Chambers Ireland launches latest Covid-19 Business Community Survey

Chambers Ireland launches latest Covid-19 Business Community Survey

This morning, Chambers Ireland launches our second Covid-19 Business Community Survey. This survey is targeted at business owners and operators, both those who are members of their local chambers of commerce and those that are not. With it we seek to chart out the effects of the Covid-19 restrictions on the Irish Business community, and…

New Government webpage available to receive offers of Covid-19 assistance

New Government webpage available to receive offers of Covid-19 assistance

2 April 2020 The Office of Government Procurement recently launched a webpage to facilitate offers of assistance from businesses and other organisations that are seeking to provide supplies or services in support of the national response to Covid-19. The webpage is available at: gov.ie/covidsupplies Since Covid-19 arrived in Ireland, businesses and other organisations have been…

Irish business coaches offer free support to SMEs amid coronavirus chaos

Irish business coaching experts are offering free online support to steer business owners through the economic chaos created by the spread of coronavirus. ActionCOACH Ireland Managing Director Paul Fagan says his team launched the initiative in order “to get behind the national effort to minimise the impact of the economic fallout from this crisis”. He…

Minister Humphreys Welcomes EU Approval on €200m Fund to Support Irish Business during Covid-19 Crisis

Minister Humphreys Welcomes EU Approval on €200m Fund to Support Irish Business during Covid-19 Crisis

Tuesday 31 March, 2020 Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, T.D., welcomes today’s announcement by the European Commission to approve Ireland’s €200 million scheme, in line with EU State aid rules, to provide financial support to Irish companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework…

Minister Humphreys urges employers to avail of Wage Subsidy Scheme to retain workers

Businesses with recently laid off workers can also avail of the Scheme by re-employing them  Wednesday March 25th, 2020 Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, T.D., has strongly encouraged employers to avail of the Government’s new and generous Wage Subsidy Scheme to retain employees and to re-employ employees in cases where they have…

New Business Continuity Voucher goes live through Local Enterprise Offices

New Business Continuity Voucher goes live through Local Enterprise Offices

Minister Humphreys introduces new measure as part of COVID-19 Business Supports Package   Thursday 26 March, 2020 The new Business Continuity Voucher is now available through Local Enterprise Offices and is open to sole traders and companies across every business sector that employ up to 50 people, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather…

Chamber survey says 90% of businesses experiencing decline in revenue – unprecedented economic response required

Chambers Ireland and our nationwide network of chambers has today (24 March 2020) published the results of a survey of its members, which seeks to quantify and highlight the impacts of COVID-19 on business in towns, cities and regions right across the country. Our survey which has over 1,000 responses (1,110) was conducted between the…

Frosch CTM Crisis Management Team are on duty to support Shannon Chamber Members

We are all experiencing unprecedented times with the outbreak of Covid-19 Coronavirus. We are committed to supporting our clients and our neighbours at this difficult time.  We want to assure you that the Frosch CTM Crisis Management Team are on duty and standing by to assist. The situation is changing rapidly and we encourage clients…

Bank of Ireland announces range of supports for businesses affected by coronavirus

Supports include emergency working capital and payment flexibility Trade finance and foreign currency assistance also available to help businesses source products from new suppliers internationally 6 March 2020: Bank of Ireland has today announced a range of supports available to businesses impacted by the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19). The impact of coronavirus is being felt…