Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor has announced the commencement of an Act for a certification scheme aimed at inventions developed by SMEs. The scheme comes within the Knowledge Development Box initiative announced in the Finance Act, 2015. Announcing the scheme the Minister said “this is a good day for innovative SMEs…
A global workforce, a virtual workplace, contingent workers and the expectations of millennials are forcing employers to take a more modern, agile approach to the development of the employee value proposition, but, do employers have what it takes to deliver? That’s the question Shannon Chamber will encourage companies in the region to ask when the…
Pictured at the Mid-West Lean Network workshop in Takumi Precision Engineering (from left):Donal Galligan, operations manager, Colm Diggins, materials manager, Shane McMahon, engineering manager, Kevin McCarthy, manufacturing engineer and Gerry Reynolds, managing director, Takumi; Neil Enright, Molex and Mid-West Lean Network chair; Robert Hernan, Enterprise Ireland; Gene Leonard, LBS Partners; and Mike O’Neill, facilities manager, Takumi. …
Chambers Ireland is currently in the process of drafting its Pre Budget 2018 Submission in consultation with the Chamber Network. In order to engage with the Network on this submission, Chambers Ireland invited eight regional representatives to sit on this group along with members of the PA Forum in order to discuss and formulate the…
Ireland’s favourite and first mass participation event at an airport, the Bank of Ireland Runway Night Run, at Shannon is set for take-off again this year, with Friday June 16th announced as the date for the hugely popular event. An estimated 2,000 participants of all grades and ages will gather for the fourth annual event…
Bank Of Ireland Enterprise Week kicks has been underway since last Friday, 12 May. Alongside all the activity in the branches to promote local enterprise Bank of Ireland are running a number of countywide events to promote enterprise. The following event, focused on business growth and networking takes place in Ennis on Wednesday, 17 May. https://events.bankofireland.com/event/clare-business-growth-networking-event/ Bank of Ireland…
Bust of Dr. Brendan O’Regan, visionary and economic innovator unveiled at Shannon Airport A contribution to balanced regional development unrivalled in Ireland by any one person was marked this week on the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Ireland’s greatest economic innovators, the late Dr. Brendan O’Regan. The man essentially credited…
One in ten people in Ireland and many famous names worldwide have dyslexia yet they successfully carve out very successful careers. This is the message that Shannon Chamber, in conjunction with EmployAbility Clare and Limerick, wants to project at a dyslexia-focused event taking place in Shannon next Thursday, 25 May. The focus of the…
John O’Leary, head of e-Customs and director of Brexit planning with Revenue and Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber. Describing Brexit as a daunting prospect with more unknowns than knowns at this point, Shannon Chamber’s guest speaker at a recent customs-focused event urged SMEs to start planning for the impact new customs controls…
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