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Half-year industry updates 2025
As 2025 continues, businesses will face new challenges and opportunities—reshaped by technology, regulation, and shifting consumer expectations. This year has already proven to be turbulent, demanding agility, strategic foresight, and a willingness to embrace change. Staying up to date is crucial for success in such times.
May 29, 2025
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Sustainability & ESG Tax Construction and Infrastructure Retail, Consumer & Hospitality Technology Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
Half-year industry updates 2025
As 2025 continues, businesses will face new challenges and opportunities—reshaped by technology, regulation, and shifting consumer expectations. This year has already proven to be turbulent, demanding agility, strategic foresight, and a willingness to embrace change. Staying up to date is crucial for success in such times.
May 29, 2025
66 AERIAL
Sustainability & ESG Technology
Beyond the façade - the real impact of AI
There’s no doubt that 2025 is the year of AI. Yet, public discourse about AI trends often skips over a critical element: the infrastructure that powers it, and the profound environmental implications of this technological foundation.
May 29, 2025
16 ENR
Global Mobility & Expatriate Construction and Infrastructure
People, planning and global partnerships: Aidan Scollard and James Smith on delivering Ireland’s big builds
As Ireland prepares to launch a wave of capital infrastructure projects, the spotlight is shifting from budgets to boots on the ground.
Aidan Scollard James K Smith May 16, 2025
Ireland
Sustainability & ESG
ESG reporting: A compliance necessity or a business opportunity?
As businesses worldwide face increasing demands for ESG transparency, a fundamental question arises: has reporting simply become a regulatory burden, or could it soon offer businesses significant long-term benefits?
Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Apr 16, 2025
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Sustainability & ESG Tax Retail, Consumer & Hospitality
The EU publishes its plan for safer and sustainable e-commerce
Earlier this year, the European Commission (EC) published a Communication that outlines its plans for making the e-commerce sector safer and more sustainable. These plans require finetuning before further implementation is discussed. Our experts discuss the key elements of the new EC ‘toolbox’.
Marisa Hut, Stevie Mols Apr 9, 2025
36 PEOPLE
Advisory Tax
The real cost of Liberation Day tariffs for US importers
Without doubt, 2nd April 2025 will be remembered for many months to come by businesses and Governments around the world, with President Trump’s decisions having a massive impact on global trade. Economists are already predicting that these tariffs will increase consumer costs across the world and there is a high risk of a global recession.
Apr 3, 2025
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Advisory
Insights on cross-border M&A: opportunities and challenges for Ireland
Cross-border M&A have long been a key component of Ireland’s open and globally integrated economy. Given its strategic position as a gateway between the EU, the UK, and the US, Ireland remains an attractive hub for cross-border deal-making. However, geopolitical tensions, regulatory shifts, and macroeconomic uncertainties present significant challenges for businesses engaged in such transactions.
Mar 19, 2025
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Sustainability & ESG
The overlooked “S” in ESG: It’s time for businesses to step up to the food, health, and wellbeing plate
In corporate boardrooms and during investment discussions, ESG has become a dominant marker for evaluating business sustainability. Yet, while environmental concerns often take centre stage and governance is driven by regulatory obligations, the seemingly silent “S” – Social Responsibility – remains an afterthought.
Brendan Kean Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Mar 13, 2025
83 PEOPLE
Advisory Business in Ireland & the UK Corporate Tax
US Tariffs – a status update
President Trump announced on 6 March 2025 that the US were continuing to review possible ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’ with an implantation date of 2 April 2025. At time of writing, the scope and impacted countries in unknown but we expect this to include the EU as the US President has made it clear that he considers there is an imbalance in trade between the US and EU.
Andrew Thurston Mar 11, 2025
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Advisory
Insights on IDA Ireland’s New Five-Year Strategy: Aiming for Sustainable Growth Amid Uncertainty
IDA Ireland's recently launched five-year strategy, ‘Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation’, presents an ambitious goal of creating 75,000 new jobs through new investment projects.
Mar 4, 2025
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