Jennifer Forster, Membership and Events Manager with North Kildare Chamber today highlighted the need for businesses in Kildare to trade online. A growing number of Irish businesses are changing to embrace the opportunities presented by the revolution in online consumption. Data from the EU Commission’s digital economic and social index shows that 32% of Irish…
Commenting on today’s (4 January 2017) release of the CSO Monthly Unemployment figures for December 2016, Allan Shine, CE of North Kildare Chamber said, “The ongoing reduction in the unemployment rate is positive news, coming as it does at a time of uncertainty for the Irish economy.” Extremely reassuring is that our unemployment rate currently…
Kildare County Council have prepared a Draft Celbridge Local Area Plan (2017 – 2023). This new plan will establish the planning context to ensure the development of the town is guided in a manner which protects the character of the town but make it attractive to those who live, work and do business in the…
The town fought off competition from the likes of Roscommon and Ashbourne for the number one title following a survey of 40 towns across the country. The announcement was made today (Tuesday 3rd January) at the 2016 Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) finals in Dublin. Maynooth Town came 14th in the awards which is a major boost…
Commenting on the release of today’s (20/12/16) CSO Information Society Statistics on Enterprise, Allan Shine, Chief Executive North Kildare Chamber said, “Ireland continues to perform strongly in online sales and remains the highest in the EU with 30% of sales via e-Commerce. However, it is concerning that this figure is lower amongst small and medium…
Rates Compliance Legislation proposed for 2017 It has been reported in the media that the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is drafting legislation to be brought to cabinet in 2017 which will give new powers to Local Authorities to collect rates payments from business. It is reported that the proposal will introduce…
Naas was named the winner of the Bank of Ireland National Enterprising Town competition for Kildare last week at an Awards Ceremony in Roscommon. As a result, Naas can now proudly claim to be “Kildare’s Most Enterprising Town”. Naas scooped the county award on the night, beating off strong competition from Celbridge, Athy, Maynooth and…
Kildare Based Artists Attend Pop Up Gallery Launch Party Art Hub’s Pop up Gallery unveils a unique mix of Art & Crafts at a launch party prior to the opening. The Pop Up is the first Pop up of many to come which is located in the Moat Mall, Naas, Co. Kildare from Thursday the…
Grainne Shaffrey The last Athy ‘First Friday’ meeting of 2016 will be held this Friday, the 2nd December 2016 in the Clanard Court Hotel. Joe Boland, Director of Services at Kildare Co. Council has arranged for Grainne Shaffrey of Shaffrey Associates Urban Designers to return to present final designs for some of the…
Kildare County Council last night (24 November 2016) won the ‘Sustaining the Arts’ Award at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards. The winning project was the 1916 Sackville street art project. The 13th annual Awards ceremony was held in association with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and showcases and…
Title Sponsor of the awards – Clark The Kildare Business Awards was held on Friday Night (18th November ) in The K Club at A Gala Ball with over 300 business leaders in attendance. The event is a county wide awards recognising the entrepreneurialism, innovation, diversity and talent of businesses across all sectors. The awards…
We at Colourtrend are looking for a favour from our Chamber counterparts, we have made the shortlist for being the sponsor for the Leinster Rugby Team’s Sponsor for a day against Montpellier in January which will see us get major exposure both nationally and internationally on the day via the television coverage, pitchside signage as…
We are very excited to announce that the amazing Santa’s House Express experience will be back at the 5* Palmerstown House Estate this Christmas for its 3rd year running! Santa Claus will be residing in his beautiful Manor home for the weeks coming up to Christmas along with Mrs. Claus, the Elves, and lots of characters! They…
This Thursday 17th and Saturday 19th November, surveys of shoppers will be taking place in Naas town centre, on behalf of Kildare County Council. The survey is part of a pilot Town Centre Health Check training programme, being developed by The Heritage Council of Ireland and RGDATA, in conjunction with 10 participating towns across the…
Get Export Ready – Awareness Event Date & Time: Thursday 17 November 2016 Venue: The Johnstown Estate, Enfield, Meath 09.30 to 12.00 (coffee/networking from 9.00) This facilitated seminar will provide an opportunity to hear from Joe Callery, Founder & MD of Celtic Chocolates. Established in 1990 Celtic Chocolates has developed significant export sales to…
If you or any of your colleagues are commuting from Athy for work please take part in a short, ten question online survey One of the objectives of the Athy Regeneration Plan is to generate more employment in the town of Athy which has not experienced a growth in employment like the other four…
Maud’s – Home and Office – Award winning Professional Cleaning Service for your Home and Office Maud’s – Home and Office are Kildare’s leading Residential and commercial Cleaning Company and proud members of “North Kildare Chamber of Commerce” Winners of Chambers Ireland CSR Awards 2010 – Finalist in The Green Awards 2011 we can provide…
The Annual Chamber Tourism and Hospitality Breakfast was held this morning in Palmerstown House. This year the guest speaker to address the sector was John Concannon, Director of 1916. Prior to Ireland 2016, John was director of Fáilte Ireland, the national tourism development authority. He was selected as Irish “Marketer of the Year” in 2011…
