Sajan officially opens EMEA HQ and R&D Centre in Dublin

Mr Dara Calleary T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with responsibility for Labour Affairs, today (18th January 2010) officially opened the new EMEA Headquarters of on-demand translation technology and service provider, Sajan, Inc., in Dublin.
Sajan Software, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sajan, Inc., plans to generate 35 high [...]

Cross border networking event – Did it work?

The cross border networking event which took place on the 21st December 2009 between Belfast and Dublin was a test to see if a cross border networking event would work and find out if there would be any problems with such an event.
Well, we definately had problems but it still worked to a point. Some [...]

RATM – Sticking It To The Man In More Ways Than One

Sunday 20th December 2009 just before 7pm, I was sitting in my living room with my son in the centre of the room dancing along to the new Christmas Number One – Rage Against The Machines Killing In The Name Of, while I sported a big grin, one which was mirrored around the UK.
Why was I [...]

Budget 2010 – An overview

Income Tax

There have been no changes to the standard rate band or tax credits.
Measures are being considered to create a new system for taxing income. There will be just two charges on income from 2011. This will encompass a new universal social contribution at a low rate on a wide base to replace employee [...]

Do you have a networking event planned, feel free to tell us about it

As well as organising and setting up our own business networking events which we are still in the process of doing, we would like to hear about any networking events which are currently happening.
If you have a networking event planned, why not tell us about it and we will place it onto the I Network [...]

Intertrade Ireland launch a cross border initiative

InterTradeIreland Director Aidan Gough got behind the wheel recently at Formula Karting in Newry to encourage Northern Ireland companies to take advantage of the Trade Accelerator Voucher scheme in a bid to get ahead of the game and prepare for the economic upturn.
The scheme, which is being rolled out to help companies overcome barriers to [...]

Tax reliefs that you may be entitled to if are thinking of starting your own company

Between the 1st January and the 15th April 2009 there was 3,739 companies set up in Ireland !
That’s 250 companies a week!
There are various schemes to help those provide relief to anyone who is considering becoming self employed.
One scheme in particular gives any person who is an employee, an unemployed person or were made [...]

Advice for anyone who is unemployed who would like to start their own business

If you are currently unemployed, on the Live Register and would like to become self employed then Breffni Integrated is an agency that can hep you to achieve this.
There are many services that we provide to our clients to help them obtain the necessary skills in running a successful business.
These include:

Mentoring: A one to [...]

Welcome to I Network Ireland

I Network is a business networking initiative which is aimed at organising and establishing business networking events across Ireland.
The aim of the networking initiative is to create a wide range of open and honest networking events that are available to anyone who currently owns a business, or is interested in establishing their own business.
The I [...]