This afternoon, Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, announced Budget 2018 in the Dáil. The SFA has welcomed Budget 2018 as a step in the right direction for small business.
Each week in the SFA e-zine, we profile a different government support available to small businesses. In this edition, we focus on the Go-2-Tender programme, which includes free and subsidised workshops to help improve your tendering success.
We advise you of a change to collective redundancy notifications and call on businesses to be extra vigilant during fraud awareness week. The application deadline for the SFA Awards is fast approaching, apply now to be in with a chance to win a prize package valued at €50,000.
Don't miss your last chance to register for the first Business Bytes of the season taking place tomorrow (11 October) focusing on the why and how of employee wellbeing. Avail of a SFA member discount to attend the Retail Ireland Summit on 12 October. Tune into the next SFA webinar on 19 October on workplace investigations and book your place at the Taking Care of Business event on 8 November. The highlight of the small business calendar, the SFA Annual Lunch 2017 is taking place in the Mansion House on 10 November - book your seat now. There are a few spaces remaining for our Project Management course on 18 October, book now. 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.
This afternoon, Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, announced Budget 2018 in the Dáil. SFA Director, Sven Spollen-Behrens, commented: “Budget 2018 is a signal of support for the small businesses of Ireland...
From 1 September 2017 Collective Redundancy notifications should be made to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Áras Mhic Dhiarmada, Store Street, Dublin 1...
Spotlight on the Go-2-Tender programme of workshops to help small companies successfully win government contracts on both sides of the border. This article provides information on the programme and advice on how to apply...
Fraud awareness week has officially been launched and the SFA are calling on businesses to be extra vigilant. Fraud smart is a fraud awareness initiative developed by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI) in conjunction with Allied Irish Bank plc, Bank of Ireland, KBC Bank Ireland, Permanent TSB and Ulster Bank...
The SFA’s Project Management course has been described by a 2016 delegate as: “Excellently delivered course with real life scenarios that I can bring into my role.” Book now for you and your key employees...
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