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Employees working in a small business earn just under €35,000 per annum on average, according to findings of the Small Firms Association.

It’s all about pensions this week and the county was waiting with bated breath to hear if Liam would give it all up for the love of the country... And he did.

A weary Liam Aylward MEP told the Kilkenny Advertiser yesterday (Thursday) that he had made up his mind days ago to surrender his ministerial pension but that he was not going to be intimidated by the media into making a statement on his decision.

Dep Noel Treacy has this week welcomed the move to rescind the withdrawal or reduction of the contributory old age pension from people who had availed of commercial partnership agreements.

Recognising that people are living longer and healthier lives, the state pension age will be increased gradually to 68 years”.

Q. I want to buy a property to lease back to my company. I need to borrow the purchase price. Is there a tax efficient way of doing this and what are the financial implications?

Q. I want to buy a property to lease back to my company. I need to borrow the purchase price. Is there a tax efficient way of doing this and what are the financial implications?

Entrepreneurs, business owners and workers in Carlow-Kilkenny are losing out on significant tax savings according to new statistics just published by Ireland’s Central Statistics Office.

Unless there is a significant intervention by the Government in the coming weeks, some of Ireland’s most vulnerable pensioners will suffer this winter, Age Action have warned. The public is being urged to sign the online petition at www.ageaction.ie to demand this intervention.

An interesting and informative evening is expected at The Days Hotel, Castlebar next Thursday evening (Oct 9). M&C Financial Services are holding a Seminar entitled Taking Control of Your Future. “With the recent downturn in the world economy, as well as the uncertainty in the stock markets and banking sectors, we feel that this is an excellent chance for people, to learn about how to make the most of the opportunities take are currently available to them. You can now take control of your investments, as well as your pension fund and see how to make your hard earned money work for you. Many pension funds are invested through banks and insurance companies, and the customer has little control over where and how their money is invested” said Tom Connolly, Director of M&C Financial Services.