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1.   Time to juggle the investments to beat the looming new year tax hikes

Brian Weber, head of wealth manager Quilter’s Dublin office, is urging clients to consider a ‘B&B’ transaction to avoid paying the higher tax rates on Gains from 2014 onwards. His advice is to cash in now and pay the current rate of 36% on Investment funds, and buy back the same investment with their funds in 2014.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/personal-finance/time-to-juggle-investments-to-beat-the-looming-new-year-tax-hikes-1.1622226

2.   Right online profile can transform a company’s fortune.

Export Technologies e-commerce software generated £1bn for its customers last year. The company, based in Belfast, provides a full multi-channel solution that includes everything needed to sell successfully online, including a website, shopping cart, social media integration, multiple languages and currency options, report generation and payment processing solutions

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/right-online-profile-can-transform-a-companys-fortunes-29838622.html

3.   Funding ‘down 40%’ as top-up controversy continues

Fundraising Ireland CEO Anne Hanniffy discusses the negative impact the top-up scandal has had on all charities. She has called all charities to publish their accounts on line as a matter of urgent public duty, while also calling on the Government to establish the Charity Regulator within the first quarter of 2014.

http://www.thejournal.ie/donations-down-crc-1219884-Dec2013/

4.   Ireland leaves it’s bailout behind

Three years on and Ireland has now officially exited it’s bailout in a landmark for the euro zone’s efforts to resolves our debt crisis.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE9BC0B320131213?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

5.   One third of SME’s don’t understand energy bills and 86% don’t know how to lower them

Energy costs account for 9% of overheads for SME’s in Ireland, but one-third don’t understand their bills. The figures are carried in a AIB sponsored research report on the level of energy efficiency in businesses. 54% of those surveyed expect energy costs to rise in the next 3 years. AIB have also announced that they will make lending of €100 million available for SME’s to complete energy efficiency projects.

http://www.thejournal.ie/aib-to-offer-smes-e100-million-loans-1213064-Dec2013/

 

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