BWG Foods, a wholesale company, has unveiled a €35 million backing for their Mace convenience store arm, aiming to enhance in-store experiences and marketing for the establishment in Ireland. This was reported by Ellen O’Regan.
In our finance feature, Fiona Reddan discusses the prospect of purchasing a ski-resort property for holidaying and investment purposes. A rough estimation for a two-bedroom flat hovers around €500,000, with no promise of snowfall in the present climatic scenario. For further insight related to your financial matters, consider subscribing to our weekly newsletter, On the Money, provided by our financial team exclusively for Irish Times subscribers.
In a query-answer session on personal finance, a reader raised queries on tax implications from free shares received years ago during the Aviva buyout of Norwich Union. Dominic Coyle dutifully provides guidance on this issue.
Tech giant Apple has recently been slapped with a hefty €1.8 billion penalty by the European Commission over an antitrust issue. Ciara O’Brien, our tech correspondent, sheds light on the background of this case and the broader implications in the EU’s move to regulate Apple’s size for fair competition.
A report on the robust expansion of Ireland’s service industry in February comes with concerns of mounting price pressures, according to AIB’s latest services sector survey. This is reported on by Eoin Burke-Kennedy.
Terry Prone, PR specialist, reveals in our Me & My Money segment that her father’s socialist ideals prevent her from investing in the stock market. This was shared in a conversation with Tony Clayton-Lea.
Political commentator Cantillon weighs in on the plummeting poll results for the Conservative Party, offering that a lot could rest on Jeremy Hunt’s Spring budget announcement on Wednesday. From China, Cantillon reports, the nation’s economic downturn is speculated to bring potential stimulus action from Communist Party delegates during the Two Sessions conference in Beijing this week.
Michael Cullen, replacing Laura Slattery in our media and marketing column, suggests that evolving consumer behaviour and work trends could bring opportunities to Irish marketers.
Lastly, Stocktake poses a question – Is the AI stock market bubble surpassing the enormity of the dotcom bubble from years past?
The escalating prominence of artificial intelligence is driving the demand for more robust cybersecurity, local enterprises in Belfast will discover at a conference on Tuesday. This event, organised by global legal company Pinsent Masons in honour of CyberNI Week, will provide the latest updates on this crucial topic. Full coverage offered by Barry O’Halloran.
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