New plan to create 93,000 extra jobs from start-ups over the next five years

Minister Bruton – we have many great entrepreneurs in Ireland, we just don’t have enough of them A new plan aimed at creating an extra 93,000 jobs from start-up companies in the next five years was today launched by Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton TD together with Minister of State for Business and Employment Ged…

Time, Money and Risk Preventing Companies Innovating, Shannon Chamber Seminar Hears

Time, Money and Risk Preventing Companies Innovating, Shannon Chamber Seminar Hears

Over twenty Shannon Chamber member companies have applied to go on InterTradeIreland’s Challenge programme, which helps businesses to develop a strategy for innovation. This amazingly high take-up is the result of a briefing seminar which the Chamber held in Entry Point North, Shannon, in conjunction with InterTradeIreland. While all applications have yet to be analysed…

Department of Social Protection Briefing with Shannon Chamber

Department of Social Protection Briefing with Shannon Chamber

Despite recent negative publicity, the national internship JobBridge scheme is a very worthwhile initiative with 96% of employers recommending the Scheme. An Indeacon report, published in May, also pointed to the Scheme being highly recommended by internees.  The benefits they gained from partaking in JobBridge included acquiring new skills, gaining quality work, improving  their chances…

Shannon Chamber Briefing to Outline Supports Available to Employers and Employees

Shannon Chamber has teamed up with the Department of Social Protection to update employers and employees in the Shannon area on the wide range of supports and schemes available through the Department to both employer and employees. An open invitation is being extended to anyone seeking information of this type to attend a breakfast briefing…

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Chamber President’s Statement re Establishment of Ireland’s Newest Semi-State Company, The Shannon Group plc

“The establishment of Ireland’s newest commercial semi-state company, The Shannon Group plc, is the beginning of a new direction for Shannon and the wider Atlantic Corridor area,” the Presidents of Ennis, Galway, Limerick and Shannon Chambers stated in response to its official establishment by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Paschal Donohoe on Friday,…

Newly Independent, Well-Resourced and Clearly Focused Shannon Airport Authority Will Succeed…says Shannon Chamber President

Newly Independent, Well-Resourced and Clearly Focused Shannon Airport Authority Will Succeed…says Shannon Chamber President

“Driving Shannon forward at a time of global economic crisis and without a dedicated economic development agency will be challenging, but the delivery of a new mission for Shannon through a newly independent, well-resourced and clearly focussed Shannon Airport Authority will succeed,” said Shannon Chamber’s president Kevin Thompstone addressing an audience of business leaders at…

Commercial Rates Still a Concern for Business – Shannon Chamber

Commercial Rates Still a Concern for Business – Shannon Chamber

Shannon Chamber today (Friday, 16 May 2014) called on the Government to review the rating system in Ireland and to replace it with a model that reflects current and future economic climates. This call was made at the Chamber’s spring lunch in Dromoland, Co Clare at which Mr Phil Hogan T.D., Minister for the Environment,…