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According to the Dublin Chamber, almost half of the hundreds of firms that it polled require that its staff be physically in the office 2 or 3 days a week. The survey carried out with Savills found that the fear of losing staff to rivals lies behind this laissez-faire attitude to workers working from home. It also found that employers are very concerned that hybrid working stands in the way of cultivating a team culture in the workplace. Aebhric McGibney from Dublin Chamber gave his reaction to this poll to Joe.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Business Editor Joe Lynam.

The Irish Business Design Challenge from the Design & Crafts Council is now in its 3rd year. The idea of the challenge is to use design to solve problems for companies and this year the theme is to do so by making that design more sustainable and energy efficient Speaking to Joe this morning for more on the challenge was Thomas Watt Head of Design at the Design & Craft Council Ireland

According to data from the online job search site Indeed, many of us are increasingly looking for part-time or weekend work. Furthermore, healthcare saw the biggest jump in searches from people outside Ireland looking for work here. And wages are growing rapidly in the childcare sector. Jack Kennedy is an economist with Indeed UK & Ireland and joined Joe on the show this morning.

A look at today's business papers and markets with Joe Lynam.

Most of us are whirring with emotions just before we head into the hospital. It might be a long planned simple procedure, you might even be having a baby but you might also face a protracted stay. Now an Irish entrepreneur has started a company to provide the essentials for that hospital stay - so that you don't have to think about them Laura O'Brien is the founder of Your hospital Bag and Laura joined Joe in the studio to chat about her business and product.

It’s always difficult for governments when it comes to spending money because everybody has their metaphorical hands out. But it is especially difficult for the current coalition to say no if their coffers are bulging with cash The Exchequer returns published yesterday showed exactly that. The state brought in €7.5 billion in tax receipts last month alone. That was buoyed by much better-than-expected VAT receipts as consumers continue to splurge, despite soaring energy costs and other global economic concerns. Speaking to Joe this morning was Peter Vale a Tax partner with Grant Thornton.

A look at today's business papers and markets with Aidan Donnelly from Davy Stockbrokers.

There are more Android smartphones in the world than Apple iOS phones and Samsung is the biggest smartphone maker in the world. Its latest Galaxy phone is out and will doubtless put it up to Apple which has been accused of issuing new phones with only minor changes over the past few years. It comes also as Apple posts its annual results later today - something that will be closely watched by consumers and the markets Jess Kelly is Newstalk’s technology correspondent and presenter of Tech Talk on Saturdays at 5pm joined Joe this morning with more on this.

There’s a new piece of significant EU legislation coming down the tracks for companies. It’s called the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. It’s a new obligation for businesses to audit the impact of everything they do - not just on their immediate environment but also on their supply chains. The idea is to prevent abuse and even human trafficking anywhere up or down the supply chains. Barry Andrews MEP is the rapporteur or ‘the lead’ for one of the key committees of the European Parliament and he’s proposed some changes which will increase the number of companies impacted by these new rules. Barry spoke to Joe this morning on the show.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Joe Lynam.

Business conditions in Ireland's manufacturing sector were stable in the first month of 2023. That’s according to AIB’s Manufacturing PMI and to discuss further Emmet spoke to Oliver Mangan Chief Economist at AIB.

70% of SMEs are optimistic about Ireland’s business environment in 2023. That’s according to the latest Melior Funding for Growth Survey. For more on this Emmet spoke to Jonathan Dalton, Managing Director, Melior Equity Partners.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Emmet Oliver.

Minister of State Dara Calleary will lead a trade mission to Dubai this week to promote Irish healthcare companies in the Arab world. He’ll be traveling alongside a slew of Irish Medtech businesses who will be announcing new innovations and contracts with countries in the Middle east. Many of those firms were supported by Enterprise Ireland and its Executive Director Jennifer Melia joined Joe live from Dubai

During lockdowns many of us decided to set up our online businesses - some of them choosing dot com web addresses where available but others choosing the Dot IE domain. Many had worried that Irish domain registrations would fall dramatically as we returned to offices but it hasn't been the case - according to the latest report from Dot Ie. And David Curtin, the Chief Executive of the domain.IE spoke to Joe this morning.

A run-through of some of the business stories today with Joe Lynam.

Managing Partner with PwC Ireland, Feargal O’Rourke, joined Joe this morning to discuss their new global survey.

Joe Lynam takes a look at Monday's business papers and websites.

Ryanair's Chief Financial Officer, Neil Sorahan, joined Joe this morning to take him through the airlines third quarter figures for last year.