If you haven’t already done so, we would like to invite you to participate in a short online survey (5 mins max) we are conducting to help shape the Champion Green initiative, a project to encourage consumers to support and shop local. Please click here to start the survey. Completed entries will be entered into a Prize Draw to WIN one out of five €100 Kilkenny Design vouchers (or donate equivalent value to a charity of your choice).
We have two upcoming webinars that are not to be missed: register to learn about ISO 9001 and how it can benefit your company, taking place tomorrow, and ensure you are equipped to handle workplace bullying on Thursday.
Learn about the changes to the employment permits system which will address the skill and labour shortages in the healthcare and nursing home sectors. You can also read the SFA's response to Government’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021.
Read about the legal right of employees to demand redundancy, and be sure to check out the article on the small business sentiment which has risen 20 points since summer 2020.
Qualifying businesses can now apply for the next phase of the Small Business Assistance Scheme through their Local Authorities. Finally, don't forget to check out our latest 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 our website.
Learn about the changes to the employment permits system which will address the skill and labour shortages in the healthcare and nursing home sectors...
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.
Tel: 01 605 1626 / Email: stephen.browne@sfa.ie
Emma Crowley Executive, SFA
With responsibility for all HR and employment law member queries, member engagement and various SFA events.
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Directors: Alastair Blair (President), Frank Gleeson, Gerry Collins, Edel Creely, Paraic Curtis, Kari Daniels, Cathriona Hallahan, Anne Heraty, Imelda Hurley, Oliver Loomes, Eugene McCague, Pat McCann, Danny McCoy, Francesca McDonagh, Liam O'Donoghue, Anne O'Leary, Dalton Philips, Siobhán Talbot, Kevin Toland.
