The SFA Annual Lunch took place on Friday, 15 November in the Mansion House. Thank you to all that attended making the day a huge success, and please have a look at our Annual Lunch Roundup photos and video. If you did not get to attend the lunch, we have plenty of upcoming events you won't want to miss! The SFA Members Christmas Evening is happening on 12 December in the Davenport, and be sure to secure your spot at Business Connect 2020 in Aviva Stadium on 6 February, 2020.
This week in part two of our series on redundancy, we explore the selection process and how a business can ensure it is a fair selection in the redundancy process. The new IE Domain Registry report has been released, revealing that two thirds of Irish SMEs do not believe that Government can deliver the National Broadband Plan in its current form.
Please invest five minutes of your time this week and take part in our Winter Sentiment Survey. Your input will help us voice small business concerns with central government and allow us to track key trends in the small business sector.
Consider yourself a wine enthusiast? Enter for your chance to win a case of Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau wine - all you have to do is answer one question, so make sure you enter by Thursday!
If you would like to feature your business in our next issue of Better Business magazine please let us know before close of business on Tuesday, 26 November. We also provide a summary of our 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.
This week in part two of our series on redundancy, we explore the selection process and how a business can ensure it is a fair selection in the redundancy process….
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.
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Directors: Pat McCann, Alastair Blair, Larry Murrin, Eugene McCague, Gerry Collins, Edel Creely, Paraic Curtis, Frank Gleeson, Cathriona Hallahan, Anne Heraty, Oliver Loomes, Brian MacCraith, Danny McCoy, Francesca McDonagh, Liam O'Donoghue, Anne O'Leary, Dalton Philips, Tony Smurfit, Siobhan Talbot, Kevin Toland