Each week in the SFA e-zine, we profile a different government support available to small businesses. In this edition, we focus 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.
If you missed last week's SFA webinar on workplace investigations you have the chance to play it back. Register to attend the next Business Bytes on 8 November which will examine how to structure your business tax efficiently for today and tomorrow. Book a place on one of our November training courses on management skills and employment law and at the SFA Members Christmas evening on 14 December. We also bring you 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 Government recently announced that with effect from 1 October this year, mothers can extend both maternity leave and benefits to encompass the pre-term period of the birth of the child...
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...
Last week the SFA appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation to highlight the problem of high business costs for small firms, especially labour costs, insurance costs and Local Authority rates and charges...
The SFA is running two-day courses on management skills and employment law starting in November. The courses are delivered by trainers with extensive industry experience. Don’t miss your chance to develop these key skills for yourself and your staff...
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