Entries for the inaugural Mid-West Lean Network Continuous Improvement Awards are closing and Shannon Chamber encourages member companies who are contemplating submitting an entry to do so on or before Friday, 14 September. The Mid-West Lean Network Continuous Improvement Awards 2018, sponsored by LBS Partners, have been introduced to recognise the progress being made by…
Mid-West Simon Community invite participants to take part in their annual Thomond Park Sleep Out, ’42 Reasons’, on 20th of October 2018.ha Shannon Chambers is delighted to support Mid-West Simon Community in encouraging companies and their employees to consider taking part in this year’s Sleep Out. The ask is that participants raise €1000 and join…
Code contains details of revised safe limits for over 700 Chemical Substances. Dublin, Ireland, August 30th. 2018 Pat Breen TD, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, has announced the publication by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) of a revised Code of Practice for the Safety,…
The organisers of the 33rd Milford Hospice Harvest, which takes place this Sunday, 2nd September in the University of Limerick (UL) Arena from 11am to 5pm have been keeping an eye on the weather forecast and are delighted to see that sunshine is promised for their largest fundraising event of the year and a day…
Shannon Chamber is delighted to convey the news that the Management of Ei Electronics has announced plans for an Open Day to be held on Sunday, 23rd September 2018, celebrating 55 Years manufacturing in Shannon, and 30 Years as an Irish Company. The Open Day involves an invitation to all employees – past and…
The importance of the International Aviation Services Centre (IASC) at Shannon has been acknowledged on a European scale with its appointment as the first Irish member of the elite European Aerospace Cluster Partnership (EACP). The membership acknowledges Shannon IASC as not only the largest aerospace cluster in Ireland but a cluster of pan-European significance. The…
Micro, small and medium companies in the Shannon region who value their employees and support their development are encouraged to considering entering the European Commission’s ‘Training at Work Award’. This award recognises the investment by companies in career-long professional training programmes for employees. If your company provides up-skilling and/or re-skilling opportunities for your employees and…
Microfinance loan funding supported 1,141 jobs €5.5m in loans were approved to 400 small businesses MFI achieved best in class under the European Commission’s European Code of Good Conduct for Microfinance provision Provides the lowest cost of any Government job initiative – €2,000 per job Micro enterprises outside of Dublin account for 79% of loans…
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. …
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…
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