In his maiden speech as Fine Gael leader and incoming Taoiseach last month, Simon Harris promised two things: increased housing targets and enhanced supports for small businesses. The latter came on Wednesday in the form of a new enterprise support package for small and medium-sized businesses, particularly those in the hard-pressed hospitality sector.
There was also a widening of eligibility for the Trading Online Voucher and a raft of other measures. The Government has also committed to financially stress-testing any additional sick pay entitlements on small businesses and has separately pressed the pause button on planned moves to a minimum living wage.Grafton Street investment offers 6.34% yield at reduced price of €2.15m
The second relates to the Government’s move to discontinue the long-standing reduced rate of VAT for hospitality . Costs have also been driven higher by the energy price shock and associated jump in input costs.