Book a place at the next SFA webinar on 11 December focusing on the characteristics of successful retailers. Don't miss your chance to join us at the SFA Members Christmas Evening taking place on 13 December. Also register to attend Business Bytes on 9 January which will discuss workplace health and well-being. We also provide a summary of 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 on tel: 01 605 1602 or e-mail: sven@sfa.ie or tweet: @SFA_Irl or visit: www.sfa.ie.
The SFA is pleased to announce that Sue O’Neill has been re-elected as Chair by the SFA National Council, for a 2-year term. Sue O’Neill has served as the Association’s Chair since 2016...
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 has passed through the Dail and is likely to be enacted soon. One aspect of the Bill is that businesses must provide employees basic terms of employment within five days of them commencing employment. We outline the growing necessity to provide written contracts of employment….
The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach is seeking the views of SFA members on progress made to address the Rising Cost(s) of Motor Insurance since 2016...
Retail Ireland has recently published its Christmas Retail Monitor 2018 that predicts the Irish household will spend an average of €2,690 in shops this December, approximately €866 more than any other month of this year and roughly 3% more than Christmas 2017...
Enrol your staff and managers on our newly designed online GDPR programme to ensure your staff are informed of their obligations under the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and GDPR...
With responsibility for strategy and overall management, lobbying, media and business queries. Sven is the chief spokesperson and government and media liaison.
With responsibility for policy and lobbying, "Better Business" magazine, surveys, committee representation, business queries and SFA events, including SFA Annual Lunch and Business Bytes events.
With responsibility for member communications, marketing, websites, social media, sales and membership queries. Tel: 01 605 1664 / Email: louise.kenrick@sfa.ie
Gillian O'Keefe Executive, SFA
With responsibility for SFA National Small Business Awards, SFA events and webinars.
The SFA is part of Ibec clg which is registered in Ireland. Registration No. 8706. Website www.ibec.ie
Directors - Paraic Curtis, Pat McCann, Larry Murrin, Alastair Blair, Edel Creely, Gerry Collins, Frank Gleeson, Cathriona Hallahan, Anne Heraty, Brian MacCraith, Patrick Manley, Eugene McCague, Danny McCoy, Francesca McDonagh, Liam O’Donoghue, Tony Smurfit, Siobhan Talbot, Kevin Toland.