Are you a SME keen to get your share of the all-island Public Procurement Market Then InterTradeIreland’s Go-2-Tender programme is for you! InterTradeIreland’s Go-2-Tender programme aims to give SMEs the confidence, knowledge and practical skills to tender successfully for public sector contracts in their own jurisdiction and on a cross-border basis. Programme Structure The programme consists…
For the past five years, Shannon Chamber has organised an annual Lean in Business seminar, initially held in conjunction with Zimmer and now, for the second year, in Molex. The seminars are aimed at introducing companies to the Lean concept and, for those already involved with Lean, to give them case examples of the process…
Shannon Chamber is supporting member company First Names Group’s request for members to get behind their Christmas Shoebox Appeal. This very worthwhile initiative has become a growing tradition in Shannon and the wider community to give a present that will make a real difference to children in the remotest parts of the globe in time for…
Shannon Chamber was delighted to participate in a delegation from the Irish Chamber of Commerce Network, led by Chambers Ireland that met with key officials from across the European Commission earlier this month. With representation from Chambers of Commerce across Ireland, the objective of the trip was to highlight the need for the European…
25th October 2016 Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, is set to enable Irish SMEs involved in research and development activities, avail of the Knowledge Development Box taxation scheme. The scheme, which sees profits from Irish inventions resulting from R&D activities in Ireland taxed at 6.25%, is to be made available to…
Pat Breen, T.D.. Minister for Employment and Small Business pictured with Helen Downes, CEO, Shannon Chamber (centre), Rita McInerney, CEO, Ennis Chamber (far left), and key lending and support organisations, national and regional, at the Mid-West Business Funding seminar in Limerick, organised by Shannon, Limerick and Ennis Chambers in association with the Strategic Banking Corporation…
In the course of a visit to the air traffic control tower at Dublin Airport today, Minister Shane Ross welcomed the briefing from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) on the state of its preparations to assume the role of regulator for all airport noise issues in Ireland. The regulatory arm of the IAA will take up…
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D departs today to lead a 5-day IDA Ireland investment and marketing programme to west coast USA. This visit will include one-on-one meetings with 11 companies considering new job-creation projects in Ireland This is Minister Mitchell-O’Connor’s first major investment and marketing visit to the US since…
The Minister for Employment and Small Business, Mr. Pat Breen, T.D., has announced that the role of Operator of these Schemes, with effect from today 17 October 2016, has transferred from Capita Asset Services Ireland Ltd to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). Commenting on the transfer of operations today, Minister Breen said:- “When…
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…
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