Shannon Airport has received a significant vote of confidence from today’s Ryanair announcement of the airline’s plans to increase passenger numbers in the 2015 summer season by up to 18%. Welcoming Ryanair’s announcement of its summer schedule for Shannon Airport in 2015, Mr Pakey said that the projected increase in passenger numbers is good for…
Over twenty Shannon Chamber member companies have applied to go on InterTradeIreland’s Challenge programme, which helps businesses to develop a strategy for innovation. This amazingly high take-up is the result of a briefing seminar which the Chamber held in Entry Point North, Shannon, in conjunction with InterTradeIreland. While all applications have yet to be analysed…
Over twenty Shannon Chamber member companies have applied to go on InterTradeIreland’s Challenge programme, which helps businesses to develop a strategy for innovation. This amazingly high take-up is the result of a briefing seminar which the Chamber held in Entry Point North, Shannon, in conjunction with InterTradeIreland. While all applications have yet to be analysed…
Despite recent negative publicity, the national internship JobBridge scheme is a very worthwhile initiative with 96% of employers recommending the Scheme. An Indeacon report, published in May, also pointed to the Scheme being highly recommended by internees. The benefits they gained from partaking in JobBridge included acquiring new skills, gaining quality work, improving their chances…
Shannon Chamber has teamed up with the Department of Social Protection to update employers and employees in the Shannon area on the wide range of supports and schemes available through the Department to both employer and employees. An open invitation is being extended to anyone seeking information of this type to attend a breakfast briefing…
“The establishment of Ireland’s newest commercial semi-state company, The Shannon Group plc, is the beginning of a new direction for Shannon and the wider Atlantic Corridor area,” the Presidents of Ennis, Galway, Limerick and Shannon Chambers stated in response to its official establishment by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Paschal Donohoe on Friday,…
The fairways at Shannon Golf Club were packed to capacity last Thursday for Shannon Chamber’s annual golf classic.ThAlmost 160 corporate golfers took time away from the office to network in a casual setting and teed off to compete for a host of valuable prizes, including golf holidays for a Hole in One and nearest the…
If the Shannon project was starting today, what would it be called? That’s the question Shannon Chamber president Kevin Thompstone posed when addressing attendees at the Chamber’s annual president’s lunch, sponsored by Three, in Dromoland Castle Hotel, Co Clare today (Thursday, 12 December 2013). While the Free Zone has strong global brand recognition, Mr Thompstone…
“Driving Shannon forward at a time of global economic crisis and without a dedicated economic development agency will be challenging, but the delivery of a new mission for Shannon through a newly independent, well-resourced and clearly focussed Shannon Airport Authority will succeed,” said Shannon Chamber’s president Kevin Thompstone addressing an audience of business leaders at…
Shannon Chamber today (Friday, 16 May 2014) called on the Government to review the rating system in Ireland and to replace it with a model that reflects current and future economic climates. This call was made at the Chamber’s spring lunch in Dromoland, Co Clare at which Mr Phil Hogan T.D., Minister for the Environment,…
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