 The board of Irish-Swiss food group Aryzta has nominated Andreas G Schmid for election as its new non-executive chairman at its upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting on September 16.
Mr Schmid will succeed Gary McGann who has agreed to step down from the chairman's position.  Fáilte Ireland is set to launch its €26 million euro Covid-19 Adaptation Fund this afternoon.
The Minister for Tourism Catherine Martin secured the funding as part of the Government's July stimulus package. Grants of up to €15,000 will be available to tourism and hospitality businesses, to offset some of the costs they incurred in adapting their premises for re-opening. The introduction of the new Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) was announced in the Government’s July Stimulus Package. This Scheme will replace the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) from the 1st of September this year. Watch the Failte Ireland webinar by experts at Revenue to find out more about the key elements and considerations businesses will need to make in transitioning one scheme to the other:   Coming on the back of Fáilte Ireland’s major domestic marketing campaign ‘Ireland, make a break for it’, the DiscoverIreland.ie website has been rebuilt and relaunched to deliver on the needs of the Irish home-holidaying public.
 Hoteliers have expressed their 'deep disappointment' at the measures announced to support the businesses, including hotels, in Laois, Kildare and Offaly that have been adversely impacted by the restrictions reintroduced last Friday. Tim Fenn, Chief Executive of the Irish Hotels Federation described the supports as 'wholly inadequate', saying that they don’t go for enough to address the enormous financial impact that the closures have had on businesses and the reputational damage done to tourism in the three counties.
 Musgrave MarketPlace has unveiled a new Food Emporium at Musgrave MarketPlace, Limerick, on Tuesday 11th August, following a €1.7m upgrade.
FFT.ie has reported that the transformation of the Limerick branch into a state-of-the-art Food Emporium forms part of a €12.6m total investment in the Musgrave MarketPlace brand over the past four years, as it continues to its wholesale operations despite the COVID 19 pandemic.  Proposals for the permanent pedestrianisation of several streets around Grafton Street have had an “overwhelmingly positive” response following trials in recent weeks, Dublin City Council has said.
For the last three weekends, parts of South William Street, Drury Street, Dame Court, South Anne Street and Duke Street have been pedestrianised, with parking spaces turned into outdoor seating areas for cafes and restaurants.  The Marco Academy presents its second webinar entitled "Employee Wellness & The Return to Work". Taking place this Thursday August 13th from 16:15-17:00.
This is a 45 minute discussion which will navigate the struggles of returning to work in the hospitality industry, post lockdown. Highlighting the importance of employee (and customer) mental health through these unprecedented times.  A new colour-coded response is being considered by the National Public Health Emergency team as part of Ireland's Covid-19 pandemic plan.
Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said NHPET has spent a considerable amount of time looking at how Ireland can move to a sustainable long-term plan and the colour-coded system is different to the original roadmap, or phases, outlined by the previous government.  The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has confirmed that July was another poor month for the aviation sector in Ireland. Air traffic levels recorded in July 2020 compared to July 2019 show a decrease of 70%.
This confirms the COVID-19 trend, with air traffic levels for Q2 2020 down by 82% compared to the same period last year. |
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