In this latest news update: – Neil Hughes looks at The Arklow Bay Hotel which is now under new ownership – Alma O’Brien gives some tax planning tips to consider before the end of the year – Joe Walsh discusses the first ever Circuit Court Examinership and the opportunities for SMEs You can read […]
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Hughes Blake Newsletter | February 2014
In this latest quarterly update: – We are delighted to announce the appointment of Alma O’Brien as Partner in charge of Tax – Neil Hughes gives an outlook for 2014 and the opportunities we see in the market for SMEs – We give an account of the history of the firm which dates back to […]
Company Secretarial Update
Keep up to date on changes in the area of company law with our latest newsletter from our Company Secretarial department. In this issue Conor Sweeney discusses: The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 Companies Bill 2012 (the Big Bill!) How to keep your accounts out of the public eye; and The recent €25m investment in […]
Hughes Blake Newsletter | November 2013
In the latest issue of our quarterly newsletter: Stephen McGivern discusses the recent successful fundraising of €25m for Walsh Whiskey which the firm has been closely involved with; Alma O’Brien summarises the key points from Budget 2014; and Conor Sweeney outlines ways to keep your Company Accounts out of the public eye. Click to […]
Overview of the new Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013
The Government announced in November that the legislation to allow SMEs to apply to the Circuit Court for Examinership will be fast-tracked and enacted before the end of 2013. These much welcomed proposals were originally contained in the Companies Bill 2012 when the Bill was published. The Government decided to fast track the enactment of […]
Examinership saves 716 jobs to date
716 jobs in small and medium enterprises have been saved through examinership so far this year. Among the companies which benefited from the recovery mechanism are Trifik Forklifts in Kildare and the Gazette Group in Dublin. The Hughes Blake SME Examinership Index, published today, says an additional 270 non-SME jobs were saved in the west, […]
Wexford businessman unfit to be company director, court rules
A Co Wexford businessman, described as the “driving force” behind a property investment firm that went bust in 2009, is unfit to be a company director, the High Court has ruled. Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne yesterday said accountant Alan Hynes, who the court was satisfied was a de facto director of Tuskar Asset Management Plc […]
HughesBlake & Castlebar Chamber present Business Development Forum
The Business Development Forum at Breaffy House, Castlebar on Thursday 10th October 2013 from 6.30pm – 8.00pm Download further information here.
Hughes Blake Newsletter: August 2013
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Austerity putting brakes on economic take-off
Struggling companies can enter examinership for as little as €7,000 and the process can be the difference between survival and collapse for even the smallest businesses that might baulk at the idea of going to the High Court, according to insolvency expert Neil Hughes. The 41-year-old managing partner of accountancy firm Hughes Blake has become […]
