Archive for September 2022

Energy provider PrepayPower has said that it will increase it gas and electricity prices from 1 October. Electricity prices are to rise by 19%, while gas prices will increase by 29%. The increases will add an additional €339 to the average electricity bill and €428 to the average gas bill. The company, which has 170,000…

The European Commission has approved Ireland’s plan for the implementation of the new Common Agriculture Policy that comes into affect in 2023. The plan had to be resubmitted to the Commission earlier this month after thef irst version was rejected last March. Among the reasons cited by the Commission at the time was the need…

The pace of increase in input and output costs for manufacturers here eased to the lowest level in months in August, offering some slight relief to firms who could only eke out modest growth overall. The AIB S&P Global manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 51.1 in August from 51.8 in July, the lowest…