Insights
Retain First and Recruit Later as Higher Employer NI Costs Loom
Claire's Irish News column this month focuses on the extra dimension of pressure for business in April 2025: the long-anticipated increase to employer National Insurance contributions (NIC).
Analysis of Ireland's New Programme for Government
The AIKEN team run the rule over Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael's PfG that will form the basis of Government until 2029.
Podcasts – there’s one for everyone
Claire has written a business insight piece in the Irish News reviewing the transformational impact podcasts have in reshaping news and information consumption.
Insight Analysis into the UK Autumn Budget 2024
AIKEN's round up of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget.
Corporate Comms Essential in the ‘Polycrisis’ Age
For October 2024's Irish News column, Claire looks at the emergence of the polycrisis through the lens of corporate comms.
Irish Government Budget 2025
Something for everyone in the audience? Budget 25 was summed up by Irish Times business journalist Cliff Taylor who said, ‘a budget package is all about priorities and it is crystal clear that the priority of Budget 2025 is getting the Coalition re-elected.’
Resilience of Local Economy Should Be Fuel for the Forge
It’s not often that Northern Ireland finds itself at the top of the UK league tables, other than perhaps the recent GCSE results, yet it is great to see the local economy operating on a high.
AIKEN Summer Reading & Listening Recommendations
The books and podcasts that have captured the AIKEN team's attention this summer.