Chambers Ireland today (15 July 2020) publishes its recommendations to Government on the measures that will be necessary to protect jobs, prevent businesses from failing, and support the recovery. Representing 40 Chambers, more than 8,000 businesses and with a geographic reach in all major cities, regions and towns, Chambers Ireland calls for Cabinet to use
Chambers Ireland has this evening (9 July) congratulated Minister Paschal Donohoe on his election as the President of the Eurogroup. Speaking tonight CEO of Chambers Ireland Ian Talbot said, “It is essential that Ireland continues to have a strong and respected voice in Europe. The election of Minister Donohoe to this important role highlights in particular the
Cork Chamber was today (2 July 2020) awarded the title of ‘Chamber of the Year’ at the Chambers Ireland annual Chamber Awards, sponsored by Zurich. The Awards seek to recognise the outstanding work of Chambers throughout the country while providing a national platform for Chambers to share and promote how they continue to be active
In a disappointing, if expected non-development, Britain has casually avoided the opportunity of applying for an extension to the Brexit transition period. Businesses throughout Europe, crippled by the Covid-19 crisis wreaking havoc on the Global economy, would have welcomed the opportunity to extend the transition period. An extension would have allowed an ambitious trade
Speaking earlier today, Friday 26 June, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive, Ian Talbot, said “Chambers Ireland welcomes the certainty that this programme for government presents. Decision making for businesses during this economic crisis has been made more difficult by the lack of surety regarding the makeup of government. There is an urgent need for our
Chambers Ireland today (15 June) welcomed progress in the formation of a new Government and the publication of a Programme for Government. Speaking this afternoon, Chief Executive Ian Talbot said; “The measures included in the new Programme will need to be assessed in greater detail but the focus on town centres, balanced regional development and
Chambers Ireland and our nationwide network of Chambers has today (10 June 2020) published results from a survey of the Irish business community. This survey sought to quantify and highlight the impact of COVID-19 on businesses in our towns, cities and regions across the country. The fourth in a series, the survey has 1,320 responses and was
Chambers Ireland today (8 June 2020) welcomes news from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, that the Trading Online Voucher Scheme has received additional funding. Speaking this afternoon, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot said, “Today’s announcement from Minister Humphreys and Minister Bruton that an
Chambers Ireland welcomes this afternoon’s announcement (5 June 2020) that the “Roadmap to Re-Opening the Economy” will be escalated and compressed to four stages, rather than five, and that we can now progress to Phase Two. This signals that we are through the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak, and returning, with caution, to normality. Speaking
Ahead of this morning’s (5 June 2020) Cabinet meeting, Chambers Ireland welcomed Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, in a digital briefing to Chief Executives and Directors of our network of 40 Chambers across the country. The Minister briefed the Chamber Network on the economic decisions taken so far to protect incomes and to protect employers,
Speaking this afternoon (3 June 2020), following the publication of the May Exchequer Returns, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot said, “The Exchequer Returns today are a stark reminder of the impact COVID-19 has had not only on the health of our people, but on our economy. If these businesses are to recover in the months ahead,
Chambers Ireland, today (31 May 2020), calls on the next Government to make a commitment that the Department of the Taoiseach will lead a sufficiently resourced, cross-departmental National Taskforce to revive our town centres in a new post-pandemic world. The overarching objective of this Taskforce must be to enhance liveability, increase housing supply and support