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….

Shannon Airport welcomes Lufthansa’s doubling of capacity on Frankfurt service

Shannon Airport welcomes Lufthansa’s doubling of capacity on Frankfurt service

Thursday 28 February 2019: Shannon Airport is today delighted to announce that its first ever scheduled Lufthansa service is to have its capacity doubled this year with the announcement of a second weekly service to Frankfurt. The service will now operate to Frankfurt on Thursdays as well as Saturdays, with the outbound leg on Thursdays…

Chambers Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2019

Chambers Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2019

Chambers Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2019 will open for applications on Monday, 4 March when the link to the Submit.com page will be available. Having hosted its first CSR event in 2018, and witnessed the level of CSR activities being undertaken in the region, Shannon Chamber would encourage its member companies to consider entering…

Skillnet Ireland named Best Brand at the 2019 Digital Media Awards

Skillnet Ireland named Best Brand at the 2019 Digital Media Awards

Shannon Chamber is delighted to announce that Skillnet Ireland has been named Best Brand at the 2019 Digital Media Awards. These awards recognise creativity and innovation across multiple areas of an ever-evolving sector, which includes digital content creation, advertising and marketing campaigns, mobile media, app development, web design and development. Skillnet Ireland’s campaign entry –…

New Regional Enterprise Plan for the Mid-West

New Regional Enterprise Plan for the Mid-West

New Plan is one of nine Regional Enterprise Plans being launched by Minister Humphreys to drive enterprise growth in the regions Lisheen, Co.Tipperary, Wednesday 20th February 2019 The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys, TD, today launched a new Regional Enterprise Plan for the Mid-West to support enterprise growth and job creation through…