Friday 10 December 2010

Forfas 2009 Business Survey of Economic Impact now available

The Forfas Annual Business Survey of Economic Impact for 2009 is now available. The survey provides data on
  • sales
  • exports
  • payroll costs
  • purchases of materials and services and percentage that are purchased in Ireland
  • training costs

for Enterprise Ireland, IDA, Shannon Development and Udaras na Gaeltachta client companies.

The figures show a decline in sales for manufacturing and internationally traded services for both Irish and foreign owned companies, with manufacturing companies suffering the largest reduction.