#152: The Bottom Line – Business News of the Week; Neurodiversity & The Workplace; Award Winning App Development Company & Making Excel Work for You.
The Bottom Line on KCLRShow Notes
In this week's episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR, John Purcell was joined by Séamus Marnane, Founder of Catering Innovation Agency to chat through some of the business issues and stories from the week. Breda O’Connor of Systems and Software Solutions chats to John about Excel and how we can be more productive when we are using Excel. Breda also provides some useful tips and advice on how to make Excel work for you. Ciarán Stone CEO of Square Root Solutions the locally based company which was recently named Business All-Star App Development Company Of The Year 2023 by the All-Ireland Business Foundation chatted to John about his business, how the world of apps has grown and expanded and about how his business is doing. Diversity in business is a very current topic, however one area that is often overlooked when it comes to talking about diversity is neurodiversity and, with estimates putting the number of people considered Neurodivergent at 1 in 7 in Ireland there’s a lot to learn. Jeanette Delahunty, Owner of TSK Academy Ltd spoke with John about neurodiversity, understanding what it means and explains more about hidden disabilities. She also chatted about how her business works with organisations to provide support and education about neurodiversity in the workplace. With thanks to Carlow & Kilkenny Local Enterprise Offices To contact the show, email: [email protected]
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In this weeks episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR, John Purcell was joined by Alan Seery of O’Neill Foley Chartered Accountants to chat through some of the business news and issues from the week. Italo Andrade spoke with John about his business – digital business cards. Italo explained how they work, how they can help save money for businesses and individuals and, how he’s seeking both resellers and investors. Earlier this week the launch of the County Carlow Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2023 took place at The Exchange in Carlow. John Purcell was at the event and while there he spoke with the newly elected President of Carlow Chamber of Commerce Rowena Dooley. Economist Jim Power joined John to discuss how business and the economy has been faring over the first six months of 2023 and what he thinks will be the issues and influences shaping the rest of the year. To contact the show, email: [email protected]
In this episode of The Bottom Line on KCLR, Samantha McCaughren, Business Editor of the Sunday Independent joined John Purcell, to chat through some of the business stories from the week. Google has announced that starting on July 1st, 2023, the standard Universal Analytics will stop working and, to understand what this means for any business using Google Analytics to guide their ecommerce strategy, John spoke with John Foy, Creative Director at Carlow based, Stratticus Studio about what you need to know and what you need to do. During the week the Central Bank of Ireland released their second quarterly bulletin of the year and to discuss what has been going on in the Irish Economy and what lies ahead for the rest of the year, John spoke with Martin O’Brien, Head of Irish Economic Analysis at the Central Bank of Ireland. Climate change is an ongoing subject of concern and while many businesses are well on the road to making their businesses more sustainable there are many others who have put off the necessary changes that have to be made to decrease their carbon footprints. Gillian Peters, Chief Executive of Pragmatica spoke with John about how her organisation works with businesses large and small to devise and implement strategies and prepare for a future where becoming climate friendly won’t be just a choice for business but will also be something which they will have to do to comply with a range of statutory requirements which are coming down the track.
This week, John Purcell presented The Bottom Line live from Arboretum in Leighlinbridge, Carlow for a special programme at the launch of well known local entrepreneur Rachel Doyle’s book - “My Tree of Life”.