Gorey Chamber

Gorey Chamber ran the rule over Budget 2012 at their Budget Breakfast Briefing in Joannes Restaurant, Main Street, Gorey on Wednesday 7th December.

The Budget was summarized by Michael Doyle FCA of Doyle Associates who went through the main points of the Budget announced in the Dail on the 6^th and 7^th of December.  He also highlighted a number of areas which directly impact upon the business sector including, Vat increase from 21% to 23 % from the 1/1/2012, Redundancy rebate reduction from 60 to 15% and changes to the PRSI contributions for the State pension.  

Chamber Executive Dick White commented “This type of event is our core work, we are in business for business and we aim to continue providing this service by staging similar events into the future”

The Budget for 2012 is the fifth in a series of austerity measures that have been brought in and the second covering the bail out, continuing White added “Business continues to be resilient in the face of the measures taken. While framed in a national and international context they impact on our local economy. We encourage everyone to support ”Local Business, Local Jobs“ by doing this we can deflect the more negative impact of these measures by supporting our own”