Taking Care Of Business with Ronan Berry
Sep 30, 2026 · 44 min · 17 segments
What will your job look like five years from now? Ahead of Talent Summit Galway, Peter Casey of Sigmar Recruitment joins Ronan to explore how AI is reshaping work, the skills employers will need and…
Ronan BerryHost
David BroderickGuestPeter CaseyGuestVivienne GrahamGuestFahad ibne MasoodGuest
But as we approach the end of September, from a lot of people's perspectives, be it in your personal life or from a business perspective, Budget 2027 is definitely going to be on people's minds.
We probably know a little bit about what might be coming up The next week will tell us a lot more but this night, next week, we will know the full details of what Simon Harris and Jack Chambers announce in the budget.
Many organisations are trying to get their speak in, they've made their pre-budget submissions and there's nothing sure.
Businesses and particularly small businesses need a lot of support in terms of staying viable, in terms of growth and still being here in a year's time because it has been a challenging period and that continues I know Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Bourke has said it won't be a very enterprise-focused budget per se, that maybe one in every six or seven budgets generally is enterprise-focused.
But what does that mean for the very small businesses around our country? Well, the Small Firms Association says rising wages, employer PRSI, energy bills and regulatory requirements are putting increasing pressure on businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
There's even mention of the national training plan that is featured on this programme a few times over the last couple of months as well.
The SFA represents businesses employing up to 50 people And those size businesses make up approximately 98% of all Irish businesses and providing almost 900,000 jobs.
But as we approach the end of September, from a lot of people's perspectives, be it in your personal life or from a business perspective, Budget 2027 is definitely going to be on people's minds.
We probably know a little bit about what might be coming up The next week will tell us a lot more but this night, next week, we will know the full details of what Simon Harris and Jack Chambers announce in the budget.
Many organisations are trying to get their speak in, they've made their pre-budget submissions and there's nothing sure.
Businesses and particularly small businesses need a lot of support in terms of staying viable, in terms of growth and still being here in a year's time because it has been a challenging period and that continues I know Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Bourke has said it won't be a very enterprise-focused budget per se, that maybe one in every six or seven budgets generally is enterprise-focused.
But what does that mean for the very small businesses around our country? Well, the Small Firms Association says rising wages, employer PRSI, energy bills and regulatory requirements are putting increasing pressure on businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
There's even mention of the national training plan that is featured on this programme a few times over the last couple of months as well.
The SFA represents businesses employing up to 50 people And those size businesses make up approximately 98% of all Irish businesses and providing almost 900,000 jobs.
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