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| Sep 8, 2025 | Small Firms Association calls for PRSI rebate to help cope with rising labour costs | The Small Firms Association is calling for a rebate in PRSI payments to help their members cope with rising labour-related costs.
The SFA say the move would apply to businesses with up to 50 workers and could be based on the number of lower... |
| Jul 23, 2025 | National Enterprise Hub directly supported 6,500 SMEs in first 12 months | More than 6,500 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Ireland have received direct support from the National Enterprise Hub (NEH) in its first 12 months, according to figures released this week.
The NEH, a Government-wide initiat... |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Simon Harris launches the National Small Business Awards 2024 | The Small Firms Association (SFA) National Small Business Awards 2024 have been officially launched by Awards Patron, Taoiseach Simon Harris, TD.
Now in its twenty-first year, these awards celebrate the achievements, innovation and excellen... |
| Sep 4, 2024 | VFI calls for targeted government support for pubs in Budget 2025 | The Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) has called for targeted supports for pubs in next month's Budget, warning that pubs across the country could close without government backing.
The publicans group said that escalating business costs ... |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Empowering Small Businesses: A New Era of Support in Ireland | In the bustling landscape of Irish entrepreneurship, small businesses are the lifeblood. They pulse with innovation and creativity. Yet, they often struggle to find the resources they need to thrive. Recent initiatives signal a shift. They ... |
| Sep 2, 2024 | Limit on lending from Microfinance Ireland doubles | Legislation to double the amount of money the Microfinance Ireland (MFI) can lend to microenterprises has been published.
The publication of the new legislation will see MFI increase its lending limit from €25,000 to €50,000 for enterprises... |
| Jul 10, 2024 | National Enterprise Hub launched to help SMEs access State supports | The government has launched a new service staffed by experts and trained advisors to help businesses to access State supports.
The National Enterprise Hub has information and resources on more than 180 government supports across 19 departme... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Microfinance Ireland Sources Loan Funding From SBCI | Microfinance Ireland has done a deal with the Strategic Banking Corporation under which an injection of €30m will enable MFI to reduce interest rates on its loans, with terms of up to five years and amounts up to €25,000.
The arrangement ma... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Surge In Loan Demand From Microfinance Ireland | Microfinance Ireland saw demand for its loans double year-on-year through 2020, with two-thirds of the €27m loaned out going to businesses seeking support through the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the not-for-profit lender, which was set ... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Funding To Help Businesses Offset Brexit | A new government loan scheme that launches today (November 23) will provide up to €25,000 in finance to small businesses that are likely to be hit by the effects of Brexit.
Administered by Microfinance Ireland (MFI), the Brexit Business Loa... |
| Nov 27, 2020 | €25,000 Loans For Micro Enterprises | Sponsored Content Microfinance Ireland (MFI), the government-funded, not-for-profit lender is providing much-needed financial support via business loans up to €25,000 to support micro-enterprises through the current period of uncertainty an... |
| Sep 3, 2020 | Microfinance Ireland Reopens Covid-19 Loan Scheme | The government has topped up Microfinance Ireland with €15m to reopen its Covid-19 Loan Fund. The relaunched scheme now offers a maximum loan value of €25,000, instead of the €50,000 upper loan limit in the original scheme.
MFI’s Covid-19 L... |
| May 12, 2020 | Microfinance Ireland: Supporting Businesses Through Covid-19 | Sponsored Content When Microfinance Ireland (MFI) was set up in late 2012, the aim was to help businesses start up and expand, and support jobs following the financial crisis. The arrival of COVID-19 feels like MFI has gone full circle: it ... |
| Apr 10, 2020 | Enterprise Ireland Will Be Lender Of Last Resort | Enterprise Ireland will operate and administer a a new €180 million loan scheme for businesses impacted by Covid-19.
The new Sustaining Enterprise Fund provides financial support to Irish companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. It i... |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Coronacrisis: Business Groups Beg For Help | Revenue has outlined some actions to assist SMEs experiencing cashflow and trading difficulties arising from the impacts of coronavirus.
