“Showcasing potential of native industry can lead to many benefits”, says Chamber CEO Shannon Chamber has proposed that the Government should make provision, in the upcoming Budget, for a national pilot scheme to be established in the Shannon Region to intensively promote a greater awareness of the role of native enterprise and entrepreneurship. If Ireland…
New build is the largest single project undertaken by Shannon Group subsidiary since the formation of the Group last autumn New facility will enable consolidation of GE Measurement & Control’s operations in Shannon Thursday, 24 September 2015: Shannon Commercial Properties (SCP) has embarked on its largest project to date with the development of…
Keen to encourage more companies in the Shannon area to increase their research and development (R&D) activity and spend, Shannon Chamber has teamed up the Intel and Enterprise Ireland to host a half-day seminar on the topic. The seminar, which takes place in Intel’s premises in Shannon on Thursday, 8 October from 8am…
Shannon Airport’s status as a key player in the Irish tourism industry was recognised again overnight as it was on the podium for the third year running at the World Routes Marketing Awards, held in Durban, South Africa. Shannon was ‘Highly Commended’ from a shortlist of five airports in the ‘Under 4 Million Passengers’ category. …
Shannon Chamber would like to encourage to encourage members to participate in a 5k run/walk, which takes places in Shannon this Friday, 25 September. The run/walk is being organised by Genworth in aid of Clare Crusaders and commences at Building 7000 at Westpark Business Campus at 12.30pm. Full details are on the poster…
Pictured at Shannon Chamber’s health and well-being seminar at Shannon Airport (from left): Karl Henry, presenter; Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber; Brenda Hickey, GECAS; and Darren Smith, Shannon Airport Duty Free. Photo: Eamon Ward. Health and wellness expert, author and TV personality Karl Henry had an audience of almost 150 people transfixed with…
Manufacturing sector – which suffered from neglect in previous decades – is a key part of the Action Plan for Jobs Employment growth has returned to the sector with more than 12,000 extra jobs created in past 3 years The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD today launched a new guide setting…
Shannon Chamber would like to bring this national initiative to members’ attention. The Carers Association has launched a national fundraising initiative – Céilí For Carers – which takes place on Friday 23rd October and aims to raise much needed funds for Family Carers across Ireland as well as proving to be a fun and healthy event…
The recently launched national aviation policy, which incorporates many of the recommendations put forward by Shannon Chamber during the Issues Paper consultative process, has earmarked Shannon as a key contributor to the future development of the sector in Ireland. Most notably, the policy recommends that Shannon: should be assisted and encouraged to increase general…
16th September 2015 Minister for Business and Employment Ged Nash T.D. today (Wednesday, 16th September) published the Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015, which aims to improve the uptake amongst SMEs of the credit guarantee scheme introduced in 2012. Announcing the publication of the Bill, Minister Nash said: “The Credit Guarantee Scheme, while being somewhat successful…
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