Abbreviations 1

AGM

Annual General Meeting

AOB

Any Other Business

APC

Area Partnership Company

APR

Annual Percentage Rate

ASAI

Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland

ASTI

Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland

ATM

Automated Teller Machine

BD

Board of Directors

BEP

Break Even Point

BIK

Benefit in Kind

BOP

Balance of Payments

BOT

Balance of Trade

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CAI

Consumers’ Association of Ireland

CAM

Computer Automated Machine

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CAT

Capital Acquisitions Tax

CC

Credit Check

CCPC

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

CCR

Central Credit Register

CEB

County Enterprise Boards

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFF

Cash Flow Forecast

CFP

Common Fisheries Policy

CGT

Capital Gains Tax

CIM

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CRO

Companies Registration Office

CSO

Central Statistics Office

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility

CV

Curriculum Vitae

DD

Direct Debit

DIRT

Deposit Interest Retention Tax

EA

Equality Authority

EAT

Employment Appeals Tribunal

ECA

European Court of Auditors

ECB

European Central Bank

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EGM

Extraordinary General Meeting

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EMU

Economic and Monetary Union

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPOS

Electronic Point of Sale

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ESB

Electricity Supply Board

ESF

European Social Fund

EU

European Union

FC

Fixed Costs

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FOP

Factors Of Protection

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GNP

Gross National Product

HP

Hire Purchase

HR

Human Resources

HRD

Human Resource Director

HRM

Human Resource Management

IBEC

Irish Business and Employers Confederation

ICT

Information and Communications Technology

ICMSA

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association