Dear Member,   

In this week's e-zine, we advise on how to become a flexible employer. Our next networking event on 27 September will focus on this topic with keynote speaker, Jason Sherlock, legendary Dublin footballer. I look forward to meeting many members there.

Each week in the SFA e-zine, we profile a different government support available to small businesses. In this edition, we focus on the Finuas Networks Programme, which offers subsidised training in key skills for the international financial services sector.

We bring you the latest Brexit developments including an SFA meeting with Copenhagen Economics. Find out about the DIT career services available for your business and details of the Taking Care of Business event taking place on 8 November.

Oonagh Buckely, Director-General of the Workplace Relations Commission will be speaking at this year’s SFA Employment Law Conference in Dublin on 9 October, register to attend now. The highlight of the small business calendar, the SFA Annual Lunch 2017 is taking place in the Mansion House on 10 November. Book your place on our Performance Management course on 14 December to prepare your managers for end-of-year appraisals. 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.

Kind regards, 

Sven Spollen-Behrens

SFA Director