Each week in the SFA e-zine, we profile a different government support available to small businesses. In this edition, we focus on ManagementWorks, who provide heavily government-subsidised training and mentoring for SMEs.
We link to the latest Retail Ireland Quarterly Monitor which shows retail sales are up in Q3. Take advantage of some free profiling of your business before Christmas by sending us your latest company news to be include in our magazine, Better Business.
Tune into our webinar on Thursday (16 November) on planning for the Christmas period. We invite members to attend the SFA AGM on 29 November or to run for election. Register to attend the SFA Members Christmas event on 14 December for an evening of festive networking. Book a place on one of our training courses during December on project management and performance management. 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 on tel: 01 605 1602 or e-mail: sven@sfa.ie or tweet: @SFA_Irl or visit: www.sfa.ie.
Last Friday, SFA members brought together their staff, clients and business contacts in the Round Room of the Mansion House for the SFA Annual Lunch. This article provides an overview of the event, with links to the press release, the SFA Chair’s speech and the event photography...
In September 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) overturned a January 2016 decision of its lower court regarding employee privacy in the workplace which was viewed as the authority in this area. Find out more about this case and its impact for employers...
Spotlight on ManagementWorks, heavily government-subsidised training and mentoring for SMEs. This article provides information on the programmes available and advice on how to apply...
Interested in promoting your business to the SFA community for free? Send us your company news this week to feature in the winter edition of the SFA award-winning magazine, Better Business...
In its latest Retail Monitor, Retail Ireland reported that sales values have grown by 4.1% in the third quarter of the year, compared to the same period in 2016, helping to partially offset growing fears regarding increasing input costs...
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.
With responsibility for SFA National Small Business Awards, member networking events, webinars, communications, marketing, sales and membership queries, websites and social media.
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