Court of Human Rights about our defamation...

ISME has expressed its concern at reports that Government intends to pare back the number of Ministers travelling abroad for St Patrick’s Day this year. While acknowledging that the pandemic is far from over on a global basis, ISME believes...