Following on the recent announcement that the Shannon Group, through Shannon Commercial Properties, is to invest €21 million in a first-phase major redevelopment programme at the Shannon Free Zone, with the first project – a €6 million, purpose-built facility for GE Measurement and Control – now, Shannon Chamber has invited Shannon Commercial Properties’ managing director,…
The constituents of the Government’s fifth and possibly final budget will be reviewed and analysed by Grant Thornton’s tax specialists, Leslie Barrett, tax partner and Theresa O’Gorman, tax director, at Shannon Chamber’s annual Budget briefing, which takes place in the Bunratty Castle Hotel on Wednesday, 14 October, commencing with registration at 7.45am. With the economy continuing…
At its AGM, held on Tuesday, 28 September, Chambers Ireland (CI) ratified the re-election of Shannon Chamber chief executive Helen Downes to its board of directors. First elected to the CI board in 2013, Ms Downes’s retention as a board member of a national business representative organisation, provides a unique forum for bringing the…
25% increase in Delta capacity for summer 2016 Shannon, Monday, 28 September 2015: The announcement of the introduction of the larger wide-bodied Boeing 767-300 aircraft on Delta Air Lines’ JFK service summer service is a further endorsement of the growing demand for transatlantic seats into Shannon Airport and the popularity of the airport’s US pre-clearance…
The Chamber would like to thank those members who responded very positively to the survey circulated to members regarding Budget 2016. Aside from the proposal to set up an ‘Enterprise Awareness’ Pilot Scheme in the Shannon Region, which Shannon Chamber has now directly communicated to Government, the Chamber CEO Helen Downes also reflected some of…
ULearning part of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) at the University of Limerick is an innovative connector of industry and academia, addressing individual and corporate skills gaps through professional flexible learning. As part of an annual Supply Chain Management on campus week, ULearning is offering a 2 day workshop in Business Process Management in the area…
“Showcasing potential of native industry can lead to many benefits”, says Chamber CEO Shannon Chamber has proposed that the Government should make provision, in the upcoming Budget, for a national pilot scheme to be established in the Shannon Region to intensively promote a greater awareness of the role of native enterprise and entrepreneurship. If Ireland…
New build is the largest single project undertaken by Shannon Group subsidiary since the formation of the Group last autumn New facility will enable consolidation of GE Measurement & Control’s operations in Shannon Thursday, 24 September 2015: Shannon Commercial Properties (SCP) has embarked on its largest project to date with the development of…
Keen to encourage more companies in the Shannon area to increase their research and development (R&D) activity and spend, Shannon Chamber has teamed up the Intel and Enterprise Ireland to host a half-day seminar on the topic. The seminar, which takes place in Intel’s premises in Shannon on Thursday, 8 October from 8am…
Shannon Airport’s status as a key player in the Irish tourism industry was recognised again overnight as it was on the podium for the third year running at the World Routes Marketing Awards, held in Durban, South Africa. Shannon was ‘Highly Commended’ from a shortlist of five airports in the ‘Under 4 Million Passengers’ category. …
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