Start Mortgages, the loan-servicing company owned by US private-equity giant Lone Star, has completed the transfer of €2 billion of mortgages that had been on its books to rival Mars…
Gareth Graham’s experience of the fallout from the last financial crisis sowed the seeds for the former property player’s new venture, Belfast Commercial Funding (BCF), which has stepped into a…
UK fintech Revolut is targeting a valuation exceeding $40 billion (€37 billion) in a share sale that would cement its status as Europe’s most valuable start-up, according to three people with knowledge…
Irish-founded fintech Stripe is understood to be weighing up the possibility of locating its new Dublin headquarter office at Wilton Park, the 53,885sq m (580,000sq ft) office campus being developed…
Construction activity expanded in March for the first time in nine months, the latest index for the sector from BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland indicates. The index reading of 51.6…
Irish-linked renewables developer Source Galileo plans to develop commercial green hydrogen production here and in Britain with French group Lhyfe. Source Galileo and Lhyfe confirmed on Monday that they had signed a…
A new fund set up by the Government this year is hoped to ensure the same “stop-start” mistake made with the metro rail project for the Dublin area will not…
Ireland and Luxembourg have intensified calls for tougher global rules on shadow banks in a bid to curb the risk of further financial turmoil erupting from a sector that spans…
Positive projections for the construction industry in this recent Irish Times article – “STEADY” seems to be the consensus amongst most people I speak to but steady for the next…
More than half of workers believe their senior managers are out of touch with the views of their staff, a survey has found. The latest Global Work Trend Index from…
Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG), has announced plans to create up to 500 jobs. I expect hiring in this sector to gather pace as Ireland aims to be carbon neutral…
The widespread adoption of modern methods of construction will be key to solving the housing crisis as well as meeting many of the other challenges facing the industry. The Irish…
The planning process is now the greatest barrier to increasing housing output in 2023, topping cost concerns which were identified as the main obstacle to delivery in 2022. These are…
Construction companies registered strong employment growth during February even as the sector continued to contract, albeit at a slower rate, according to a report by BNP Paribas Real Estate Ireland.…
