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ThinkBusiness.ie is designed for Irish entrepreneurs and managers who are looking for valuable information, resources, and support on various business topics. This platform offers practical advice and insights on how to start, grow, and manage a business effectively. Users can access a variety of materials, including guides, tools, templates, and checklists, all tailored to the specific needs of Irish business owners and managers. Additionally, it features case studies that provide insights, tips, and advice from local start-up founders and business leaders. The content on ThinkBusiness.ie is crafted specifically for Irish SMEs by independent content creators. The views shared by ThinkBusiness columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of ThinkBusiness. Backed by Bank of Ireland, ThinkBusiness.ie was developed based on comprehensive research conducted among Irish SMEs.

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An essential guide to AI for SMEs

1 week ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

This essential guide to artificial intelligence (AI) aims to equip SMEs and business owner managers with the knowledge and know-how to navigate this new era with success. AI looks set to transform how we work and how businesses are run, writes John Cradden. How should your staff be using AI to get tasks completed faster and what platforms and prompts work best?
My Business Life: Aoife Gaffney, Grayling

1 week ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

Aoife Gaffney, managing director of Grayling Property Management, shares her life and business lessons. Gaffney leads the letting division, managing more than 1,800 high-quality units in Dublin. Grayling Properties is a leading Irish fully integrated residential property developer and operator. With 18 years of experience in the residential property industry, Aoife’s expertise lies in managing large-scale investments while increasing capital growth.
Munchd on a mission to disrupt food delivery

1 week ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

Food ordering platform Munchd is committed to empowering local takeaways and restaurants. A recently launched app by food delivery platform Munchd aims to level the playing field for local food takeaways and restaurants. Launched in February, Munch has developed a custom-built app alongside Dundalk marketing agency ZOMA that aims to take on established food delivery apps.
Dublin AI player Advise invests €8m

1 week ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

Irish AI platform provider Advise is focused on helping retail manufacturers and brand-owners to unlock revenues and margin growth. A new GenAI-powered agent aimed at manufacturers and brand managers represents an €8m investment by Dublin-based business Advise in its technology. Advise’s GenAI agent is a major update to the company’s AI-powered SaaS platform and can help brands to reach actionable insights 10X faster than previous methods.
How to integrate ESG into the SME

2 weeks ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Cradden

John Cradden explains the importance of ESG for long-term business success. You’d be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed by all the acronyms flying around in connection with new EU environmental and sustainability regulations, such as CRSD, NFRD and CSDDD, never mind ESG.
My Business Life: Gerry Murray, Impetus

2 weeks ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

Gerry Murray, founder and managing director of Impetus, shares his life and business lessons. Impetus founder Gerry Murray is an accomplished business leader. Known for driving growth and innovation, his expertise and passion lies in strategic partnerships, ecosystem development, and delivering impact-driven solutions for scaling businesses.
Achieving climate action goals in SMEs

2 weeks ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Cradden

John Cradden asks what role do SMEs in Ireland have to play in combating climate change and how can they take climate action? In order to help achieve Ireland’s Climate Action Plan target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, every company, large and small, will need to decarbonise. The business sector must reduce its emissions by 35%, while Ireland as a whole must cut its output of greenhouse gases by 51%.
Irish aviation tech player invests €1m in AI

2 weeks ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

Irish tech player TEKenable’s aviation division TEKaviation has invested more than €1m in AI development to create a new tool for the aviation leasing industry. Irish tech player TEKenable’s aviation division TEKaviation has invested more than €1m in AI (artificial intelligence) development to create a new tool for the aviation industry. This has resulted in a new product called AviTalk, a generative AI solution providing users with a virtual “subject matter expert” on their assets and contracts.
Irish employers struggling to retain talent

3 weeks ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

More than half of Irish employers report struggling to retain staff in 2025 versus 2024. 55% of Irish employers state they are struggling more to retain and attract talent this year, compared to 2024. New data from talent business Robert Walters shows that strong demand in a number of sectors is ramping up competition between top employers in Ireland. How this might change in terms of the economic havoc wreaked by the Trump administration’s global tariff onslaught will however, remain to be seen.
Former IDA chief promoted at Grant Thornton

3 weeks ago | thinkbusiness.ie | John Kennedy

One of America and Ireland’s largest professional finance firms has selected former IDA Ireland CEO Martin Shanahan to be its new head of Industry. Shanahan takes up the position on the same day that the United States under the Trump administration ignited a global trade war under the so-called ‘Liberation Day’ measures. He has served as a partner and head of Industry for Grant Thornton in Ireland since 2023.