Register for the Clonmel EXPO - FREE TO MEMBERS Register for Linkedin For Business Workshop! Register for St. Patricks Day parade Welcome to our Newsletter Chamber Offices in Questum, Clonmel will be closed until Monday March 5th at 9am because of the weather situation. Online Trade Certs will be signed if required. Chamber can be contacted at
[email protected] Home News Events Brexit If you would like to include an article about your company in the newsletter at any stage please get in touch with us. This is a FREE SERVICE to Chamber members. Email Us Now! Tipp FM are delighted to continue with their sponsorship of the Tipperary Senior Camogie Team. Pictured at the launch of the new jerseys are: Tipperary Senior Camogie players Julieanne Bourke, Caoimhe Bourke, Orla O'Dwyer Tipperary Senior Captain, Stephen Gleeson Broadcaster Tipp FM, Cait Devane and Sarah Friday. Tipp FM won a National Award at the recent Camogie Association Media and Volunteer awards. The Station beat off stiff competition to win the overall Media Innovation Award. Pictured at the event in Croke Park: Liam O’Shea, Managing Director Tipp FM, Susan Murphy Tipp FM General Manager, Carmel Harkin Tipperary Camogie Secretary and Margaret Skeehan who received a Volunteer award. Linkedin For Business Workshop Date: Wednesday 21st March 9:00am - 1pm Venue: Clonmel -TBC This is a unique, practical and interactive workshop facilitated by Justine Negri of Sole Careers, an expert on LinkedIn. The workshop participants will learn exactly what LinkedIn is; how to develop and control their online brand and how it can add value to them and their business. Book this course now! InterTradeIreland Information Session: Monday 5 th of March Garrett Harty, from Full Circle Management Solutions and InterTradeIreland, will be attending the ‘Bracing Tipperary Business for Brexit’ event at the Horse and Jockey next Monday. It starts at 9-30am and finishes at 12pm. The event is part of the LEO programme of events for Enterprise week. Garrett will give a presentation outlining the range of supports available to businesses from InterTradeIreland. Denis Casey will be in attendance and will be available for one to one consultants for those interested in learning more about the ITI Acumen programme or their range of Brexit supports. The event is free to attend but prior registration is necessary. This can be done through the Tipperary LEO website at the following link Register Now! FREE STAND FOR MEMBERS! Register for your stand now! Book for this event now Register Your Float here for the St. Patrick's day parade in Clonmel UP COMING TRAINING/ EVENTS HR for SME’s QQI – L6 - Clonmel: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd March & 13th & 20th April 2018 Book HR for SMEs Course here Fundamentals & Business Accountability of the General Data Protection Regulation. Venue: Clonmel Date: 29th March 2018 Time: 9:30am to 1pm Register for GDPR Fundamentals & Business Accountability Managing Poor Performance - Clonmel: 27th April 2018 Book Managing Poor Performance Course here Managing disciplinary and grievance issues - Clonmel: 4th May 2018 Book Managing disciplinary and grievance issues course here Finance for the non Financial Manager Register here for Finance for the non financial manager course Please contact Sabrina or Karen to discuss your training needs:
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[email protected] 052 6191105 This week Tipperary Energy Agency are celebrating their 20th Anniversary. Congratulations on a job well done! Call 0867705800 CSR for SMEs Guide Chambers Ireland is delighted to have published a CSR for SMEs Guide, which we will be distributing free of charge to the network this week. The guide outlines the benefits of CSR and ways that SMEs can engage, including the offer of one-on-one meetings with CSR experts from Chambers Ireland's Policy Council at a location convenient to them, and free of charge. This is an excellent opportunity for an SME to develop a plan for CSR in their company with the help of an expert. We have posted 10 of these guides to each Chamber and a PDF version is also available on this website: View the CSR Guide for SMEs here GPP4Growth Project – Business Survey on Participation in Green Tenders Green Public Procurement for Resource-Efficient Regional Growth (GPP4Growth) is a public procurement project aimed at utilising the opportunities related to the adoption of the new EU public procurement system. GPP4Growth aims to support the creation of new opportunities for public authorities to stimulate eco-innovation and green growth. The Department of Communications, Climate Action & Resource Efficiency has informed us of a new survey to examine the factors that influence businesses to participate in green tenders, services and works. The survey is ideal for input from stakeholders who are directly involved in procuring for their organisation or suppliers. If you are involved in procurement for an organisation