Welcome to our Newsletter 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! Thank you to John Durkan and John McLaughlin of ABP Foods for a very successful conference on Food Sustainability and a site tour of ABP Cahir on 25/1/2018. Thanks to Boston Scientific and County Tipperary Skillnet for sponsoring this Manufacturing Excellence Event. Most of all thanks for the hospitality shown us. Please see more from our Manufacturing Excellence event with a brief film by Brendan Kerins of Premier Video. Register for the Social Media and Selling event FREE STAND FOR MEMBERS! Register for your stand now! A MUST FOR START-UPS County Tipperary Chamber is happy to be associated with Bank of Ireland's Founder Friday Events - the next great start-up story is from our member Gerry Horan of Horan Automation Register Now! Jamie Lawlor Crash Repairs has been short-listed in the category “Bodyshop of the Year” for the SIMI Irish Motor Industry Awards in association with Bank of Ireland Finance. The overall Award winner will be announced in each of the categories at a special ceremony to be held in conjunction with the SIMI Annual Dinner in the Clayton Hotel – Burlington Road on Thursday 15th of February. “We are delighted to be shortlisted for this prestige award I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers for their continued support and our staff for their dedication” Jamie Lawlor. Jamie Lawlor Crash repairs has been in business since 2002 in Killenaule, Jamie Expanded his business in 2006 by open a bodyshop in Clonmel, where business has gone from strength to strength. Being accredited approved repairer with all major Irish Insurers and closing out 2017 Jamie Lawlor Crash Repairs added to their already impressive list of Manufacturers approved body repairer awards from BMW, MINI, Mercedes – Benz, Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat, FORD, and KIA they became the first Irish Body shop to achieve the innovative ‘Volkswagen Group Aluminium Cosmetic Repair Standard’. In doing so they have also become the first bodyshop in Europe to be awarded approval. This award places Jamie Lawlor Crash Repairs in a small elite group of leading – edge body shop repair centres in Europe. “Winning the SIMI Irish Motor Industry Awards would just be the icing on the cake “. Call 052 618 7304 PIMBROOK SOFTWARE Sage Accounts & Payroll Starter Pack Call 051 395 900 for more information 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. Find out more & book here Call 0871623258 Book Here Book for this event now Register Your Float here for the St. Patrick's day parade in Clonmel UP COMING TRAINING/ EVENTS 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 Lead Auditor ISO13485: 2016 - Wexford: 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th& 28th February 2018 Book Lead Auditor Course here First Aid Refresher- Clonmel - 22nd February 2018 Book First Aid Refresher Course here HR for SMEs - Clonmel: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd March & 13th & 20th April 2018 Book HR for SMEs Course here 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 New Clonmel Credit Union Website! Click here to go to the New Clonmel Credit Union Website Call 0867705800 Four Months Free Home Insurance. Want some? Saving money on your Home Insurance can be great fun. 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. For more information click here 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 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. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) News – New EC Website & Communication on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The European Commission has released a new website with extensive guidance on the implementation of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) including: - A guidance communication - Q&A on changes brought by the GDPR and their implications for citizens and SMEs - A series of factsheets To access the new website, click here . A communication from the European Commission was also released last week with information on GDPR implementation activities. To view this communication, click here . The ICC has also published a web article on GDPR implementation and an overview of its recent activity at the French national assembly, where the ICC highlighted the importance of consistent implementation. To access the web article, click 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: 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 iPad Mini. The individual survey results will be kept strictly confidential and the general findings will be used to inform the marketing and promotion of the South East Region in order to gather relevant information for other individuals and organisations hoping to relocate. **** Individuals contact information is requested at the beginning of the survey - this is used solely in the event that you win the draw for the iPad Mini and not for any other purpose. Please note they
