Supporting Business After Lockdown: The Case for ‘Defib’ Stimulus 24th April 2020: Last Friday I participated in the Irish COVID-19 Crisis Response On-line Conference organised by the Geary Institute in UCD. The session “Exiting Lockdown – the view from the city” included Alice Charles from the World Economic Forum and Dr Philip Lawton from Trinity
Limerick Chamber has partnered with the Limerick Local Enterprise Office and Limerick City and County Council in a nationwide first, to develop a portal for Limerick retailers to profile their offerings in one online location. Launched this week the initiative to compile a full ‘Shop Limerick’ online listing of business trading in this period of
Statement by CEO of Limerick Chamber on Debenhams announcement Thursday, 09 April 2020: The CEO of Limerick Chamber, Dee Ryan, has today expressed sadness and concern following the announcement that Debenhams is to put its Irish operations into liquidation. Ms Ryan said that today is an extremely difficult day for the management and employees
Where are we with ‘unemployment’? Economists have started to publish estimates on how COVID-19 will impact the economy. It is important at the outset to emphasise that these estimates are not based on traditional forecasting methods but instead rely on scenario-based analysis. The reason for this is simply that we are in unprecedented times, without
Chambers Ireland and their nationwide network of chambers including Limerick Chamber has published the results of a survey of its members, which seeks to quantify and highlight the impacts of COVID-19 on businesses in towns, cities and regions right across the country. The survey which has over 1,100 responses (1,149) was conducted between 3 April
Revenue has published updated FAQs in respect of the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme. Click here to read
The below article is written by Limerick Chamber member ActionPoint. Their mission is to help companies achieve their greatest potential using the power of technology. The two sides of remote working Over the years, we’ve come to understand that there are two sides to effective remote working. There is the technical side of things, the
Further Update The Government has just released the confirmed list of Essential Services, these are the workplaces who are permitted to operate during this period of enhanced restrictions.(link) Also see here a template ‘Go To Work’ letter that those in Essential Services to personalise and supply to team members (Link). Workers are advised to carry
The Government declaration last night for almost all of us to fan ábhaile is another positive action that we take, together, to keep our friends and loved ones safe. Further clarification on the Wage Subsidy Scheme was published yesterday (click here for the most up to date info) and we are assured that the Revenue
Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme.