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AGM: Annual General Meeting

APR: Annual Percentage Rate
AOB: Any other Business
ATM: Automated Teller Machine
UsEfUL
BEP: Break Even Point ACRONYMS
BIK: Benefit In Kind
CAP: Common Agricultural Policy
CCPC: Competition and Consumer
Protection Commission
ISME: Irish small and Medium sized
CEO: Chief Executive officer
Enterprise
CFF: Cash flow forecast
ISO: International standards
CFP: Common fisheries Policy organisation

CGT: Capital Gains Tax JIT: Just-in-time

CPI: Consumer Price Index LEO: Local Enterprise office

CRO: Companies Registration office MBO: Management Buy out

DAC: Designated Activity Company MNC: Multinational Company

DIRT: Deposit Interest Retention Tax PAYE: Pay As You Earn

ECJ: European Court of Justice PLC: Public Limited Company

ERDF: European Regional PPSN: Personal Public service Number

Development fund
PR: Public Relations
EDI: Electronic Data Interchange
PRO: Public Relations officer
EGM: Extraordinary General Meeting
PRSI: Pay Related social Insurance
EPOS: Electronic Point of sale
R&D: Research and Development
EMU: Economic and Monetary Union
ROCE: Return on Capital Employed
ESF: European social fund
ROI: Return on Investment
FDI: foreign Direct Investment
SEM: single European Market
GDPR: General Data Protection
SWOT: strengths, Weaknesses,
Regulation
opportunities, Threats
HRM: Human Resource Management
TNC: Transnational Company
IBEC: Irish Business and Employers
TQM: Total Quality Management
Confederation
USC: Universal social Charge
ICT: Information Communications
Technology VAT: Value Added Tax
ICTU: Irish Congress of Trade Unions WCM: World Class Manufacturing
IDA: Industrial Development WRC: Workplace Relations
Authority Commission
IFA: Irish farmers Association WTO: World Trade organisation