Adare HRM’s director, HR Consulting Michael Lee and HR & Employment Law Consultant, Tom McDonagh pictured with Shannon Chamber chief executive, Helen Downes. Photo: Eamon Ward. Updates on amendments to existing employment legislation and planned changes, time expended on driving to work, and annual leave accrued whilst on sick leave, were the main topics…
Chambers Ireland officially launched the “Business and Commercial Mediation Scheme” at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin. The Scheme, which is operated in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Law Society, the Bar Council of Ireland and the Mediator’s Institute of Ireland, will operate on a pilot basis until July 2016, with the…
The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan T.D., today (Friday, 9 October 2015) launched Shannon Chamber Skillnet, a new training network for the Shannon area, which is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets, funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education. Shannon Chamber…
Aer Lingus has given Shannon passengers a boost with 55,000 additional seats on services for summer 2016 to Heathrow (35,000 seats), Faro (10,000 seats) and Malaga (10,000 seats). This is in addition to their 20% increase in capacity announced earlier this year for both Heathrow and Lanzarote which kicks in for the coming winter season…
Following on the recent announcement that the Shannon Group, through Shannon Commercial Properties, is to invest €21 million in a first-phase major redevelopment programme at the Shannon Free Zone, with the first project – a €6 million, purpose-built facility for GE Measurement and Control – now, Shannon Chamber has invited Shannon Commercial Properties’ managing director,…
The constituents of the Government’s fifth and possibly final budget will be reviewed and analysed by Grant Thornton’s tax specialists, Leslie Barrett, tax partner and Theresa O’Gorman, tax director, at Shannon Chamber’s annual Budget briefing, which takes place in the Bunratty Castle Hotel on Wednesday, 14 October, commencing with registration at 7.45am. With the economy continuing…
At its AGM, held on Tuesday, 28 September, Chambers Ireland (CI) ratified the re-election of Shannon Chamber chief executive Helen Downes to its board of directors. First elected to the CI board in 2013, Ms Downes’s retention as a board member of a national business representative organisation, provides a unique forum for bringing the…
25% increase in Delta capacity for summer 2016 Shannon, Monday, 28 September 2015: The announcement of the introduction of the larger wide-bodied Boeing 767-300 aircraft on Delta Air Lines’ JFK service summer service is a further endorsement of the growing demand for transatlantic seats into Shannon Airport and the popularity of the airport’s US pre-clearance…
The Chamber would like to thank those members who responded very positively to the survey circulated to members regarding Budget 2016. Aside from the proposal to set up an ‘Enterprise Awareness’ Pilot Scheme in the Shannon Region, which Shannon Chamber has now directly communicated to Government, the Chamber CEO Helen Downes also reflected some of…
ULearning part of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) at the University of Limerick is an innovative connector of industry and academia, addressing individual and corporate skills gaps through professional flexible learning. As part of an annual Supply Chain Management on campus week, ULearning is offering a 2 day workshop in Business Process Management in the area…
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