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.