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Webinar Details

Topic:

Key Actionable Tips to Better Manage Your Accounts

Date:

Wednesday, February 7^th 2018

Time:

10:00 am – 10:40 am

Description:

Attend this online event and learn how to get complete control of your accounts... freeing-up more of your time and your teams to focus on taking care of your customers and growing your revenue. Register Now!

Registration Link:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qdU5xA60QHqe6GxEXZxHfg

About Pimbrook:

Pimbrook Software is a leading provider of Accounting Software and Payroll Software for small to medium size businesses in Ireland. We currently service over 1,000 clients and were voted ‘Sage 50 Irish Partner of the Year’ in 2015 & 2016.

Is your Certification due for renewal before May 2018? If so this one day First Aid Refresher will certify you for a further 2 years. Any training completed after May 2018 will come under the new PHECC guidelines and will require a 2 day refresher.

As Personal Finance Experts, Eolas Money have spent the past 8 years advising clients on how to improve their Personal Financial Wellbeing, through our work with individuals and through the roll-out of our Financial Wellbeing Programmes to employers and their employees throughout Ireland.

Now for the first time we are delighted to announce that we are providing an opportunity for the general public to enrol in our

Personal Finances Boot Camp,

which will be held over 5 nights commencing on Monday 19^th February at the Clonmel Park Hotel. Enrolment is open to anybody who wants to become more financially literate and wants to re-take control of their personal finances. Places are limited and will be offered strictly on a first come, first served basis.

Arising from our extensive experience Eolas Money have devised a series of interactive workshops, with plenty of time for questions and participant engagement, designed to educate clients on everyday financial topics and help them take control of their personal finances. The 5 areas covered during the course are as follows: 

Tax, Banking & Budgeting, Planning for Your Retirement, Planning for Old Age, Jargon Busting.

CLONMEL HEALTHCARE AND TIPP FM LAUNCH NEW HEALTH AND WELLBEING EXPO TO KICKSTART NEW YEAR HEALTH KICK

The inaugural Tipp FM Health & Wellbeing Expo in association with Clonmel Healthcare will take place in the Clonmel Park Hotel Sunday 28^th January 2018. It promises to be full of healthy tips, education, products and loads of fun so definitely a day not to be missed.

The Expo will take Health and Wellbeing to the next level by bringing the information directly to the community, providing FREE access to practical information, support services, influential guest speakers and much more that will offer people a real chance to start off the year on the right note.

The event, which is in association with Clonmel Healthcare aims to educate, motivate and encourage the people of Tipperary and its surrounds to lead a more healthy and active lifestyle as well as boosting their overall wellbeing. Speakers on the day include much loved sports pundit Brent Pope who will talk about achieving Positive Mental Health, Tipperary native, Professor Eamon O’Shea, Director of the Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia at NUI Galway will  advise on how to live well with dementia, Social Media and Digital Content Officer for the University of Limerick and mental health campaigner, Tony Sheridan will share his experience on how to balance social media in your life and Michael O’Doherty, a pioneer in the field of healthcare and best-selling author with over 26 year’s experience in guiding people back to good health will discuss the topic, what you think is as important as what you eat .

Martin Gallagher, Director of Marketing, Business Development & Licensing at Clonmel Healthcare said “We at Clonmel Healthcare are delighted to be associated with this health and wellness initiative. Particularly as it is aimed at Tipperary natives. Clonmel Healthcare has been based in the town of Clonmel since 1970. From its small beginnings it is now one of the largest supplier of medicine in terms of volume into the Irish market.

There is not a home in Ireland that doesn’t have a Clonmel Healthcare product in its medicine cabinet, for example Paralief and Easofen from its Analgesic range to Caldesene Powder from its baby product range, all available in pharmacies.  As part of the Wellbeing Expo the company are offering some free health checks on its stand, and we are looking forward to meeting as many people as possible in order to encourage better health”, he continued.

