Minister welcomes signing of revised Ireland / United States Preclearance Agreement, allowing for enhanced services at Dublin and Shannon Airports

  The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, today welcomed the signing of a revised agreement with the United States on Air Transport Preclearance. The agreement was signed on behalf of Ireland in Washington by the Irish Ambassador to the United States, Mr Dan Mulhall.   The agreement was approved by Government…

Quick Brexit Guide for Business: Customs, tariffs and duties, currency, imports, certification, working capital, financing

Quick Brexit Guide for Business: Customs, tariffs and duties, currency, imports, certification, working capital, financing

As it stands, the UK is scheduled to leave the EU as of 11pm on the 29 March 2019. While many business owners have taken steps to protect their businesses, those who have yet to make plans to mitigate Brexit’s impacts must begin to do so now. Regardless of the shape Brexit takes, it will mean changes…

Tekelek LoRa tank monitoring technology deployed by Picoty in France.

Picoty deploys advanced fuel tank monitoring solution from Tekelek to optimize business operations Shannon, Ireland – 12 March, 2019, 09:00 a.m. GMT Tekelek, a leading developer and manufacturer of IoT telemetry products and solutions, today announced the launch of a large-scale deployment of LoRa-connected ultrasonic sensors with Picoty in France. Under the contract, Tekelek will…

Bibby Financial Services Ireland appoints  Stephen McCarthy as Head of Sales for Munster

Bibby Financial Services Ireland appoints Stephen McCarthy as Head of Sales for Munster

March, 2019 Bibby Financial Services Ireland (BFSI), a leading provider of funding solutions to Irish SMEs, has appointed Stephen McCarthy as their new Head of Sales for Munster. In his new role, Stephen will lead the growing Munster sales team at BFSI as the operation strives to provide businesses across the country with bespoke financial…

Minister Pat Breen TD welcomes European Investment Bank report highlighting Digitalisation benefits for Irish SMEs

Announces pilot Government scheme to help SMEs access finance for banking digitalisation 7 March 2019 – Mr Pat Breen, T.D., Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data today formally accepted a report entitled The Digitalisation of small and medium enterprises in Ireland from Andrew McDowell, Vice President of the European Investment…

‘Cold calling’ no longer a contact option, Chamber procurement seminar told

‘Cold calling’ no longer a contact option, Chamber procurement seminar told

Pictured (from left): Marie Clifford, ATC Group, Don Foynes, Modular Automation, Claude Costelloe, Zimmer Bioemt, Helen Downes, Shannon Chamber, Padraic McElwee, Gerry Murphy, Ei Electronics, Lilian Kearney, Modular Automation Smaller companies wishing to become a preferred supplier to larger SMEs and multinational companies should avail of every possible networking and other means to make themselves…

€50m in funding for ICT equipment for schools under the Digital Strategy for Schools

€50m in funding for ICT equipment for schools under the Digital Strategy for Schools

Minister McHugh today (Monday March 4th) announces third year of funding under Project Ireland 2040 takes total spend on Digital Strategy for Schools ICT Infrastructure Fund to €110m  All schools will receive grants to purchase key technology including tablets, cloud systems, projectors The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh T.D. has today announced a…

Takumi Precision Engineering’s Visual Factory of A3 project boards keeps waste to a minimum in business process

Takumi Precision Engineering’s Visual Factory of A3 project boards keeps waste to a minimum in business process

Management, senior executives and operational staff in Takumi Precision Engineering demonstrated how they are using lean tools to eliminate waste from their business when hosting the first workshop in the Mid-West Lean Network’s 2019 calendar of events. Hosting over 70 attendees from a range of companies throughout the region at their recently expanded 40,000 sq….