or suppliers, please take the time to complete the survey which can be found here: Chambers Ireland welcomes publication of draft legal text of the UK Withdrawal Agreement Chambers Ireland today (28 February 2018) welcomes the publication of the draft legal text for the Withdrawal Agreement by the European Commission. Speaking today, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot welcomed the progress being made by the European Commission in advancing the exit negotiations with the United Kingdom. “Ensuring that there will be no hard border or obstacles to doing business on the island is not only a priority for Government, but also the Irish business community. Over the past twenty years, actively encouraged by the EU, UK and Irish governments, great advances have been made in building a vibrant cross-border economy which has enhanced the development of the region. The proposals outlined in the draft Withdrawal Agreement will allay the concerns of business operating cross border with regard to how regulation, supply chains, transport and trade will operate following the UK’s exit of the European Union.” “However, the Border issue is only one side of the coin. The priority must be to move forward and identify solutions that obviate the need for the 'backstop' measure of Option C. An ambitious trade-friendly relationship between the EU and UK is of deep importance to Irish businesses. However, we can only have these discussions once a Withdrawal Agreement is in place. We call on both negotiating teams to reflect on their December commitments and engage realistically to move this process forward." BUSINESS RATES UPDATE: Summary of the Valuation System and National Revaluation Programme Working with the Valuation Office, Chambers Ireland has put together a summary which aims to assist Chambers and their members in the understanding of the Valuation System and National Revaluation Programme which is currently undertaking a revaluation of all rateable properties in Ireland. The attached summary provides brief information including the role of the Valuation Office , reasons why rates increase and how to appeal a valuation . The purpose of a revaluation is to bring more equity, uniformity, fairness and transparency into the local authority rating system resulting in a more equitable distribution of commercial rates among ratepayers. Following revaluation there will be a much closer relationship between the rental value or valuation of a property and its commercial rates liability. Neither residential property nor agricultural lands are rateable and consequently are not affected by the revaluation. The programme has already been completed in the Carlow, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Longford, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, South Dublin and Westmeath County Councils and in Dublin City Council, Waterford City and County Council and Limerick City and County Council rating authority areas. A second revaluation of the South Dublin county council rating authority area was completed in 2017. Revaluation 2019 will result in the revaluation of commercial and industrial properties in Cavan, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Tipperary , Wexford and Wicklow County Councils. The Fingal County Council Rating Authority area will undergo a second Revaluation having initially been the subject of a Revaluation in 2009. If you have any related queries please contact Leona Murphy via her email address
[email protected] or call on +353 1 4004308. Please find attached a summary providing brief information including the role of the Valuation Office , reasons why rates increase and how to appeal a valuation . Valuation System and National Revaluation Programme.pdf Download File Click here to see a map of the National Revaluation Programme Visit the Valuation Office Website IDA South East Relocation Survey - Please take part. IDA South East Region, in partnership with Collins McNicholas, is seeking support from Companies (and organisations) within the Region in relation to a relocation survey that we are carrying out to showcase the Region as a vibrant location for employees. This survey is for anyone that has relocated to the South East Region from abroad or indeed other parts of Ireland. The survey is being conducted by Collins McNicholas in partnership with IDA Ireland, and with the support of the County Council s of Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary, Carlow and Kilkenny as well as support from the Chambers of Commerce from the five counties. The purpose of the survey is to find out how people who have relocated to the South East Region have found living in the region since they relocated and how it has impacted both their career and quality of life. We are also looking to understand what the experience of moving to the region was like. It will only take 5 minutes to complete and you will be automatically entered into a draw for a brand new
