Welcome to North Kildare Chamber Newsletter
9th January, 2017

We hope you had a nice weekend. It's all systems go in the Chamber this week - with both our Naas and Celbridge network mornings starting back as normal - More details below:
This Week in the Chamber

Naas Network Morning

 

Celbridge Network Morning

 

More details HERE

Our NEW Members

BOOM Marketing

 

Bruce McCormack Consulting

 

Bistro 53

Business Profile of the Week!

Rafferty Writes:
Content writer and strategist
Entrepreneurs have great energy and great ideas. They can talk with passion about their business; in a one-to-one or small-group setting, they are confident about the key messages they need to communicate. But those messages can get lost in some of their brand materials. If you're a business owner, answer this question:

Do all your customer touchpoints tell the same story?

And this one: what is that story that you want your brand to tell?

Eilish Rafferty is an experienced marketing professional who specialises in creating content that helps businesses speak to their target customers in a consistent and compelling way across their marketing channels - traditional and digital.

If you want to be known for one thing, Eilish will help you create content that positions you as that thing everywhere your customer will encounter you. This means that if your target customer were to Google you or your company, they will find a consistent message on your website and your LinkedIn profile, on your Twitter feed and your blog.

087 9174360
@raffertywrites

Riverbank

Full details of our upcoming 2017 events are available HERE

Essential Driver & Safey Training Solutions

Full details of our 2017 course schedule are available HERE

T eamworx

Check out our latest vacancies HERE
Maynooth goes Purple - the internationally accredited award for excellence in the night-life of a town

  • First University town in Ireland to be included in Purple Flag Zone
  • Worth €3.1 million to the local economy over the next 3 years
  • Tourism Footfall expected to rise by 6%
  • Maynooth to be promoted nationally and internationally as a town to visit
  • Almost 10,000 extra visitors expected over 3 years
View the full press release HERE
Upcoming Events
February

2nd February - Business Owners Forum
3rd February - Athy 'First Friday'
21st February - Peninsula HR Seminar

For more information on any of our upcoming events, or to RSVP - contact Jennifer on [email protected] 
or call us in the office on 045 894 074.
Celbridge Local Area Plan (2017 - 2023)

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 town.

View the full press release HERE
North Kildare Chamber highlights support available to small business through the Trading Online Voucher Scheme

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 SMEs (10+ employees) are trading online, which puts Ireland well ahead of the EU average.  However, smaller businesses tend to be significantly less engaged in online activity.

View the full press release HERE

Chamber Initiatives

Business Profile of the Week is a complimentary offering where we profile your business on our weekly newsletter, our Chamber website, across all social media platforms, as well as the opportunity to present at one of our weekly network mornings.

Refer a Friend and receive  €50 credit. Its that easy! Know someone interested in joining  the Chamber? Refer them and receive credit off selected events. 

Advertisement Opportunities are now available through our weekly newsletter, the website and our quarterly publication - The Chamber Chronicle.

Want to know more?
Contact Jennifer on 045 894 074