Tagged: KPMG & News
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Irish Times Digital Challenge gives start-ups chance to win €50k prize News
03.05.2012 The Irish Times, as part of its digital development strategy, has devised a plan to create an incubator hub for a number of lucky start-ups with venture capital firm DFJ Esprit....Categories: Research, R&D, Media, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Funding, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Anonymous donor gives €500k to UCD Smurfit School – 12 grads benefit News
28.03.2012 Twelve graduates who may have thought a business master's was beyond their means are now going to get to attend the UCD Michael Smurfit Business School, thanks to the donation...Categories: Resources, Research, R&D, Management, Leadership & Management, Education, Economy, Digital Business -
Global Green Asset Management Network launches at NYSE News
20.03.2012 The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has marked Ireland Day, with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, ringing the opening bell, and Ireland’s Green IFSC initiative launching the Global... -
Few Irish consumers willing to pay for content online News
08.03.2012 Only 15pc of Irish consumers currently pay for any type of online content compared with 27pc globally, a new study into consumer digital trends by KPMG reveals. Fears for...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Security, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Shane O’Neill steps down from Liberty Global News
06.01.2012 Dublin native Shane O’Neill, the chief strategy officer of UPC’s parent company Liberty Global, stepped down from the role at the end of December, it has emerged. Liberty... -
KPMG launches Budget 2012 app to analyse its impact News
05.12.2011 KPMG is launching a new app which will offer commentary and analysis of this year’s Budget, giving people and businesses in Ireland a way to track how the Budget will impact... -
Improving R&D incentives will create jobs – KPMG News
25.11.2011 A revamp of the current research and development (R&D) tax regime would entice 45pc of businesses in Ireland to recruit extra staff. That’s according to KPMG’s 2011 R&D Survey,...Categories: Tax, Science, Research, R&D, Jobs, Government, Financial Services, Financial Results, Economy, Bio Tech -
Irish firms start to see fiscal benefits of carbon reporting News
18.10.2011 Irish business leaders are starting to put sustainability and carbon reporting at the core of their business-planning strategies, recognising both the challenges and the... -
M-commerce mainstream in four years, business execs say News
18.07.2011 An overwhelming 83pc of business executives surveyed by accountancy giant KPMG are convinced that mobile payments via NFC-powered smartphones that function as mobile wallets...Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business -
From green to gold News
02.06.2011 International experts urge multi-party consensus on tackling climate change, as businesses and investors realise this is the path to recovery.Categories: Green Tech, Cloud, Data Centre, Economy, Energy, Government, Investments, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Carbon Disclosure Project issues final call to Irish firms News
16.05.2011 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a not-for-profit organisation that gathers data on how companies are taking action to tackle climate change, is issuing a final call to... -
Call for Ireland to deploy dedicated R&D regime News
11.05.2011 It is imperative that a dedicated SME regime along the lines of the UK system be introduced without delay to deliver on the potential of the sector, KPMG said in response to... -
GreenMonk’s Tom Raftery added to Green Economy line-up 31 May News
09.05.2011 GreenMonk’s principal analyst Tom Raftery will address the second annual Green Economy Business & Leadership briefing on 31 May in Dublin’s Four Seasons Hotel, on the green... -
Ireland’s crisis presents opportunity for green recovery News
28.04.2011 As the world moves towards a green growth regime, Ireland must decide what kind of economy it wants to see emerge from the current crisis. That is according to former UN climate... -
KPMG launches app for R&D tax credit eligibility for SMEs News
07.04.2011 Accounting firm KPMG has launched a free app, the R&D Tax Credit Assessor, to help Ireland’s small and medium-sized businesses assess their eligibility for support from... -
KPMG creates Budget 2011 app for the iPhone News
03.12.2010 KPMG has developed a clever new app for iPhone users that will give them a unique guide to Budget 2011. The dynamic app will reflect changes in net income arising from the... -
DataHug embraces first prize at Dublin Web Summit News
01.11.2010 Irish start-up firm DataHug has won a €30,000 investment following its pitch at this year’s Dublin Web Summit.Categories: Web, Media, Investments, Internet, Funding, Enterprise, Digital Media, Digital Business, ComputersTags: Dublin Web Summit, Online, Start-ups, Business , Entrepreneur, YouTube, Twitter, Skype, Investment, Funding, KPMG, -
Five Irish start-ups selected to pitch at Dublin Web Summit News
26.10.2010 Five young technology companies have been selected to pitch at the Maples & Calder Spark of Genius competition at the Dublin Web Summit this Thursday night, where some of the...Categories: Social Media, Online Business, Investments, Internet, Enterprise Applications, Economy, Digital Business, Apps -
New look Business & Leadership website launched News
26.10.2010 Our sister website Business & Leadership has just relaunched following a major revamp which aims to offer a more intuitive and user-friendly online resource for Ireland’s...Tags: Events, Sustainability, Economy, Leadership, Business , IBM, Accenture, KPMG, Business & Leadership -
Business leaders urge Government to enact Climate Change Bill News
06.10.2010 An Taoiseach Brian Cowen has come under pressure from a group of business leaders to take the lead responsibility for Government policy on dealing with climate change.Tags: Government, Brian Cowen, Siemens, Climate Change, Bord Gais, Bord na Mona, Diageo, Vodafone, Intel, KPMG, BT, Charles Butterworth