Alvarez & Marsal eye Dublin, tax reform urged and what can we do about inflation?

Alvarez & Marsal, the New York-based international management consulting firm, is considering establishing an Irish corporate and restructuring practice, according to sources, writes Joe Brennan

It comes as this segment of the Irish professional services market is set to undergo its biggest shake-up in decades, after it emerged last week that five top corporate restructuring partners at KPMG Ireland and Deloitte Ireland have handed in their notice and plan to join forces to set up an Irish operation of UK-based debt restructuring boutique Interpath Advisory.

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has called for the establishment of an office for tax reform to recommend and advise Government on how to simplify what it described as "the burdensome nature of Ireland's tax system on businesses". The businesses advocacy group called for a new agency modelled along the lines of the UK's Office of Tax Simplification, which provides independent advice to the UK government on simplifying the tax system there. Eoin Burke-Kennedy has the details.

Tech giants are poised to mop up more Dublin offices, boosting commercial rents in the city, a new report shows. Social media businesses Linkedin and Tiktok took two of last year's three biggest office leases in the capital, where many multi-nationals have their European HQs. Barry O'Halloran reports.

Connected Health to create 500 jobs in Republic amid rising demand

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Irish law firm Eugene F Collins to merge with Addleshaw Goddard

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‘Strong growth’ for DCC despite pandemic impact and energy headwinds

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Starbucks to hike prices as labour costs rise, supply chain disruption weighs

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In his weekly column John FitzGerald says that Government support to insulate our homes is a better long-term approach than Government measures to insulate us against fuel price rises.

At the core of the current price squeeze is energy and at the core of that is natural gas. Wholesale prices for gas have rocketed, rising by 470 per cent last year. In Agenda Eoin Burke-Kennedy examines the inflation crisis.

In Caveat, Mark Paul argues that citizens must be proactive when it comes to inflation, we can't just wait for the State to solve our problems.

In World of Work Olive Keogh finds that workplace interruptions raise stress and error levels and lower productivity while Henry Mance loots at the issues surrounding bringing your dog to work.

Wild Geese meets Santa Monica restauranteur Sean Martin, originally from Wexford.

On our Inside Business podcast Ciarán Hancock speaks to Cliff Taylor of The Irish Times and Eddie Casey, chief economist at the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council about the cost of living crisis and the difficult decisions facing the Government when it comes to issues such as the pension age and increasing carbon tax.

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