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Fianna Fáil has published a Bill to ban clauses within business leases which provide exclusively for upward only rent reviews. Spokesperson on Justice Dara Calleary moved the Landlord and Tenant (Business Leases Rent Review) Bill 2012 in the Dáil on Wednesday and is has now been submitted for selection to the Ceann Comhairle.

The council is to meet with representatives of Mullingar Chamber to discuss the future of street festivals in the town, following a debate at last week’s meeting of Mullingar Town Council.

Retail Ireland, the IBEC group that represents the retail sector, this week said that new CSO retail sales figures highlighted a pretty dismal start to the year for Irish retailers and suggested many consumers had made purchases in November and December to avoid the January VAT hike.

As we bid farewell this week to 2011 and welcome in the New Year of 2012, no doubt many of us wonder – as we always do around this time – where on earth did the last year go?

Despite the challenging economic and business environment, 2011 was a positive year for the Galway commercial property market, according to DTZ Sherry FitzGerald. While already having the lowest vacancy rate in the country, the Galway office market enjoyed three large successful transactions during the year.

People in Kilkenny are remaining defiant in the face of this week’s austerity Budget, with retailers and the public both seeking ways to cope with cuts and new taxes.

A Kilkenny retailer has warned that the easy availability of illegal cigarettes has caused hundreds of job losses in the retail sector this year.

Retail Ireland, the group that represents the Irish retail sector, this week published the results of a survey of member companies and called for measures to improve consumer confidence and domestic demand in the forthcoming Budget.

Irish companies are lagging behind and losing massive market share to their UK  and US counterparts according to research by the .ie Domain Registry (IEDR).

A Westmeath service station scooped the top honours in a national awards ceremony when it was named Ireland’s Forecourt Retailer of the Year 2011.