Commenting on the Health and Wellbeing Expo, Tipp FM’s Exhibition Organiser Jenny Foley said “We felt it was an ideal time to encourage people to start thinking about doing something really positive for themselves in the coming year. This has been in the planning now for several months and the response has been amazing. We will also have practical workshops on the day and they’ll include an introduction to wellness with Health & Fitness Ireland, back to health – back care with Neil Dennehy. In addition to all this there will be more than 30 exhibition stands and free health screening on the day for cholesterol, diabetes and hearing as well as free exercise classes. We are encouraging everyone to come along on the day, there really is something to suit everyone of all ages”.

The event is open to the public and totally FREE and is being hailed as “A life changing day not to be missed”. The doors open at 9.30 am on Sunday 28^th January and will run until 5pm. For more information, list of exhibitors and a full schedule of events log onto Tippfm.com or check out

their face-book page, alternatively you can call Tipp FM on 052-6125299.

www.tippfm.com/health-wellbeing-expo

www.facebook.com/TippFMHealthExpo/

For more media information please contact Jenny Foley on 052-6125299 or [email protected]​

 Please contact Karen or Sabrina to discuss your training needs:​

Sabrina:

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052 6191103

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052 6191105

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Okay – it’s not exactly bungee-jumping or sky-diving. But it can be the sort of fun that comes with 36% savings savings in year 1. That’s a big trip to IKEA sort-of-fun. A meal in your local restaurant and more nights out with your pals.

This is the sort of craic that comes with four months free home insurance. Yep - that’s 36% off your first year’s home insurance bill when you pay by direct debit or with your EBS mortgage.

Chambers Ireland welcomes Formal Agreement of €300 million Brexit Loan Scheme

  Commenting on today’s (22 January 2018) announcement of a formal agreement on the leveraging of a total of €300m for the Brexit Loan Scheme for Irish businesses,

Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot said,

"We welcome today’s formal agreement, which aligns with our consistent recommendations for state-guaranteed supports for Irish businesses to diversify into new markets. Indeed, this was one of our central recommendations in our Pre-Budget Submission 2018 last year, which called for an Export Working Capital Scheme to help SMEs meet the challenges arising from Brexit.

"The Loan Scheme is a clear commitment and a positive step by Government to help Irish businesses prepare for the unique issues facing them in light of Brexit. We also urge businesses to engage with these opportunities. The responses from Irish businesses in last year’s EUROCHAMBRES survey identified Brexit as their number one challenge. While challenges remain, opportunities such as today’s announcement and the ratification of last year’s EU-Japan trade agreement are beginning to manifest.”

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:

Extended Deadline for the three Regional Economic & Spatial Strategies

Please note that the Regional Economic & Spatial Strategies (RSES) Issues Papers consultation period deadline for the Northern & Western Regional Assembly, the Eastern & Midland Regional Assembly and the Southern Regional Assembly has been extended to 

5PM on Friday, 16 February 2018.

Chambers Ireland welcomes Report on the Cost of Employer & Public Liability Insurance

  Commenting on today’s (25 January 2018) publication of the Cost of Insurance Working Group’s Report on the Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance,

Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot said,

“We welcome the recommendations of the Cost of Employer & Public Liability Insurance Report published today. Businesses need to see progress on the reducing cost of insurance as soon as possible. 

This is an urgent matter for Irish businesses of all sizes and across all sectors as the cost of insurance has a substantial impact on competitiveness in both domestic and international markets.

Brexit means that businesses are facing significant uncertainty and new challenges. Government needs to seriously address the high cost of doing business in order to support our companies and entrepreneurs through this difficult period, and the cost of insurance has to be a priority.”

The National Sustainability Summit 2018

The 2018 National Sustainability Summit will be held on Wednesday, 31 January 2018 in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin.

Following the 2017 edition of the Summit which attracted over 1000 delegates to engage with 80 speakers and over 50 exhibitors of cutting edge technology and services, this year’s summit will expand in scope with a line up of 120 speakers from senior management from the largest and most influential Irish and international companies who have delivered quantifiable eco results. Additionally the summit will feature speakers across a diverse range of relevant areas including pharmaceutical, food, IT, energy and more.

Key topics at the summit will include water management, energy efficiency, sustainable energy, recycling, consumer engagement and more.

For further information and to register your attendance