Privately Held Businesses (PHBs) are the lifeblood of the Irish economy. When they thrive, the Irish economy thrives and consequentially, when they suffer, so too does the Irish economy.
The last twelve months have seen extremely harsh trading conditions for privately held businesses in Ireland with the triple blight of reduced credit facilities, unfavourable exchange rates and low consumer demand making it very difficult to trade.
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Focus on: Ireland Regaining competitivess report providing a detailed analysis on Ireland's economy and the outlook for the year ahead. Falling selling prices, a pessimistic outlook for 2010, salary reductions and regaining competitiveness are the key findings from this survey.