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County Tipperary Chamber Business Awards 2019

31/10/2019

The County Tipperary Business Awards Black Tie Gala Dinner took place on Friday 18th October at the 4☆ Clonmel Park Hotel, with a packed house of 270 guests which included Minister John Paul Phelan, Mayor of Clonmel Gareth Ahearn, Members of Tipperary County Council and the various agencies who support business in the County. It also saw Seán Gallagher, entrepreneur and former Dragon’s Den panelist, keep the night flowing and the crowd entertained in his role as MC.

Deirdre Clune visit 10/5/2018

20/5/2018

L-R: David Shanahan - CEO County Tipperary Chamber, Deirdre Clune MEP, Garret Ahearn - Fine Election Candidate for Tipperary, Laura Jones - Sales & Marketing Manager Clonmel Park Hotel,
T.J. Kinsella - President of County Tipperary Chamber

County Tipperary Chamber were recently honoured with a visit from Deirdre Clune MEP to the Chamber headquarters in Questum Acceleration Centre, Clonmel.
Deirdre updated us with ongoing issues in the European Parliament and items pertaining to Brexit. The Chamber raised issues such as the essential upgrade of the N24 to become the M24 and the importance that Irish business taxation remains in the realm of our Department of Finance.
Our thanks to Garret Ahearn for his help in organising this visit.

HEALTHCARE COMPANY INCREASES CLONMEL INVESTMENT WITH NEW 2 MILLION EURO WAREHOUSE FACILITY

4/9/2017

In the presence of Mayor of Clonmel Borough District, Cllr Catherine Carey, Clonmel Healthcare, popular consumer health company, has announced the completion of the construction of a brand new 2 million euro warehouse facility in Clonmel.

The 1,800 square metre build, which officially opened its doors today, will see the consolidation of storage and distribution of pharmaceutical and specialised medical products supplied to pharmacists and medical professionals across Ireland.

The construction involved an extensive renovation and extension of Clonmel Healthcare’s existing facility. Previously, the warehouse capacity was a mere 300 pallets, yet was responsible for moving out 10 million packs of prescription drugs and over the counter products annually – one of the largest distribution of pharmaceutical products in Ireland.

With the opening of the new, larger facility, which is located on Waterford Road, Clonmel Healthcare expect to store 2,400 pallets of products at any one time which is ; a huge increase on last year, ensuring a much more efficient storage and distribution process.

Jim Hanlon, CEO Clonmel Healthcare said of the new warehouse, “The consumer demand for Clonmel Healthcare products has been steadily increasing year on year, so it was time we invested in the re-sizing of our facility, in addition to our sales office in Dublin, in order to meet increased increased customer demands.”

“With their HQ already based in Clonmel, we are thoroughly delighted to see yet an additional investment from Clonmel Healthcare who are committing themselves to our vibrant, commercial hub in a positive way,” commented Clonmel Borough Mayor, Cllr. Catherine Carey.

The construction and renovation was completed by builders Tom O’Brien Construction in Waterford and Morrissey Construction in Clonmel. Colm McCarthy of PFGI Engineering led the design and architecture. The entire process saw the investment of €2 million and took 10 months to complete.

Cost of Insurance – Survey needs to be completed by the 8th of September.

2/9/2017

The Cost of Insurance working group run out of the Department of Finance has asked us to survey our members.

The survey is hosted on SurveyMonkey and can be found on the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ChambersCostofInsurance

We will distribute the results following the closure of the survey.

The survey needs to be completed by the 8th of September.

VACANCY: Project Manager (PLC Programming) Horan Automation & Consulting - Tipperary South Riding, County Tipperary

24/8/2017

Introductory Offer for Chamber Members - Free Consultation with a Client Credit Risk & Compliance Manager 20% Discount on professional fees (excluding Ledger Management Service

24/8/2017

The Bottleneck that stops Cashflow

Understanding the importance of cash flow is something that is not always considered. Business focuses on selling and invest heavily into this area and of course rightly so! No customers no business, but business owners on their endeavours to expand their organisations often forget that the cash has to flow from those lucrative sales.
Where cash stops flowing is in the often-overlooked Debtors ledger or Accounts receivable file. It bottlenecks in Days Beyond Terms waiting for action and becomes the bane of the sales person and the worry of the business owner.
How do you ask to be paid without upsetting the customer? The answer is simple don’t let the customer go beyond the payment terms you agreed but if they have start immediately on a collection process as everyday counts.
But what about the relationship, they won’t buy my services again if I look to get paid or send a debt letter? If the customer valued the service you provided would they delay payment to such an extent it puts your business in jeopardy. Business goes out of business because of business! You need to find out why they are not paying you and It’s usually one of the following three bullet points.

