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SMALL AND MEDIUM-sized businesses are the key to major jobs growth in the new year – but only if they are given the right conditions to survive and grow.
That is the prediction from the Small Firms Association. Its chairman AJ Noonan said that if 2013 saw small businesses placed at the heart of economic policy, it could lead to the creation of 20,o00 new jobs in the the coming year.
He said:
Small businesses are the drivers of innovation and a permanent source of prosperity, employment and economic progress. Despite the horrendous impact in the years since 2008, there are still 200,000 small firms in Ireland, employing 655,000 people and 12,000 new businesses being set up each year. Entrepreneurship is alive and well, but must be nurtured and developed with a renewed focus from both agencies and Government.
Noonan is proposing a “three-point plan” for the Government for the new year:
The SFA maintains that policies pursued by government since 2010 have added €660 million per annum to labour costs (through changes to employer PRSI, pensions levy, and changes to the redundancy rebate).
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Great to hear that small to medium firms could deliver 20,000 jobs however these small companies need to be paid on time for the services they provide and until legislation is in place to protect them the 20,000 jobs will be lost instead of created.
Spin the year out……could , should, would………
3 point plan . Every bit as good as the Famous 5 point plan .
Yet you let the council increase rates by 100% which is closing down loads of business and creating mass losses in jobs then Kenny the coward ignores his promise to remove upwardly only rents. Why do people put up with these liars. Pure s.c.u.m
Best not to hold one’s breath on job creation. This government is already the worst in living memory -YES- and that includes the last one. They have broken every commitment, displayed unseemly incompetence and cowardice and are devoid of any leadership qualities. They are now pussyfooting with the next €3billion promissory note payment due in February. Taoiseach Kenny is a laughing stock all over Europe. Does anyone really believe the economy will grow and create jobs under this government. The SFA is just a lapdog for IBEC. It should break away from its powerful masters and begin to see the wood from the trees. It’s very masters in IBEC have driven Ireland’s cost base into the stratosphere not to mention its role in the banking collapse – the two principle impediments to job creation. Get a life SFA.
20,000 jobs possibly(these people seldom do pessimistic forecasting).
80-100k emigrating, no figures for increasing disemployment due to austerity, and half a million already wasting away on breadlines to soupkitchens.
This is the ‘government’s’ economic plan?
They could but will they very very unlikely with austerity at the heart of irish policy. Just more BS from government.
The domestic economy is in ruins. If you disagree you are either a blue shirt or in denial. I want this country to escape the gloom but lets be honest so far we are not doing a good job of it.
Well I think these guys should take a walk down any street in the country and see the state of retail Ireland not to mention the business parks etc. it’s not a pretty sight, I genuinely fear for the future of Ireland as one of our every growing population of ex pats…
Would it not be quicker to get DPD to deliver the jobs rather than waiting for these small businesses to get set up .. Surely DPD know the best routes by now …. Eh oh right
I do apologise for my apparent lack of humour … Or do 21 people work for fastway maybe …
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