Chambers Ireland will be preparing a submission in relation to Revenue’s proposals to modernise the PAYE system, as announced by Minister Noonan in his Budget statement. The consultation paper is available here and calls for the views of employers, employees, payroll providers, tax practitioners, bookkeepers etc on PAYE modernisation. At its core, PAYE Modernisation means…
Reformed workplace dispute resolution bodies of the state now under one roof – Dublin, 21st of November 2016: Minister of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell-O’Connor T.D., today (Monday), officially opened the new offices of the WRC and Labour Court. Today the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation officially opened the new Headquarters of the…
Congratulations to Billy Murphy, General Manager, European Operations, Maidenform Brands International Shannon, and his team on their recent celebration of thirty years operating from Shannon. Maidenform International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Maidenform Inc., founded in the USA in the 1920s by the Rosenthal family, was established at Shannon in late 1985, opening its Distribution…
Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber pictured at the personal branding event in GECAS Shannon with (from left: Denise Mangan-Fahy, GECAS; Anne Sheehan, enterprise director, Vodafone Ireland; and Gillian Horan, the Pudding Brand Company. Photo: Eamon Ward. With so many communication channels now available to individuals, particularly at an online level, developing a personal…
For the past 13 years, Chambers Ireland has been running the very successful Corporate Social Responsibility Awards (CSR) which recognise the significant contribution that Irish business makes to society through CSR practices. The importance of CSR has increased in recent years and has become a mainstream business activity in Ireland. These annual CSR Awards recognise…
The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is organising a number of Focus Groups – looking at the impact of the Brexit vote on Irish SMEs.r members would be available to attend. Given the challenges facing Irish SME’s already identified since the Brexit announcement the involvement of Shannon Chamber members to this initiative would be…
Shannon Chamber extends congratulations to Brian Gleeson and his team at Gleeson Goldsmiths in Ballycasey on being nominated Clare Business of the Year in the FBD Clare Business Excellence Awards organised by Ennis Chamber. Well-renowned at home and abroad for producing outstanding and timeless handcrafted jewellery, Gleeson Goldsmiths is a hidden gem in Shannon and the region’s…
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD and the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, today launched a public consultation process on the development of a new National Sports Policy Framework. The aim of the consultation process is to give all stakeholders the opportunity to feed into the…
The 2017 Irish Tourism Industry Awards, which celebrate all that is excellent and innovative within Irish tourism, will take place on Friday, February 3rd in the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Dublin. The Awards, which are organised biannually by the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation (ITIC), Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and industry sponsors. Nominations for…
Shannon ABC is a commercially focussed, state of the art, research centre. It evolved from a merger between the Natural Products Research Centre (NPRC) based at the Institute of Technology, Tralee and the Nutraceuticals Research Centre (NRC) at the Limerick Institute of Technology. The merger between these two centres was facilitated through the development of…
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