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• E259 That Great Business Show - The end of newspapers? - Alan English former editor, Sunday Independent

  E259 That Great Business ShowWith thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil, the world's finest.The newspaper industry is 'existentially challenged'. So says Alan English, former editor of the Sunday Independent, Ireland's biggest selling newspaper.Though he says that 'end of print is some way off', he does hint that newspaper may end up as a weekend leisure read. That could imply no weekdays editions. It could start with a 'shakeout' of the Irish market and Alan points the finger at UK tabloids in Ireland as being the weakest players in the market, faced with what terms 'the survival of the fittest'. He's not too hopeful about 'a lot of local titles' as well. Part of the problem is that 'it's extremely difficult to make digital pay at the local level'. Add to this the recent calamitous collapse in 'Google referrals' following Google's algorithmic change that has seen people just accepting Google's own answer to a search question.The worst deal ever done globally in the newspaper industry? Alan says it was the 2005 purchase of the Leinster Leader Group by Johnston Press for €138.6 million (titles included Leinster Leader, Limerick Leader, Offaly Express, Dundalk Democrat, Express and others). By April 2014, Johnston sold its 14 regional newspapers in the Republic of Ireland to Iconic Newspapers Limited, led by Malcolm Denmark, for around €8.5 million. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.Distribution is a major problem. Newspapers are competing with chocolate bars etc for selling space. Innovation in this area appears to have failed. Alan tells a great story about two ninety-year-olds when he was looking for a copy of the Napa Register newspaper while on holidays in California.Alan, who only recently retired, says 'he has another gig in him'His 'hire in a heartbeat'? Vincent Browne!!! ('the best journalist Ireland has produced in my lifetime' says Alan)Find all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• E258 That Great Business Show - Lend money to yourself, borrow from a Credit Union & US Morrison Visa holder? Say Thanks!

  E258 That Great Business ShowUCD Smurfit, 'Podcast of the Year'. David Malone, CEO, Irish League of Credit Unions, new SME loans from your Credit Union.New rules mean Credit Unions can treble the amount they lend to businesses.You could end up lending money to yourself, as every borrower must become a CU member (but David is very, very keen to bust the myth that you can only borrow if you have money already on deposit. ( Not True!). Average lending to business is €35,000 but can rise to €500,000.You can say 'no' to computer as they want to see you, if it suits, in person, in their branches. They say their USP is being local and wanting to understand your business.From October you'll have instant payments from your CU account, worldwide.They have a very successful lending initiative with the agricultural sector and they want to replicate that with other sectors now.He wants to hire John Hume, Derry Credit Union founder and Nobel Prize winner (RIP) as his 'hire in a heartbeat'.Feargal O'Sullivan, The Morrison Legacy FoundationAround 45,000 Irish people got 'Morrison Visas' back in the early 1990's thanks to US Congressman Bruce Morrison. This was a lifeline for many. Now, some of those recipients want to say 'Thanks' to Bruce Morrison at a Big Bash at the spectacular Rainbow Rooms at the Top of the Rock in Manhattan. They want to collect the stories of those who came to the States on those unique visas, to tell their story. If you are one of them, you can write your personal story on their website Morrison Legacy dot com. However, if you are one of those who 'done good' from your time now or previously in the US, on the back of a Morrison visa, you can say a bigger thank you by buying a ticket to the event. If you've done really, really well from your time in the States, or what you learnt during your time in the States, you can break out the wallet and take a Top Table for Ten, for $50,000. It promises to be one hell of a night.Feargal's 'hire in a heartbeat'? Barrack Obama. (Feargal was quite coy about who might rock up on the night. Barrack???)Find all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• E257 That Great Business Show - Why Business Post bought a Business School & When Computer Says 'No', where else can you get funds

  Episode 257 That Great Business Show with Conall O MorainUCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year''Moving away from media'In the 1970s and 1980s, the Irish Management Institute, the IMI, annual conference was THE BIG business event in Ireland. Think Tech Summit, before tech. Held in Killarney every year it would attract 800 top executives who strutted their brilliance there. If you were invited to speak at the IMI conference, you HAD ARRIVED. However, the Financial Crisis along with Covid, did for the Big Conference, when 800 attendees became more like 80. Things were financially tight, accumulating losses in the order of €5million. Owned by University College Dublin, it was sold not so long ago to the Business Post Group, owner of the eponymous newspaper, as well as a polling company and an events company.There are plenty of options for business education, anywhere from UCD Smurfit (our favourite since they gave us that award!) to 'in person' or online at world renowned business schools like Harvard or INSEAD. So, why the Business Post, and why the IMI? Who better to answer than Colm O’Reilly, COO of the Business Post, and Shane O’Sullivan, CEO of the IMI.Regular listeners know what we think of bankers. If you haven't heard us on the subject, do listen back to Episode 254 when we had a chat with Mary O’Dea of the IOB, formerly the Institute of Bankers. Spoiler alert. At least we kept it civil!Our 2nd guest is Gary Grimes doesn’t run a bank — and that’s the point. He’s founder of Simplí Finance.In a world where SMEs are ghosted by the pillar banks, where it’s too often ‘computer says no’, Gary and his team can step in with non-bank finance — stock loans, working capital, the lot — particularly when you don’t even know such options exist. However, that finance can come at a price. With thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil, the world's best. Great for shaving. Great for your skin. Great for your pocket. Find all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• E256 That Great Business Show - €20 cup of coffee, Alan Andrews, Old Barracks Roastery & 'Brutal' examinership, Kieran Daly, HealthBeacon

  E256 That Great Business ShowEverything you ever wanted to know about a coffee business but were afraid to ask, including how to sell a cup of coffee for €20.Alan Andrews, Founder, Old Barracks Coffee Company explains all.This is absolute essential listening for anyone going into any kind of business, but particularly if you see yourself, or a son or daughter, making a living from coffee. Alan gives it BIG thumbs up...His 'hire in a heartbeat'? His soon-to-be wife, Siobhan Cronin.When things go wrong in business it can be absolutely brutal. Brutal is the word used by HealthBeacon co-founder Kieran Daly to describe the time (not so long ago) his business went into examinership. Bought by US giant Hamilton Beach, toaster and kettle makers, the Irish manufacturer has doubled revenue and halved costs. Ironically, skinny jabs are making HealthBeacon fat. Bust businesses can survive and thrive.His 'hire in a heartbeat' (and that of many Dublin GAA supporters), Jim Gavin.With thanks to DE FACTO Shaving Oil - simply the best.Find all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• E255 That Great Business Show - "Sewage Treatment isn't a vocation" - Seamus Butler, Butler Manufacturing Services

  E255 That Great Business ShowLongford based Butler Manufacturing Services serves customers in 60plus countries across the world. They manufacture clever sewage systems that has won them business across the world, in Iraq during war, Alaska and most recently in Monserrat. And how do they do it? By being the best. Seamus Butler who runs the business talks about seriously tough times that he and his fellow director, is wife, have gone through, including a bank demanding that his wife sign away her rights under the Family Home Protection Act, to access a loan. That was then, this is now. Seamus shares a simple idea (all the best ones are!) that could free up land for housing immediately - while we wait for Uisce Éireann and others to service sites. Naturally, with a world winning product he wonders why Uisce Éireann won't specify their product for use in Ireland. Real business stories on Ireland's best business podcast.With thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil - the world's best shaving product. Find all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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