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| How to Stay Safe Online | Have A Start-Up Idea? | Fundraise While You Recycle | Publication of Draft Companies Bill - Pillar A |
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HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE |
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If you are using your credit card online, here are three things you should do to keep your account safe.
Proper privacy statements and compliancy notices
Try to look for a privacy policy and a security policy on the website you’re using your credit card with. The presence of such policies indicates compliance with industry standards, including the proper encryption of data. Also, look for websites that use the URL (web address) ‘https’ instead of ‘http’; the extra ‘s’ indicates a more secure website.
Top-up credit cards
It can be a good idea to use top-up (or ‘pay-as-you-go’) credit cards online. Pre-paid credit cards – approved and accepted by retailers in the same way as other credit cards – work in exactly the same way as pre-pay mobile phones. Trading under the Visa umbrella, you ‘top up’ using cash and then spend up to the amount you have topped up. An Irish company, 3V (3v.ie), has pioneered this system of payment. So, even if your account is somehow compromised or hacked, the most that can be defrauded is the amount that has been pre-loaded into the account.
Paypal
If there is an option to pay with Paypal, use it. Paypal, which is owned and used by eBay as a secure way of paying for things from people who do not have merchant accounts, is generally a safer way to pay than a credit card. The money leaves your credit card account, is lodged with Paypal and the vendor/person/service is paid from Paypal, breaking the online paper trail to your credit card or bank account. Lots of big e-tailers now offer Paypal as an alternative method of payment. |
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HAVE A START-UP IDEA? |
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If you have a new business idea, you may qualify for funding and supports from Enterprise Ireland or your local County Enterprise Board. There are 35 City and County Enterprise Boards located throughout the country that offer a first-stop shop for entrepreneurs.
Supports available include:
• Start-your-own-business training courses.
• Market research information.
• Business planning advice and templates.
• Access to experienced business mentors.
• Feasibility grants and co-investment for your plans.
However, if your start-up business has the potential to develop an innovative product or service for sale on international markets and the potential to create 10 jobs and €1m in export sales within 3 to 4 years of starting up, then you may qualify for assistance from Enterprise Ireland as a High Potential Start-up (HPSU).
Enterprise Ireland Start-up Team
If you feel that your business is a High Potential Start-up, our Start-up Team is available to discuss your idea and start-up needs and direct you to the most appropriate supports. Go to our Start-up Section to learn more about what we look for in a start-up proposition and how we work with High Potential Start-up companies.
www.enterprise-ireland.com |
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FUNDRAISE WHILE YOU RECYCLE |
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Fundraisers can have a difficult time weighing up fundraising options and the work required to yield results. Businesses have to suffer high printing costs and the nuisance of what to do with the used cartridges. So, Irish company GreenYourGoods.ie have come up with a low maintenance service to businesses and fundraisers that is a win-win for all concerned!
Thanks to a partnership with one of the worlds largest cartridges manufacturers, GreenYourGoods.ie can supply ink and toner cartridges at just 60% of their normal cost, and for every cartridge purchased they will donate 5% of the value of cartridges to your Cause.
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They will also solve the problem of used cartridges, as they will pickup and recycle them, and donate that value to your Cause also, while helping the company's environmental policy.
So, the business wins by saving money and helping the environment, and the Cause wins by getting its 5% for every cartridge sold. GreenYourGoods.ie manages the entire process and all a Fundraiser has to do is get their partners on board! Similarly the business can nominate a Cause of their choice to receive the benefits. All cartridges have warranties, certification and are tested to the highest standard so there's no quality issues either.
info@greenyourgoods.ie |
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PUBLICATION OF DRAFT COMPANIES BILL - PILLAR A |
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| The Department for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has recently published the draft Companies Bill -”Pillar A” for private companies limited by shares- on its website. The legislation, which comprises 952 sections and six schedules on over 1300 pages of text, is expected to represent the largest piece of legislation in the history of the State when complete. It is the most significant reform in Irish company law since 1963, and consolidates the 15 existing Company Acts as well as a significant number of statutory instruments and judgments. |
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| These are intended as a general guide to the subject matter, it should not be used as a basis for decisions. For this purpose advice should be obtained which takes into account all the client's circumstances. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. In view of its purpose the reader will appreciate that we are unable to accept liability for any errors or omissions which may arise. |
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