Can’t- they don’t have the financial bandwidth to pay you
Won’t- they are using the extended credit to pay a more preferential suppler or to service their own bank account.
Shouldn’t- they have queries or disputes and are not happy with service they have received.

So how do you get paid on time and grow your business whilst improving your
cash-flow?
At the Ward Group, we provide a unique professionally managed service to SME’s called Ledger Management Services {please see more detail below}.
It is an outsource credit control solution covering the domestic and international markets at a fraction of the cost of employing a full-time credit controller/accounts personnel and in a short space of time it pays for itself. It is an always on service that “Gets you paid on Time”.

For More Information Contact:

Paula Carney-Hoffler E.I.I.C.M Credit Mgt.Cert,DipLaw
Client Credit Risk & Compliance Manager
Hugh J Ward & Co Solicitors
9 Seville Place
Dublin 1

Mobile: 087 2681891
PCarney-Hoffler@hughjwardsolicitors.ie

South East Action Plan for Jobs Marketing and Branding Initiative

23/8/2017

We are currently collecting feedback and insights through our online questionnaires aimed at Employers, Professionals, and Stakeholders both inside and outside the region. Pixelpod are also busy developing the branding guidelines, the alignment of the existing brands, and developing the marketing strategy to support the brand id. We will be meeting with several groups in early September to discuss our progress and include their feedback, including Fintech/Global Business Services; Tourism; and the Local Authorities. We hope to reconvene this marketing and branding group in late September and I will revert in due course with a proposed date/venue.

In the meantime if you can complete our main questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SouthEast-Professionals-and-Employers.
Thanks for your assistance and I look forward to meeting you again soon.

Kind regards,
Richard

Richard Hickey
Project Executive, South East Action Plan for Jobs,
c/o EI Regional Offices, Waterford Industrial Estate,
Cork Road,
Waterford.
M: 087 6729820
E: richard.hickey@seapj.ie

Congratulations to James Whelan Butchers - 2 x 3 Stars for Rack of Lamb & Pork Lard & a 2 Star for Rib of Beef

2/8/2017

Another milestone for James Whelan Butchers:
A Great Taste Award
James Whelan Butchers are A Chamber member of Course!

What is the GDPR and what should your Company do now?

1/8/2017

The GDPR is the single biggest change in Privacy Legislation in a generation and the clock is already ticking. The GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the 27th of April 2016 comes into force on the 25th of May 2018.

It clearly focuses on the rights of the Data Subjects, security of data, consent, data breaches, Data Protection Officers, processor liability and the requirements of organisations to meet those rights. The GDPR is applicable to all business from the Small Home Operator/SME to the Large Multi-National and all Public Agencies and Authorities.

GDPR is not a fad or a Y2K scenario but a substantial piece of regulation that needs to be met and administered from Board level in an organisation. If an organisation does not meet the regulation the fines are substantive and dissuasive. In plain language from the 25th of May 2018 if your organisation is not in compliance with the regulation you will be fined and ignorance of the regulation is not a defense. Where we talk about substantive and dissuasive, you are looking at fines as high as €20 million or 4% of Worldwide Turnover, or €10 million or 2% of Worldwide Turnover from the prior year, whichever is the greatest. Additionally, Data Subjects who have been impacted by a breach in the regulation are now afforded the right to compensation through judicial process.

The first significant item to note is that this is a Regulation and not a Directive and does not require any Local Law to facilitate it. It is to be adopted immediately by all member states and those that process EU natural persons’ data be they processing the data in the EU or not.
There are some significant areas of change that need to be addressed immediately. Below we have highlighted just a few of them;

Big Fines & Rights to Compensation
Privacy by Design
Right to be forgotten
Data Subjects Rights Strengthened
Access to Data
Data Security & Breach Notification
Extra Territoriality of the Regulation
Self-Regulation & Certification
Mandatory appointment of a Data Protection Officer (with the relevant skill sets) is required for certain organizations
Significant requirements on International Organisations
Liability of Processors

For further information and support of GDPR readiness you can contact
Paula Carney-Hoefler, E.I.I.C.M. Credit Cert, Dip Law,
Client Credit Risk & Compliance Manager,
The Ward Group on
+353 (0) 872681891
or pcarney-hoffler@wardgroup.ie
For further

The Apple Farm Clonmel on TV3/Ireland AM

31/7/2017

Watch the latest TV3/Ireland AM report of the Apple Farm, Clonmel

www.tv3.ie/3player/show/809/129519/0/The-Apple-Farm-Clonmel

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QUESTUM Acceleration Centre,
Ballingarrane Science & Technology Park,
Clonmel,
Co.Tipperary,
E91 V239,
Ireland.

Email
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Call 052 612 6500

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