The Mid-West Region Action Plan for Jobs 2015-2017 has called for the establishment of an Enterprise Engagement Platform whereby information on all the support services available to enterprise could be easily accessed online. As a first step in this process, the Chamber of Shannon, Ennis and Limerick have organised an ‘offline’ Funding seminar and…
· €555 million in Capital Grants secured by Minister Mitchell O’Connor · Means a 10% jump in the Jobs budget · Government delivering on Regional Jobs commitment with largest enterprise allocation in over a decade · Small Business, Entrepreneurs and…
Chambers Ireland welcomed the pro-business measures announced today (11 October 2016) in Budget 2017 but warns that longer term concerns of business remain. Commenting on the Government’s Budget announcement, Ian Talbot, Chief Executive Chambers Ireland said, “There is something for everyone in this Budget but the business community would have liked to see more…
Presenteeism and the associated loss of productivity are just two of the downsides of not addressing employees’ health. That was the clear message emanating from a recent Shannon Chamber seminar focused on the importance of health and well-being in the workplace. The seminar, which was organised in conjunction with Laya Healthcare and hosted in…
The new government’s first budget, due for publication next Tuesday, 11 October 2016, is eagerly anticipated. With uncertainty over the impact of Brexit, it is unclear which taxpayers, if any, will benefit from the Budget provisions. The Apple verdict will increase the focus on any FDI-related measures, with keen interest too in expected measures concerning…
The establishment of the Workplace Relations Commission in October 2015 has presented Irish employers with a new set of considerations and has forced both employees and employers to review the way they deal with employment claims. In a recent Shannon Chamber briefing on the Commission’s progress since its establishment, managing director of Adare Human…
“Budget 2017 is being drawn up at a time when the UK government is assessing its post-Brexit future and the impact exiting the EU will have on its attractiveness as an investment location. Given that FDI is a global competition and Ireland is competing with cities with populations in excess of our national total, in…
Shannon Chamber is delighted to note that the National Competitiveness Council Bulletin issued today (28 September 2016) reports Ireland’s improved ranking in the WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017. “The improvement in Ireland’s international competitiveness ranking by one place to 23rd, largely due to our improved macroeconomic environment and stable fiscal performance, is a welcome move….
Celebrating Irish-German business connections at the Shannon Chamber seminar (front l-r): John Bowe, Mazars Ireland; Ronan Harbison, German-Irish Chamber of Industry; Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber; Gerry Vahey, Mazars Ireland. Back (l-r): Michael Guinee, Ei Electronics, Kevin Thompstone, the Thompstone Group; Conor McCarthy, Padraig Nolan and Trevor Charsley, Afex Global Payments and Risk Management Solutions;…
Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber and re-elected to the Chambers Ireland Board pictured with Alan Shine, CEO, North Kildare Chamber (left) and John Hurley, CEO, Kilkenny Chamber, both newly elected members of Chambers Ireland Board. Highlighting the Shannon Region’s role as a key driver of balanced regional development nationally is one of…
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