Strong focus on Brexit measures in this year’s plan 01 February, 2017 An Taoiseach Enda Kenny together with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor today launched the Action Plan for Jobs 2017 at the offices of NDRC, the early stage investor in tech companies, in the Digital Hub. The Action Plan for…
Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber pictured in Shannon with Element Six CEO Walter Hühn and executive director of operations Ken Sullivan. Photo: Arthur Elllis. While pre-Brexit endeavours to attract new investment to Ireland may seem to lean more towards the financial services sector, Elements Six’s decision to increase its workforce by 100 and invest…
With the Government currently hosting All-Ireland Sectoral Dialogues to assess how the UK’s decision to exit the EU may impact Ireland at many levels, Shannon Chamber is taking a similar approach to the aerospace sector by inviting the CEO of the Irish Aviation Authority to address members at a breakfast briefing in the Inn at…
Irish healthcare companies exhibit at largest event of its kind in the MENA region Pat Breen T.D. Minister for Employment and Small Business is leading an Enterprise Ireland trade visit to Arab Health in Dubai, the largest healthcare exhibition and conference in the MENA region, today, Monday January 30th 2017. The trade visit focuses…
The new Shannon Town Park is intended to be accessible and enjoyable by all members of the local community, including the business community. The proposals also need to be realistic in relation to the available budget and the character of the site. Shannon Chamber, on behalf of Clare County Council, would encourage all members…
A competitive operating environment where the ease of doing business is permanently evident is the unique selling point that Shannon Chamber is keen to project about the Shannon area in the coming year as the impact of Brexit manifests. This was the message delivered by the Chamber CEO Helen Downes when reflecting on achievements…
Investment will see employment levels more than double to 550 since implementation of 2009 restructuring plan Investment welcomed by Ministers Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Pat Breen SHANNON, IRELAND FRIDAY, JANUARY 27th 2017: Element Six, a world leader in synthetic diamond super-materials and member of The De Beers Group of Companies, has today announced the creation…
The Minister for Training & Skills, John Halligan TD, welcomed the latest figures on Government investment in research and development (R&D) published today by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. These figures are provided by Ireland to the CSO/Eurostat under Commission Regulation (EC) No. 995/2012. Survey data in ‘The Research and Development Budget…
Shannon Chamber joins with Ian Talbot, Chief Executive of Chambers Ireland in welcoming today’s announcement by Minister for Education Richard Bruton TD and Minister of State for Training and Skills John Halligan TD that the Government is to increase and expand apprenticeship and traineeship places by 2020 and allocate an extra €20 million in funding for delivery this…
Shannon Group plc has today (Wednesday, 25 January) announced it has lodged a planning application with Clare County Council for a new aircraft hangar at Shannon Airport. The proposed development will comprise a new steel framed wide-bodied aircraft paint hangar and internal ancillary office space, workshops, plant rooms and storage space within the airport…
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