Covid 19 - Support Page
Grow Remote and the Pulse Club hosted an information webinar on Remote Working on Wednesday 25th March @ 12 noon. In case you missed it here's a recording of the webninar.
RECORDED WEBINAR | Covid-19 - Respond by Working Remotely From Home
Grow Remote and the Pulse Club hosted an information webinar open to all on Remote Working Wednesday 25th March @ 12pm. In these extraordinary times, businesses have to pivot fast to respond to the challenges and make massive changes to get through these weeks and months ahead. Many businesses are now moving teams to work from home and looking at innovative ways to keep delivering products and services to their customers.
RECORDED WEBINAR | Working Capital Management in Crisis + Government Support Schemes
The Pulse Club hosted an information webinar open to all on Working Capital Management in Crisis and Government Support Schemes on Wednesday 1st April @ 12pm. James Coyle from Coyle&Co Chartered Accountants generously gave the time to develop and deliver this webinar which covered items such as Cash Management through Stock and Debtors, Reduce Conversion Times from Work Done to Cash Received and reduce Cash Burn with the elimination of unnecessary spending.
Wednesday April 8th - 12pm
Topics:
- How your Local Enterprise Office is supporting businesses during the pandemic ( Presented by Stephanie Colombani, Galway Local Enterprise Office)
- Update on Shop Ballinasloe.ie ( Presented by Joe Glennon)
- Panel of Stephanie Colombani (Galway LEO) , James Coyle (Coyle & Co Accountants) & Renate Kohlmann( Grow Remote) for open questions arising out of topics covered so far.
Dorothy Scarry, Pulse Club Member & Founder of Workplace Health and Wellbeing Ltd hosted our 4th Seminar “Minding your Wellbeing during Covid 19”.
She looked at workplace wellbeing and personal wellbeing, what resilience is and how we can build our resilience, and looked at practical ways of supporting your wellbeing while working at home.
Dorothy Scarry
Workplace Health and Wellbeing Ltd
m: 0868902077
e: dorothy@workplacehealthandwellbeing.com
w: www.workplacehealthandwellbeing.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothy-scarry-b5a499173
Please see below the link to our most recent meeting where we had a great discussion around how businesses in Ballinasloe are coping with the COVID 19 pandemic.
Thanks a mil to Andrea from The Front Room for giving her time to tell us how her business is adapting and to many other participants who gave valuable insights and information.
View Zoom Recording
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/7pB-Ir35qjI3SYLE5gSDB_QtW9W_Jv2s1yBPqKBcmUe9AnUBZAXwY7FDM7EZb642CsCj3WwpqXBO9PyL?continueMode=true
Description: Interview with award winning composer and conductor Eimear Noone on how she built her business and is currently coping with the current situation.
Apr 29, 2020 12:00 pm
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86743055944
This is a Knowledge Sharing/Networking Session open to all local businesses to join in.
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Wednesday 13th May @ 12.00 with Padraig O'Connor from Coach your Goal, “Goal setting:- Finding your focus during Covid 19”
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This weeks Pulse Club seminar was hosted by Araya Business Services, on Adapting your Marketing during and beyond Covid
Brief Bio on Kingsley Aikins
Kingsley Aikins is a recognised expert on Networking and has written and spoken extensively on the topic. He has run workshops and presentations for some of the world’s leading companies such as Google, Linkedin, Accenture, Deloitte, Intel, KPMG, PwC and a number of leading law firms in Ireland and elsewhere. He has worked with governments and international agencies such as the US State Department, the UN, EU and the World Bank.
Kingsley is an economics graduate of Trinity College Dublin and has lived and worked in 6 countries in all of which he found networking and building networks essential for making progress. He worked for 10 years for the Irish Trade Board and IDA Ireland and was based in Sydney. He then led the Ireland Funds for 17 years mostly based in Boston. In his time with the Funds over a quarter of a billion dollars was raised for projects in Ireland. He was awarded a CBE for his work on British – Irish issues. A former Leinster rugby player he is now based in Dublin with his wife and three children.
Local Resources
ShopBallinasloe.ie is an initiative born out of two Pulse Club businesses working together to create a marketplace where businesses in Ballinasloe and surrounding areas can sell their products and services to the public.
Consumers can shop at shopballinasloe.ie
New businesses can sign up HERE
If your business is impacted by COVID-19, your Local Enterprise Office can help
See their current list of supports here or log onto https://www.localenterprise.ie/Response for full details
1.Personal Loan Up to €1500 (depending on loss of income )
Rate 5.6% APR
- Paperwork required – confirmation of loss of job from employer, employers accountant or Social welfare that they are eligible for pandemic fund
- Payment by way of direct debit with first months payment up front.
2. Loan up to €10,000
Rate 5.6% APR
- Paperwork required – confirmation from employers accountant or social welfare that they are eligible for social welfare pandemic fund
- Payment by way of direct debit with first months payment up front.
Tel: (090) 964 3179 for more information or send an Email