This week's e-zine presents an economic context for pay negotiations as our economy continues to recover. We also bring you details on SME Week which kicks off across Europe this week and the launch of the Government's 10-year enterprise plan, "Enterprise 2025".
Each week in the SFA e-zine, we will profile a different government support available to small businesses, in this edition we bring you details on the €5,000 Innovation Vouchers available to explore a key problem or opportunity for your business. We also provide information on our upcoming focus groups discussing 'a vision for small business in Ireland', the next SFA webinar, the SFA Annual General Meeting, Members Christmas Drinks and recent press coverage.
As always, we’d love to hear from you about any queries you may have, issues you wish to have raised with Government or other stakeholders and your ideas on how we can improve the business environment for us all. Please contact me directly at tel: 01 605 1602 or
We can see that 2015 has generally been a strong year for Ireland's economic recovery. As a result, we see job creation, an increase in the cost of living and competitiveness pressures.
Spotlight on Innovation Vouchers, which give small and medium size companies €5,000 to spend on projects with public research bodies such as institutes of technology. This article provides information on the scheme and advice for potential applicants.
On Thursday, 12th November, the Government launched it's 10-year whole of enterprise policy, "Enterprise 2025". The SFA welcomed the publication which we had inputted into last November with a series of member focus groups.
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