Shannon Chamber Workshop to Examine Calculation and Use of Commercial Rates

  With commercial rates continually cited by businesses as a compulsory drain on their finances, Shannon Chamber has taken the initiative to examine how rates are calculated and used in Co Clare. The Chamber is inviting all Clare based businesses to attend a workshop in the Oakwood Arms Hotel in Shannon on Thursday, 5 March…

IDA chief executive Martin Shanahan will visit Shannon this week to address a Shannon Chamber lunch, were he will make a presentation on the IDA strategy and IDA’s plans for the region. The lunch, which is sponsored by the Shannon Group, Morgan McKinley and Dromoland Castle, takes place at Dromoland Castle Hotel on Thursday, 26…

 Shannon Chamber president Kevin Thompstone and chief executive Helen Downes (centre), join John Ruddle, Shannon Heritage, Aoife Nolan, Chambers Ireland, Karina Howley, KPMG and Neil Pakey, Shannon Group plc in encouraging more SMEs in the Shannon area to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Photo: Eamon Ward. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes have traditionally…

  There was great excitement on Sunday morning at the Doora-Barefield GAA Complex in Gurteen, Doora, Ennis, Co Clare, when Clare All Ireland winning hurlers Tony Kelly and David McInerney joined up with Munster and Irish Rugby legend Alan Quinlan to launch the Hurley Hoey 10km Charity Run/ Jog/ Walk that will start at 11am…

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD today (Monday), together with the Minister of State for Business and Employment, Ged Nash TD launched a major new awareness campaign aimed at providing information to start-ups and SMEs of the more than 80 significant Government supports available to assist them in starting and growing…

€50million jetty programme set to unlock huge potential of port and help capitalise on unrivalled ability of estuary to handle world’s largest ships Monday, 16 February 2015:  Ireland’s largest bulk port company, Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC), has today announced the first major ports infrastructure project since the turn of the millennium, with a €50million…

Shannon Airport has whet the appetite for summer sun holidays by confirming that Turkey is back on the menu this year following confirmation of weekly charter services to the hugely popular Izmir. Sunway Holidays will put on services from May 23rd to September 19th, carrying up to 6,000 additional passengers through Shannon to the sun-kissed…