The Business 2000 column provides information for business studies teachers and students on the current business climate.

It is intended to complement The Irish TimesBusiness 2000 multimedia resource package, developed by Woodgrange Technologies, which is sent to all second-level schools and selected third-level institutions.

Business 2000 is published every Friday in the Business This Week supplement. The teacher support desk at Woodgrange Technologies can be reached at (01)435 2514 or by e-mail at: business2000@woodgrange.com

The companies participating in Business 2000 are: AIB, Bus Éireann; CRH Group; the Department of Education and Science; the Department of Finance; the Department of Transport/ Transport 21; Diageo Ireland; the EU Commission; EU Structural Funds; the Financial Regulator; the Labour Relations Commission; the Local Government Management Services Board; the Musgrave Group; the National Consumer Agency; the National Development Plan; the National Treasury Management Agency; the Pensions Board and Pragma Management.