Tax Returns: Businesses experiencing temporary cashflow difficulties should continue to send in tax ret... |
| Feb 25, 2020 | Microfinance Ireland Lending Up 7% | State-funded not-for-profit lender Microfinance Ireland has recorded an increase of 7% in the number of applications for funding in 2019.
A record number of 452 loans (up 18%) totalling €6m was approved in 2019, supporting 1,220 jobs. The f... |
| Dec 12, 2019 | Demand For Growth Funding From Microfinance Ireland Remains High | Sponsored Content The Government is increasing funding to Microfinance Ireland by €5m to support Micro-Enterprises that may be impacted in a No-Deal Brexit scenario
Microfinance Ireland (MFI) the not-for-profit lender was established by the... |
| Oct 11, 2019 | New Brexit Guide For Micro Firms | A new Brexit guide that outlines five simple steps to prepare and protect your small business has been published by Microfinance Ireland and the LEO Network.
The guide sets out a range of ‘simple steps’ for micro and small companies, under ... |
| Mar 19, 2019 | Why Borrow From Microfinance Ireland? | Sponsored Content
Demand for finance remains high among micro-enterprises, even in uncertain economic times. Microfinance Ireland is there to address the funding gap
Microfinance Ireland, the not-for-profit lender, was established by the go... |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Microfinance Ireland Flush With Cash | Microfinance Ireland, which provides funding for businesses with less than 10 employees and annual turnover of less than €2m, has reported that applications in 2017 rose by 9% and that €4.9m in loans was drawn down by 358 businesses.
In the... |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Interview: Garrett Stokes, Microfinance Ireland | Businesses that have difficulty securing finance from their bank are precisely who Microfinance Ireland is there to help. MFI is a government-funded, not-for-profit lending organisation, providing loan finance to startups and existing micro... |
| Jan 30, 2018 | EU Sanctions €30m Micro Loans Funding | Microfinance Ireland will be able to make a further €30m in funding available to small firms over the next five years, following a new agreement with the European Investment Fund.
2017 was a record year for the non-profit lending agency, as... |
| Nov 3, 2017 | Microfinance Ireland: Funding Sustainable Success | Sponsored Content As the not-for-profit lender Microfinance Ireland celebrates its fifth anniversary in operation, the credit environment for Irish startups and young businesses has become increasingly positive, though not without its share... |
| Sep 24, 2017 | Discounted MFI Loans For IBYE Winners | Microfinance Ireland is offering category winners in the 2018 Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur competition loans with an interest rate of 3%.
The closing date for competition entries is Friday, September 29.
IBYE is a €2 million investment... |
| Sep 1, 2017 | Microfinance Ireland Loan Approvals At €20m | Microfinance Ireland’s report for the second quarter of 2017 shows that almost €20m of loans have been approved under the Microenterprise Loan Fund since its inception, supporting 3,145 jobs.
Microfinance Ireland offers unsecured loans to s... |
| Jun 16, 2016 | Microfinance Ireland Cuts Lending Rate By 1% | Microfinance Ireland (MFI) will cut its lending rate by 1% for all new lending from July 1. MFI is a government funded not-for-profit lender to micro-enterprises.
The lender also announced today that it is partnering with the network of Loc... |
| Jun 1, 2016 | MFI Support For Good Crisp Crusader | The demand for gluten-free food is on the up. With people now looking for healthier choices this has opened the door for gluten-free alternatives to be introduced to consumer shopping baskets. One entrepreneur who has seized the opportunity... |
| Feb 4, 2016 | Microfinance Ireland Into Its Stride? | Things are looking somewhat better at Microfinance Ireland, the state-backed not-for-profit lender to small businesses, where loan applications and approvals are both on the rise.
With 752 businesses applying for loans during 2015, the agen... |
| Sep 28, 2015 | MFI Relaxes Lending Criteria | Small firms will no longer have to obtain a bank refusal before seeking a loan from Microfinance Ireland (MFI). This requirement was viewed as an impediment for microenterprises seeking loan funding under the government-backed scheme.
MFI i... |