Chamber Welcomes New Small Business Advisory Group

14th June 2011

Cork Chamber Chief Executive, Conor Healy today welcomed the establishment of a new Small Business Advisory Group by the Minister for Small Business, John Perry T.D.

Conor Healy, Chief Executive of Cork Chamber and Sherri Brennan representing South Dublin Chamber have been appointed by Chambers Ireland to represent the National Chamber Network on this very important issues driven group, whose role is to identify the key challenges impacting small businesses and develop proposals for addressing these matters with the Minister for onward reference to Government.

Commenting Mr Healy said, “This is a positive step and I look forward to representing the Chamber Network and its members in bringing perspective and context to the various challenges currently facing the SME sector. Issues such as access to credit, local authority charges and the need for commonsense regulation are all critical ingredients to sustaining our economic recovery, reducing unemployment numbers and driving a vibrant SME sector”, concluded Mr Healy.

Nominees of the Small Business Advisory Group include:

Minister Perry Chairman
Mr Conor Healy Chambers Ireland
Ms Sherri Brennan Skip Trans and Chambers Ireland
Mr Tim Fenn Irish Hotels Federation
Mr Paul Gallagher Buswells Hotel and Irish Hotels Federation
Mr Mark Fielding ISME
Mr John Ryan Certification Europe Ltd and ISME
Ms Patricia Callan Small Firms Association
Mr Ian J. Martin Martin Services (Industrial) Ltd. and SFA
Mr Jim Barry Barry Group
Ms Jacqueline Hall Partners in Communication
Mr John McDonald Mediateam
Mr John Trethowan Credit Review office
Mr Eamonn McHale Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Mr Vincent Reynolds County and City Enterprise Boards
Mr Tom Hayes Enterprise Ireland
Mr Declan Hughes Forfas
Ms Maria Ginnity Secretariat, Forfás

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