Family Business Ireland attended the recent launch of the DCU Centre for Family Business

JJ O'Connell - Director, Family Business Ireland was invited to facilitate at the Plato EBR Connect 2013 event which took place in the Titanic Building, Belfast

Workshops in action

JJ O'Connell - Family Business Ireland, Cecelia Hegarty - Plato EBR, and Marion Walshe - Plato Dublin

Darren Mawhinney - Glen Dimplex, one of the key-note speakers at the recent event

Niall McKeown - iON speaking on Social Media Strategy

The Institute for Family Business (IFB) Research Foundation with UCG report - produced by Cass, Warwick and Birmingham Business Schools - finds that people working in family owned and managed businesses are more satisfied with their jobs giving these firms an advantage when recruiting and retaining staff. The UK's three million family businesses currently employ over nine million people and constitute 40% of total private sector employment.

Check out the Institute for Family Business website for more details

http://www.ifb.org.uk/latest-news/new-research-shows-employees-are-happiest-in-family-businesses.aspx 

The Community Foundation for Ireland are holding a half day seminar on 23rd October in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin on Giving and Gaining through Family Philanthropy.

This is a unique opportunity to learn about recent trends and developments in philanthropy and to gain practical insights into how some families are giving in a strategic and engaged way

Family firms face unique challenges.

To support their continued contributions to our economy and society, Dublin City University is establishing a Centre for Family Business as a global centre of excellence that will work directly with Irish family firms. 

The Centre will collaborate with their network of international business schools, and will, through a focused research agenda, develop and translate knowledge to enhance competitiveness of Irish family firms and offer insights into best practice of family firm management.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny will formally launch DCU Centre for Family Business on 10th October 

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A lunch seminar "Employment Law & Compliance - The Essentials" was presentd by Terence J O'Sullivan on 19th June.  Visit our library to view the presentation.

Family Business Ireland Director - JJ O'Connell recently presented at the Pricewaterhouse Cooper seminar "Moving Beyond Survival" seminar which took place in Cork.  Click here to view the presentation

Bill Holohan, Senior Partner and Founder of Holohan Solicitors has been awarded the Irish Law Award 2013 for “Mediation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the year 2013”.

In 2012, he was also awarded “Irish Mediator of the Year Award 2012” by Acquisition International Magazine. 

Accredited as a Mediator by both CEDR (the Centre for Effect of Dispute Resolution) and CIArb (the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) he is the current Chairman of the Chartered Institute Special Interest Group on Mediation. A copy of his 2010 publication “ADR and Mediation in Ireland, 2010 and beyond” is available on request.

The successful family-owned Irish business Musgrave Group has announced its financial results for 2012.

Musgrave Group Financial Results 2012