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Search Engine Optimization

  Hey everyone, welcome back to this week's blogs, For this week's blog, I will be giving advice to companies on how they can improve website traffic with reference to proven tips that have boosted website rankings. As we know today, the internet is what most people go to for information, shopping, browsing, and much more, so a good website is essential to a business’s success. My advice to companies to improve website traffic is: 1.        Improve Loading Speed According to a study, pages at the top of Google ranking, load significantly faster than those at the bottom. As we all experience when searching on Google if something doesn’t open quickly, we usually give up and find a different website. 2.       Optimize your content with Keywords. The use of keywords in your website will help contribute to an increase in website traffic. Knowing the search terms people use to find your website will help attract more visitors to th...

Why is Ireland an attractive country for conducting Business?

Hey guys, following on from last week's post, this week's blog I will be presenting you with 10 reasons why Ireland is an attractive place for businesses to set up. Low Corporation Tax  In Ireland, our corporation tax is considerably lower than in most other countries. Ireland's corporate tax rate currently is only 12.5% which is very attractive for businesses. On average, European OECD countries currently levy a corporate tax rate of 21.5 percent according to Tax Foundation with the US also having a corporate tax rate of 21%.  Availability of Skilled  Workers Ireland has a young and highly skilled workforce, who are talented and willing to do work. Ireland has one of the youngest populations in Europe with 50% of the population being under 34 years of age according to Grant Thornton, a younger workforce is attractive as it promotes longevity in a business with highly skilled workers. Infrastructure Ireland is a great place to set up business as it has easy access to Euro...

Introduction & Work Placement

Introduction Hey, my name is Ben King and I am from Bennettsbridge, Co. Kilkenny. I am 21 years of age and I am in my fourth year of college at SETU Waterford studying for a Bachelor of Business degree I chose the accounting stream. In the third year as a part of our year we were required to complete work placement in the second semester after doing a few interviews I was lucky enough to get a position in Transfermate as a finance intern on the finance team. Transfermate is a global payments company. Transfermate is the world's leading B2B global payments infrastructure as a service. They simplify, digitalize, and automate the manual tasks involved in paying and getting paid.  Information Systems & Work Placement As a part of my role in the team, I used information systems every single day. One information system used by every single employee was CoreHR which was the system we used to clock in and clock out at the beginning and the end of the days, this system was also used to ...