Irish Start-ups Rise 11% in Q3 Despite Growing Insolvency Pressures

The number of new Irish start-ups rose by 11% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025, according to the latest figures from credit risk analyst CRIFVision-net, BusinessPlus.ie reported. The report shows that fresh firms are emerging across a broad range of sectors, with notable county-level gains. Westmeath and Kildare both recorded a 26% increase in new businesses, while Meath rose 19% and Wexford 11%. Larger urban areas also saw a strong rise, with Limerick up 19%, Cork 14% and Dublin 6%.
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Eurozone Inflation Picks Up Pace as ECB Looks Set to Keep Rates on Hold

Annual inflation accelerated in the eurozone last month, cementing expectations that the European Central Bank will leave its key interest rate unchanged for what is left of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported. Consumer prices were 2.2% higher than a year earlier in September, picking up pace from the 2.0% rate of inflation booked in August, and in line with economists’ expectations. Stronger-than-expected rises in inflation in key economies like Germany pushed the rate higher for the 20-nation currency union as a whole.
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BOE Deputy Governor Sees Inflation Resuming Fall After ‘Hump’

The U.K.’s annual rate of inflation is on track to fall to the Bank of England’s 2% target despite a recent pickup, Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The annual inflation rate was 3.8% in August, and the BOE expects it to rise to 4% this month before falling back. But in a speech in Cardiff, Breeden said it’s unlikely that pickup will have long-lasting consequences. “I do not see evidence that the disinflation process is veering off-track,” she said.
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Commentary: UK Insolvency Numbers Show the Pressure on Businesses is Not Letting Up

The Government’s latest company insolvency statistics reveal an uncomfortable truth: business failures in the U.K. are not easing, according to a commentary by Ed Rimmer, CEO of Time Finance, in GlobalData.com. In August 2025, 2,048 registered company insolvencies were recorded in England and Wales. That’s 6% higher than August 2024 and only slightly down on July 2025. Across the first eight months of this year, insolvencies have been running above 2024 levels and, more worryingly, at a similar pace to 2023 – a year that marked a 30-year high in annual insolvencies.
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Inflation in Irish Economy Jumps Back to Almost 3%

Inflation in the Irish economy jumped back to almost 3 per cent in September, the Irish Times reported. The latest flash estimate for the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) put the annualised rate of price growth at 2.7 per cent, up from 1.9 per cent the previous month. Inflation as measured by the HICP dropped back to almost zero at the end of last year on the back of falling energy prices internationally.
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