Since the onset of COVID-19 and the restrictions placed on delivering training programmes in a classroom setting, Shannon Chamber has transitioned all of its Skillnet training to a virtual setting, successfully delivering 45 training programmes via webinar to member companies since March, bringing to 57 the total number of programmes delivered between January and June…
183 retailers will receive funding via the scheme which aims to accelerate Irish retailers’ online offering and increase competitiveness Three quarters of successful applicants located outside Dublin Thursday, 2nd July 2020: The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, has today (Thursday) announced the successful applicants approved for funding…
Safety Measures Will Include ‘In-Cinema Seat Separation’ 1 July 2020: Omniplex Cinemas have announced their full reopening schedule for all 18 cinemas in the Republic of Ireland. Friday 3rd July Friday 10th July Friday 17th July Arklow Carlow Balbriggan Cork Dundalk Longford Drogheda D’LUXX (New) Monaghan Nenagh Limerick Sligo Roscommon Rathmines Tralee Shannon Salthill D’LUXX…
Lift-off for Inaugural Vienna flight from Shannon Tuesday 1st July 2020: Scheduled passenger services resumed today at Shannon Airport with the first of sixteen Ryanair services taking off including the inaugural service to Vienna. Two other services to Lanzarote and Manchester resumed today with other services recommencing in the coming days. All sixteen Ryanair flights…
1st July 2020 The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, has today (Wednesday) announced a new round of the tariff suspension/quota schemes and has encouraged manufacturers in the chemicals, microelectronic and related sectors to apply. The tariff suspension scheme allows companies to import raw materials, components or intermediate products from…
In a disappointing, if expected non-development, Britain has casually avoided the opportunity of applying for an extension to the Brexit transition period. Businesses throughout Europe, crippled by the Covid-19 crisis wreaking havoc on the Global economy, would have welcomed the opportunity to extend the transition period. An extension would have allowed an ambitious trade deal…
Presentation of the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation’s 2020 Revised Estimate to the Dáil Dáil Éireann Tuesday 30 June, 2020 Ceann Comhairle, Our country has been through four months without precedent in the history of our State. Lives were lost, businesses were closed, and it took a terrible toll on our families, our…
Friday, 26 June 2020: Shannon Chamber welcomes the announcement by Government that it is to make a one-off €6.1 million grant to Shannon Airport to complete the necessary Hold Baggage Screening capital project at the Airport. “Having outlined in our Pre-Budget 2020 Submission to Government that under EU rules, airports with over 1 million and…
Companies need to quickly capture what their employees liked about responsiveness during the COVID-19 pandemic, otherwise it might get lost and, given that the past few months have forced companies and their staff to be adaptable and flexible, it is essential to consider how acceptable change in the organisation might be for the long term….
New COVID-19 measures being introduced at Shannon Airport Journey through the airport will be as contactless as possible Monday 22nd June 2020: Shannon Airport employees are busily readying the airport in preparation for the return of passengers on the 1st July. While the airport remained open for essential services to facilitate cargo, repatriation and emergency…
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