Quality, Reliability and Cost Rank High in Assessment of Sup-Suppliers by Multinational and Larger Indigenous Companies

Pictured at the Local Enterprise Week seminar, organised by Shannon Chamber and LEO Clare and held in the Gateway Hub Shannon (front): Padraic McElwee. LEO Clare and Helen Downes, Shannon Chamber. Back (l-r): Joe Fitzgerald, Stephen Dowling and Trevor Sweeney, Atlantic Aviation Group; Michelle Hynes, Reagecon; and Eugene Hannan. Microchip Technology Ireland. Photo: Eamon Ward….

Attendees, including Reagecon employees, at the Mid-West Lean Network workshop in Reagecon with (front centre): Reagecon’s lean specialist Jennifer Stratton and IT and Supply Chain director Michael O’Riordan and, Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber. Photo: Eamon Ward.   Reagecon Diagnostics may only have introduced structured lean principles into the company one year ago but the…

DesignWorks Clare   Following the successful Design Works Galway Programme in 2019 (see booklet below), Shannon Chamber is delighted to now announce a collaboration with the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Clare to launch DesignWorks Clare. This initiative explores a new way of celebrating design through linking business, design and art in a project entitled DesignWorks…

The recent developments of the coronavirus in Ireland have continued to raise questions amongst employers about scenario planning and obligations towards their employees. There are a number of scenarios that employers need to consider where employees are unable to attend work. Each situation will be different and common sense will need to be used where…

Pictured at the GDPR seminar, organised by Shannon Chamber in conjunction with Holmes O’Malley Sexton and hosted by Ei Electronics (from left): Helen Downes, Shannon Chamber; Michael Murphy, Holmes O’Malley Sexton; Garrett O’Neill, Data Protection Commission; and Peter Murphy, Ei Electronics. Photo: Eamon Ward.   The fact that data is now regarded as the new…

Following the confirmation of a case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Northern Ireland this week, please take the time to read this update via this link from the HSE on: The current level of risk of catching Coronavirus in Ireland The symptoms of Coronavirus and when you may need to be tested for the viral disease How to…

There has been an increase in the worrying prospect that coronavirus (COVID-19) could become the first truly disturbing pandemic in this globalisation era. Whilst, Ireland currently remains in a “containment phase” in relation to COVID-19 (the coronavirus) there is over 80,000 cases officially recorded, with the death toll developing rapidly, currently at 3,000. The Head…

With the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill, 2019 currently in the process of being enacted, companies need to pay more attention to the pay gaps that exist between males and females in their organisations. This was the stark message that Sonya Boyce, director of HR Consulting in Mazars gave to a gathering of Shannon Chamber…

The Survey is part of an important project for the Department to help create policy and supports that assist the SME sector in Ireland. The Survey is to be completed by a manager of an SME with over 5 employees and takes about 15 minutes to complete. The Survey deadline is next Wednesday 19 February…