• Government’s’ jobs initiative’ not enough.

• 1 in 5 SMEs anticipate further job losses.

• 225 Redundancies per working day in July.

• National Representative Forum required to push ‘Job Creation’.

ISME, Thursday 4th August 2011.

Reacting to today’s Live Register and Redundancy figures, ISME, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, has demanded that the Government acknowledge that their jobs initiative is not gaining traction and should act decisively before so many more citizens are placed on the dole. The Association has called for a more representative and acceptable National Representative Forum to instigate and drive Job Creation and the Economic Recovery Plan. Read the rest of this entry »

• Tackling business concerns, social welfare anomalies and the black economy essential to future jobs growth.
• 25,000 redundancies this year to date.

ISME, Friday 1^st July 2011.

ISME, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association, in response to the latest Redundancy figures, published today (Friday 1^st July), called on the Government to take every conceivable action necessary to tackle unemployment. The Association outlined that the negative business environment, the social welfare system and the black economy, were all contributing substantially to the jobs ‘crisis’.

According to ISME Chief Executive, Mark Fielding, “While the number of reported redundancies is down on the corresponding period last year, the reality is that 175 redundancies are being recorded on a daily basis in June. Read the rest of this entry »

• New Government must prioritise jobs solution.
• SMEs are the key to jobs growth.

ISME, Wednesday 2nd March 2011.

In response to the latest Live Register and Redundancy figures published today (Wednesday 2nd March), ISME, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association, called on the incoming Government to hit the ground running and quickly implement policies to address the ‘calamitous’ unemployment problem with 439,200 people on the Live Register.

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• Less promises and more action required to tackle unemployment crisis.
• 245 redundancies a day announced for January.
• Greater support for SMEs, through National Employment Plan, will guarantee jobs growth.

Wednesday 2nd February 2011.

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• Employment creation key to future economic growth.
• Badly needed jobs strategy required.

ISME, Wednesday 3rd November 2010.

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• 260 redundancies a day announced this year.
• Emigration and ‘brain drain’ a significant fear.
• National Employment Strategy required to maintain and create employment.

ISME, Wednesday 1st September 2010.

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• 466,824 on Live Register.
• Unemployment crisis escalates as thousands emigrate.
• 252 extra Redundancies a working day reported in July
• Government’s ‘wait and hope for growth’ policy must change.
• Lack of National Economic Plan a disgrace.

ISME, Thursday 5th August 2010.

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• 254 redundancies a working day reported.
• ISME calls on Government to publish national jobs plan.

ISME, Friday 2nd July 2010.

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• 309 redundancies a day, as Government ignores employment crisis.
• National Employment Emergency Plan urgently required.

ISME, Thursday 4th March 2010.

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• Bad start to year as figures highlight no let up in job losses.
• 335 redundancies a day, as Government procrastinates.
• Paralysis of ideas by Government delaying economic growth

ISME, Tuesday 2nd February 2010.

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