According to Investopedia; the gig economy involves a situation whereby “temporary, flexible jobs are commonplace and companies tend toward hiring independent contractors and freelancers instead of full-time employees. A gig economy undermines the traditional economy of full-time workers who rarely change positions and instead focus on a lifetime career.”...
Paying Employees A lot of employers are dependent on the wage subsidy scheme to be able to pay their employees while they were unable to work due to Covid-19 closures. Even when places of employment re-open, employers can still temporarily avail of this scheme to pay their staff (both...
The purpose of this grant is to help small businesses recover from the financial downfall caused by Covid-19 closures. The grants will be equivalent to the rates bill⃰ of the business in 2019, with a minimum payment of €2,000 and a maximum payment of €10,000. Any business that has...
The Gordian Knot is a legend strongly associated with Alexander the Great. When Alexander entered the capital of Phrygia, he was confronted with the Gordian Knot. This was a knot tied so intricately and so tightly that it was deemed impossible to open and no one had ever managed...
In August 1815, while sailing from Gibraltar to Cape Verde a merchant ship got wrecked in a fog off the Western coast of Morocco. Shipwrecked as they were on the edge of the Sahara they quickly ran out of food and more importantly, water. This was the unlucky fate...
Toyota are renowned for producing very dependable and high value cars. Extremely popular in their own domestic, Japanese market they are also popular in Asia, Europe and the US. Toyota manufacture millions of cars per year. It seems like they have been successful forever. However, this was not always...
Recently I watched The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man, the 2018 documentary about the great man himself. The documentary recounts tales of Bill being a happy go lucky guy, gate-crashing parties, joining in on random softball parties and going to dinner parties of people he...
Everyone likes a good cup of coffee even though the beverage of choice in Ireland and the UK continues to be tea. But as you enjoy your 1st, or 2nd cup of coffee of the day have you ever considered its origins or its continual impact on business, both...
When the Celts are described it can often be with a negative connotation. They have been described as barbaric. Barbarian, in itself, leads you to think of uncivilised, wild and warlike. The word Barbarian actually derives from the Greek expression to describe anyone who was non-Greek. In actuality, the...
Having personally weathered the 2008 downturn and worked through the dotcom bubble implosion a number of years earlier I thought I might give my personal perspective on where we are at with the current downturn we are facing. What are the important points that I reflect on while we...