Companies seeking efficiencies in their work processes are advised to consider lean as a means of streamlining workflow, eliminating waste and gaining financial savings. This was the advice given at a recent Shannon Chamber workshop, which featured presentations from lean specialists LBS Partners from Limerick and Shannon-based Element Six, who have successfully adopted lean. …
Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan T.D., today launched the EXPLORE programme, an innovative new initiative aimed at increasing participation rates in Lifelong Learning and offering an opportunity to upskill for those already in employment. The key objective of the initiative is to create a potential new solution to…
The Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation has completed a Focused Policy Assessment of its capital expenditure on Start-up and Equity supports, tracing expenditure from its objectives to inputs, outputs, outcomes and impacts from 2006 to 2016. The report finds that High Potential Start-Ups (HPSUs) maintained continuous growth throughout the period. Companies classed as HPSUs…
Shannon Chamber, via Chambers Ireland, is monitoring events in Westminster, as well as the negotiations as they take place in Brussels. With only eight months to the UK’s formal exit from the EU, and just over three months to make enough progress on agreeing on the terms of a Withdrawal Agreement, so that a transition…
The European Commission has adopted a Communication outlining the ongoing work on the preparation for all outcomes of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. On 30 March 2019, the United Kingdom will leave the EU and become a third country. This will have repercussions for citizens, businesses and administrations in both the United…
Dublin, Ireland, 20 July Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Pat Breen TD, Minister with responsibility for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection today announced the publication of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018. This follows Government approval for publication of the Bill at Cabinet last week….
Dublin, Ireland, July 19th — The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys T.D., today launched a public consultation on gift voucher fees. This follows her announcement on June 12th that the Government had approved the General Scheme of the Unfair Contract Terms (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2018, which proposes a minimum lifespan of five…
Commission Rules of Origin Questionnaire and Test Tool The European Commission has released an online test tool and questionnaire, aimed at exporters, that has been designed to give information to operators and to help address their needs in relation to Rules of Origin. The below link gives exporters access to the anonymous questionnaire…
Skillnet Ireland Annual Report reveals 15,000 Irish SMEs availed of upskilling and training in 2017 94% of the member companies that benefited from investment in training through Skillnet Ireland were SMEs Skillnet Ireland Chairperson warns of ever-widening productivity gap between indigenous SMEs and the multi-nationals based in Ireland 6% of the 240,000 SMEs registered…
The University of Limerick’s Cooperative Education programme (or undergraduate placement) is a core element of all undergraduate degrees. As part of the programme, all students, regardless of discipline, undertake relevant work experience normally of eight months duration. About 1,600 students are placed on CoOp every year, with about 30% placed internationally. This makes it one…
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