More small businesses will come under pressure in 2021. Picture: Rollingnews.ie
Isme approaches the end of 2020 with most of the same policy issues as we started it, plus a global pandemic on top.
Back in the distant first quarter, we were looking for lower awards in personal injuries, a slow-down in current spending by government, and we welcomed an OECD Economic Survey on Ireland that told the government most of the same thing we had told them for the previous four years.
We also advised businesses in the second week of February about a little-known virus in China that had made no impact in Ireland, cautioning: “No cause for concern, but time to prepare.”
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