#105: The Bottom Line - Budget 2022; Air Quality; & A Multi Million Euro Government Contact.

Budget 2022 was the main story in the headlines this week and Alan Seery of O'Neill Foley Chartered Accountants joined John to discuss some of the key points from the Budget and to chat through some of the global economic issues that the Government would have had to frame the budget in.Colin Duggan, President of County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, spoke with John about the local business reaction to the budget as well as discussing what the impacts of increasing the VAT rate for the Hospitality sector from August next year will be.AerNua is an Irish company which specialises in working with companies to ensure that they are operating in clean air and who provide a range of solutions to ensure circulation of air and elimination of viruses, Marie Therese McCormack Co-Founder and Managing Director spoke with John about the work they do and the importance of education when it comes to our air quality.  IAS Laboratories based in Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow recently announced they will partner with NRM Laboratories and Farmeye in a €10 million soil sampling and analysis programme, Eoin O'Brien, Sales & Marketing Specialist at IAS Laboratories chatted to John about their business, what was involved in the programme and how they are now recruiting for further staff.With thanks to O’Neill Foley, Produced by Deirdre Dromey.  To contact the show, email: [email protected]