SFA Weekly Update 4 April 2017

4 April 2017

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SFA E-Zine – The Tuesday Edition

Dear Member,

In this week's e-zine, we bring you details of the WRC annual report which finds 1,981 employers held to be in breach of employment legislation and we present the SFA Brexit toolkit for small businesses.

Each week in the SFA e-zine, we will profile a different government support available to small businesses, in this edition we focus on the VAT Mini One Stop Shop, where you can file up to 28 EU VAT returns in a single transaction.

We share the SFA submission on the broad principles of the National Planning Framework and link to the BOI Economic Pulse from March.

Register to attend the upcoming Business Bytes taking place on 12 April focusing on the top 10 HR/employment law questions from small businesses and the next SFA webinar on 20 April on disciplinary and dismissal. Take advantage of the early bird 2 for 1 ticket offer for the SFA Annual Conference, Better than Best, on 24 May in the RDS.

Find out more about the upcoming SFA training courses for small business on project management and employee appraisal skills. 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 directly at tel: 01 605 1602 or e-mail: patricia.callan@sfa.ie or tweet: @SFA_Irl or visit: www.sfa.ie.

Kind Regards,

Patricia Callan

SFA Director

NEWS

1,981 employers held to be in breach of employment legislation

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has issued its second annual report which outlines a number of interesting insights into their activities to date...

Brexit toolkit for small businesses

The SFA has prepared a Brexit guide for small business. It contains analysis of Ireland’s Brexit exposure and insights into the opportunities and risks for the main sectors of the economy. It also provides a Brexit toolkit for your business, outlining steps to take immediately and a checklist to ensure you are prepared for what comes next...

File up to 28 EU VAT returns in a single transaction via MOSS

Spotlight on the VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS), a single web-portal for filing and paying VAT in EU Member States in which your business does not have a fixed establishment. This article provides information on the scheme and advice on how to avail of it...

National Planning Framework submission

On 31 March 2017, the SFA made a submission on the broad principles of the National Planning Framework. It stated that the overarching priority for the small business community is that development will take place in a planned way, focused on the factors that can boost Ireland’s competitiveness and backed up with the necessary capital investment...

BOI Economic Pulse March 2017

The Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse was at 91.1 in March 2017. The index, which combines the results of the Consumer and Business Pulses, was down 1.4 on February and 5 below last March’s reading...

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Train the key people in your business: project management and employee appraisal skills

Two of the SFA’s most popular training courses are back: Project Management for Small Firms and Performance Management and Appraisal Skills. Don’t miss your chance to ensure that the key people in your business develop these vital skills. These courses are part of ‘Unlock your potential’, the SFA’s 2017 training offering, and the full 2017 schedule is now available...

Bus Eireann strike
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SFA Awards
SFA Pay & Conditions Survey
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EVENTS

The top 10 HR/Employment Law questions from small businesses

12 April
SFA Offices, Baggot St Dublin

SFA Webinar - Disciplinary and Dismissal

20 April

SFA Annual Conference 2017 - early bird offer 2 for 1

24 May 2017
RDS

SFA EXECUTIVE TEAM

	Patricia Callan Director, SFA With responsibility for the strategy and overall management, lobbying and media, business and HR queries. Patricia is the chief spokesperson and government and media liaison. Tel: 01 605 1602 / Email: patricia.callan@sfa.ie
	Linda Barry Assistant Director, SFA With responsibility for policy and lobbying, "Better Business" magazine, surveys, committee representation, business queries, SFA events, including SFA Annual Lunch, SFA Annual Conference and Business Bytes events Tel: 01 605 1626 / Email: linda.barry@sfa.ie
	Ciara McGuone Executive, SFA With responsibility for all HR and employment law member queries, member engagement and various SFA events. Tel: 01 605 1668 / Email: ciara.mcguone@sfa.ie
	Louise Kenrick Executive, SFA With responsibility for SFA National Small Business Awards, SFA member networking events, SFA communications, SFA marketing, sales and membership queries, SFA websites and SFA social media. Tel: 01 605 1664 / Email: louise.kenrick@sfa.ie

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