The Recruitment Conversation Everyone Was Having At The Hardware Show
Vinny and I spent time walking the floor at The Hardware Show, catching up with long-standing clients, meeting new businesses and taking...
Transforming Payment Processes Across Ireland’s Hardware Sector
Facing the Challenges of Modern RetailThe hardware, building providers, and DIY sectors are facing a host of challenges. As well as the...
How Fexco International Payments Can Help Your Business
Established over 40 years ago, Kenneth Hodgins Interiors is a family-owned furniture retail business based in Sandyford, Co. Dublin. The company retails...
What I’ve Learned Helping Small Businesses Make Digital Work
I’ve been working with Lean for most of my working life, although it wasn’t always called Lean. Earlier in my career it...
The lost art of listening
We live in the noisiest era in human history, and yet one of our most important human skills is quietly disappearing: the...
How best to win a public tender
Bid to winTendering for public contracts is often considered as a chore – a menial and often solitary task that is seen...
Digital signage in Irish hardware: Turning footfall into higher basket value
Hardware retail has always been built on strong fundamentals: knowledgeable staff, trusted local service, and products customers genuinely need. But in today’s...
Corporate Governance is key to business success
What is Corporate Governance?Corporate governance is a broad term that includes the oversight of an organisation’s business by its board of directors....
Energy costs after the storm: What 2025 really taught hardware retailers
Last winter was calmer than the one before it. Energy prices didn’t dominate headlines, emergency supports faded, and retailers assumed the worst...
Accelerating AI Adoption for the Hardware Sector
“It was an excellent experience. I would recommend this program to anyone looking to explore AI...
