Press Releases - 2021
Budget 2022 underwhelming for Small Business12/10/2021 - See the latest SFA press release regarding Budget 2022 .. Read more Budget 2022 must allow small business and entrepreneurs to bounce back – SFA priorities for Budget 202220/09/2021 - Budget 2022 must allow small business and entrepreneurs to bounce back – SFA priorities for Budget 2022 .. Read more An Taoiseach Launches SFA National Small Business Awards 202216/09/2021 - An Taoiseach Launches SFA National Small Business Awards 2022 - Apply now for your chance to be named the next best small business in Ireland .. Read more Back to School – learning how to be Better Shoppers for Champion Green Week!08/09/2021 - ‘Tenner Treats’ to inject €1m into local economy in a week .. Read more SFA welcomes clarity around return to office and further easing of restrictions31/08/2021 - Return-to-work protocol needs to be published sooner than later .. Read more SFA calls for Minister Catherine Martin to be Included in Covid Sub Committee20/08/2021 - SFA calls for Minister Catherine Martin to be Included in Covid Sub Committee .. Read more €1.2m Fund for SME Mentoring and Business Development03/08/2021 - The latest phase of MentorsWork, the award-winning Government initiative providing free mentoring and business development tools for SMEs, has been launched .. Read more Indoor Dining to boost Local Economic Recovery; SME Survey23/07/2021 - With indoor dining set to reopen, a survey of SMEs has shown that high-street businesses rely on local eateries and the hospitality sector to drive footfall and trade .. Read more SFA welcomes comprehensive package for the Event Sector16/07/2021 - The SFA welcomes a €11.5 million scheme to help companies working in the events sector with their fixed costs .. Read more SFA welcomes Government’s indoor hospitality reopening plans13/07/2021 - Read the SFA's response to Governments announcement on reopening plans .. Read more SFA welcomes the passing of the Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 202113/07/2021 - Today, the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process (SCARP) Bill passed all stages of the legislative process .. Read more SFA welcomes waiving pre legislative scrutiny for SCARP17/06/2021 - Read on about waiving pre legislative scrutiny for SCARP .. Read more Small business optimistic as restrictions ease04/06/2021 - Following the Small Business Sentiment Survey for the first half of 2020, small businesses are optimistic are restrictions ease .. Read more SFA welcomes comprehensive recovery package01/06/2021 - SFA welcomes the announcement that the Cabinet has approved the extension of EWSS & CRSS and the gradual tapering off of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment .. Read more SFA welcomes new rescue process for small firms11/05/2021 - SFA welcomes Companies (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 .. Read more SFA National Council meets with Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, TD, on Covid-19 crisis05/05/2021 - SFA National Council meets with Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, TD, to discuss challenges facing small firms. .. Read more Topform Limited named Overall Winner at the National Small Business Awards 202130/04/2021 - Topform Limited Overall Winner at the National Small Business Awards 2021........ .. Read more Reopening plan gives hope to small business owners29/04/2021 - SFA responds to new reopening plan...... .. Read more Importance of workplace wellbeing rises amongst small business owners26/04/2021 - SFA calls on small firms to prepare for the 7th National Workplace Wellbeing Day, taking place on Friday 30 April 2021 .. Read more SFA calls for reopening plan for business and society23/04/2021 - SFA calls for reopening plan for business and society following four motnhs of restrictions. .. Read more SFA calls on businesses to apply for the Small Business Assistance Scheme before deadlind date19/04/2021 - SFA calls on businesses to apply for the new Covid-19 business support the Small Business Assistance Scheme before deadlind date of 21 April 2021....... .. Read more New 'MentorsWork' online competency tool allows SMEs to identify key skills gap16/03/2021 - Launch of assessment tool forms part of a significant expansion of MentorsWork, a Government subsidised programme that helps SMEs to identify and action key skills needs .. Read more Government must launch details of Covid-19 Business Aid Scheme24/02/2021 - The Small Firms Association is calling on Government to launch details of its Covid-19 Business Aid Scheme (CBAS) before small businesses ineligible for other Covid business supports are forced to close and jobs are lost. .. Read more SFA responds to Ulster Bank exit19/02/2021 - SFA responds to Ulster Bank exit from Irish banking market.. .. Read more SFA welcomes COVID-19 Business Aid Scheme09/02/2021 - COVID-19 Business Aid Scheme announced for wholesalers, suppliers, caterers, office-based businesses and events companies. .. Read more SFA welcomes Tourism Business Continuity Scheme01/02/2021 - SFA respond to government launch of a Tourism Business Continuity Scheme... .. Read more Small business sentiment rises in second half of 202025/01/2021 - Read the results of our latest Small Business Sentiment Survey... .. Read more |