I am delighted to welcome Helen Quinn to the SFA. Helen has been appointed as an SFA Executive and is available to answer your HR and employment law queries. You can contact Helen on 01 605 1668 or helen.quinn@sfa.ie.’
In this week's ezine we advise you on the dos and don'ts for the holiday season.
Each week in the SFA e-zine, we profile a different business support available to small businesses. In this edition, we focus on the Going for Growth programme. This programme supports women who are serious about growing their businesses. In the last cycle the 78 participants increased their revenue over six months by €20m.
Register to attend the SFA Members Christmas evening on 14 December for an evening of festive networking. Last chance to book a place on one of our training courses during December on project management and performance management. Save 1 February 2018 in your diary for our new event, Business Connect.
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.
Given the Christmas period is just around the corner, we would advise our members to start preparation early to take as much stress out of the silly season as possible. To help you get ready this year we have set out a list of the key do’s and don'ts for employers to avoid any HR headaches...
The Going for Growth programme supports women who are serious about growing their businesses. The programme is free of charge. In the last cycle the 78 participants increased their revenue over the six months by €20m and created 184 new full time jobs...
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a ground breaking piece of data protection legislation that will come into force on 25 May 2018. The GDPR will impact significantly on every business as it introduces severe financial penalties for non-compliance...
The SFA AGM took place on 29 November. The SFA Director and SFA Chair delivered their reports, which are now available to view. Three member were elected to serve on the SFA National Council for a three-year term...
The short-list of finalists in the SFA National Small Business Awards 2018 have been officially announced by Sue O’Neill, SFA Chair and Chair of the SFA Awards Judging Panel. A total of 38 companies have been selected as finalists, from 13 different counties, across eight categories...
Book now for our one-day training courses in December – Project Management on 7 December or Performance Management and Appraisal Skills on 14 December. These short programmes are tailored to small businesses and offered at special rates to make them affordable for SFA members...
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, SFA Annual Conference and Business Bytes events.
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