Nominations Sought for 2017 Irish Tourism Industry Awards

Nominations Sought for 2017 Irish Tourism Industry Awards

  The 2017 Irish Tourism Industry Awards, which celebrate all that is excellent and innovative within Irish tourism, will take place on Friday, February 3rd in the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Dublin. The Awards, which are organised biannually by the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation (ITIC), Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and industry sponsors. Nominations for…

Open Day Invitation from Shannon ABC @ LIT

Open Day Invitation from Shannon ABC @ LIT

Shannon ABC is a commercially focussed, state of the art, research centre. It evolved from a merger between the Natural Products Research Centre (NPRC) based at the Institute of Technology, Tralee and the Nutraceuticals Research Centre (NRC) at the Limerick Institute of Technology. The merger between these two centres was facilitated through the development of…

Shannon Airport welcomes new Lufthansa Frankfurt-Shannon service

Shannon Airport welcomes new Lufthansa Frankfurt-Shannon service

Shannon Chamber congratulates Shannon Airport on today’s announcement, which marks new departure for Shannon Airport   Wednesday 16th November 2016: Shannon Airport is set to get its first ever scheduled Lufthansa air service next summer when the airline introduces a new Shannon to Frankfurt route.   The service will operate weekly on Saturday’s from the…

Shannon Chamber Launches New Mid-West Lean Network

Shannon Chamber Launches New Mid-West Lean Network

Launching the new Mid-West Lean Network (from left): Gene Leonard, managing director, LBSPartners; Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber; Alan Keogh, plant manager and Neil Enright, GLSS site development leader, Molex Shannon. Photo: Eamon Ward.   A new business network, aimed at encouraging companies to adopt Lean practices, has been set up in the Shannon…

INVITATION TO ADVANCED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BRIEFING

INVITATION TO ADVANCED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BRIEFING

Shannon Chamber, in association with the Timoney Institute, invites CEOs and senior executives from the wider Shannon region, to a ‘leadership development’ breakfast briefing in Dromoland Castle Hotel on Thursday, 10 November from 7.30am – 9.15am. The briefing will be extremely beneficial to managers or senior executives who feel a need to reflect on their leadership values…

 Final Call for Entrants to One4all Spotlights, Supported by Shannon Chamber

 Final Call for Entrants to One4all Spotlights, Supported by Shannon Chamber

    One4all has teamed up with Chambers Ireland for the second annual `Spotlights’ The `Spotlights’ reward employees of SMEs across Ireland who make an outstanding contribution in the workplace Spotlights seeking Ireland’s best employee Entries are open for SMEs nationwide Date for entrants has been extended to Nov 4   One4all is issuing a…

Shannon Chamber to Launch new Mid-West Lean Network at Lean in Business Seminar in Molex, Shannon

Shannon Chamber to Launch new Mid-West Lean Network at Lean in Business Seminar in Molex, Shannon

For the past five years, Shannon Chamber has organised an annual Lean in Business seminar, initially held in conjunction with Zimmer and now, for the second year, in Molex. The seminars are aimed at introducing companies to the Lean concept and, for those already involved with Lean, to give them case examples of the process…

Shannon Chamber Supports Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Shannon Chamber Supports Christmas Shoebox Appeal

Shannon Chamber is supporting member company First Names Group’s request for members to get behind their Christmas Shoebox Appeal. This very worthwhile initiative has become a growing tradition in Shannon and the wider community to give a present that will make a real difference to children in the remotest parts of the globe in time for…

Irish Chambers Meet High Ranking EU Officials to Discuss Priorities for Irish Business

  Shannon Chamber was delighted to participate in a delegation from the Irish Chamber of Commerce Network, led by Chambers Ireland that met with key officials from across the European Commission earlier this month. With representation from Chambers of Commerce across Ireland, the objective of the trip was to highlight the need for the European…

Lending Landscape to Irish SMEs Improving

Lending Landscape to Irish SMEs Improving

Pat Breen, T.D.. Minister for Employment and Small Business pictured with Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber (centre), Rita McInerney, CEO, Ennis Chamber (far left), and key lending and support organisations, national and regional, at the Mid-West Business Funding seminar in Limerick, organised by Shannon, Limerick and Ennis Chambers in association with the Strategic Banking Corporation…