SBCI publishes first Annual Report & Accounts and provides mid-year 2016 update SBCI has teamed up with 7 on-lenders to provide lower-cost SME finance SMEs saving 1.5% on average market interest rates SBCI delivering on mandate to drive competition and choice in the Irish SME lending market 21 July 2016: The Strategic Banking Corporation of…
Opportunity to collaborate with the best researchers in EU Minister for Training and Skills, John Halligan TD outlined the benefits of Horizon 2020 funding at a breakfast event organised by Enterprise Ireland and attended by multinational companies including Irish multinational companies. Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the EU’s Programme to support Research and Innovation. It has…
All regions of the country sees fall in unemployment The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor today (Tuesday) welcomed the latest Quarterly National Household Survey figures from the Central Statistics Office, showing that the unemployment rate fell to 7.9% for April and all regions of the country saw a fall in unemployment…
Julie Dickerson, president, Shannon Chamber (left) with Niall O’Callaghan, business and relationship manager Mid-West region, IDA Ireland; Helen Downes, chief executive, Shannon Chamber; and Ray O’Driscoll, managing director, Shannon Commercial Properties at the chamber lunch in Dromoland Castle Hotel. Photograph by Eamon Ward. The Shannon region is a wonderful place to live and work….
Shannon Airport will next month raise the curtain on a newly upgraded Transit Lounge and European departure gates following the completion of a €3m enhancement. The upgrade works are part of a wider capital investment programme to enhance the passenger experience at the historic terminal building, which over the years has hosted some of the…
Shannon Airport has today, in a submission to the US Department of Transport, formally stated its support for Norwegian Air International’s bid for a permit to operate services between Ireland and the US. In its submission backing Norwegian Air International’s application for a foreign carrier permit that would enable it to commence services between the…
Enterprise Ireland is running a Pilot Lean Network in 2016. The Lean Network is targeted at companies who are making significant efforts to develop their Lean experience and are committed to the process to drive Lean implementation. The Network will provide companies involved in Lean implementation with the opportunity to: Network with other companies also…
Major group-wide capital programme underway and greater cost efficiencies required Balanced Regional Development must be a national priority to address current imbalances – Chairman Shannon Group plc, which includes Shannon Airport, Shannon Commercial Properties and Shannon Heritage, in its first full year of trading recorded total turnover of €65.6m in 2015 with post-tax profits of…
Shannon Airport is today delighted to announce that it will be main sponsor for the world’s largest Irish traditional music festival – Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Inis 2016. In what will be the biggest ‘homecoming’ of 2016, some 400,000, including thousands from abroad, will gather as traditional Irish music, song and dance returns to Clare. The…
Chambers Ireland, in partnership with Eurochambres, is taking part in a project known as the “Burden Tracker”, which aims to identify pieces of legislation that are burdensome for SMEs and subsequently alert policy makers to their negative impact. They wish to feedback and comments from businesses regarding their views on the impact of the Consumer…
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