High tech new system could halve security screening time at airports by combining EU and US into one check-point Monday 12 September 2016: A new checkpoint concept, which could halve the time spent in security by millions of passengers at airports around the world, is being trialled at Shannon Airport. Shannon is the first airport…
More than 2,500 jobs supported or maintained in the lifetime of the Credit Guarantee Scheme The Minister for Employment and Small Business, Mr. Pat Breen, T.D., today (Thursday) welcomed the latest Quarterly Report (Q2 of 2016) from Capita Asset Services Ireland Ltd on its operation, on behalf of the State, of the Credit Guarantee Scheme…
Welcome to Adare Human Resource Managements September 2016 edition of our monthly HR and Employment Law Newsletter in Conjunction with Shannon Chamber of Commerce http://www.adarehrm.ie/newsletters/2014/september-2016-employment-law-newsletter
Chambers Ireland has today (02 September 2016) welcomed confirmation by Government that they will appeal the European Commission’s state aid ruling on Apple. Mark O’Mahoney, Director of Policy and Communications said, “Ireland must challenge the Commission’s decision on Apple. The Commission’s ruling that Ireland must collect additional taxes retrospectively from Apple constitutes direct interference…
ESB has won the Outstanding Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award at the 2016 Chambers Ireland CSR Awards held in the DoubleTree Hilton in Dublin last night (1 September 2016). ESB was selected by the judging panel for having CSR practices embedded at the company’s core and for the organisation’s ongoing dedication to community…
Early-stage international startups are being invited to enter a competition to win a potential investment of €50,000. Enterprise Ireland’s newly launched Competitive Start Fund (CSF) aims to support entrepreneurs currently based overseas but who are willing to relocate to Ireland to grow their business idea. The fund is open to early-stage companies in manufacturing and…
Shannon Chamber is delighted to join the organisers (all voluntary) in promoting the Shannon Festival, which takes place from Friday, 9th t0 Sunday, 11th September. It’s over 30 years since anything like this has been organised in Shannon and a very diverse programme has been planned with something for all the family. We would encourage…
The establishment of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) in 2015 heralded the single largest change to the industrial relations state machinery in decades resulting in HR practitioners being continually challenged to keep up to date with employment law developments and the impact of new legislation on their businesses. With this in mind, Shannon Chamber,…
Monday 29 August 2016: The countdown is on for the biggest multi species airlift ever from Ireland and one of the biggest in the world after aid agency Bóthar confirmed its 25th anniversary ‘Ark’ will take flight from Shannon Airport on Monday next October 10th. Complete with a live cargo of 40 in-calf dairy cows,…
€277m investment by port authority and customers by 2019 alone – W2 Consulting report Shannon Foynes Port Company facilitates trade valued at €7.6bn per annum, with an economic impact arising from this of €1.9bn – equivalent to 1% of Ireland’s entire GDP – an independent consultant’s report has today revealed. Launched in Foynes by Limerick…
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