Event registration opened on Monday 29th January 2018 at 11:00 The London Irish Business Society, are delighted to announce that we will be hosting our next event on 13th February 2018, entitled ‘Overcoming Challenges in a Climate Changed World’, with Her Excellency Mrs. Mary Robinson. In association with The Institute of Irish Studies, University of […]
LIBS are delighted to partner with 404 and help promote their upcoming event to our members. With a booming tech scene, Irish technology employers are looking for talented co-workers to come and join them. Could that be you? A range of Ireland’s best tech companies will be in London on Saturday, February 10th for an exclusive […]
It is with great honour that we can announce that our first speaker of 2018 will be one of our most prestigious to date. Her Excellency Mrs. Mary Robinson will be joining us on the evening of February 13th. By anyone’s standards, Mrs. Robinson has led an extraordinary life. A Ballina native, Mrs. Robinson’s […]
The new EU General Data Protection Regulation is upon us! Technically this new regulation is already in effect, however businesses around Europe who deal with the personal data of EU citizens. It affects anyone who offers goods and services, even free ones, such as the service offered by LIBS. Recent research has suggested that many […]
According to the Irish Times, figures published by the Central Statistics Office last month show that 30,800 Irish people moved abroad in the year to April 2017, down 17% on the previous year. A total of 27,400 Irish people moved back to live in Ireland, down 1,000 on the same period in 2015/16.So that poses the question to our LIBS audience, our networks – […]
Third annual LIBStech event a huge success Full house of LIBS members decamp to Deloitte Digital to hear the pitches of 3 of Ireland’s hottest early-stage disruptive start-ups 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 […]
Ireland’s ever-thriving international reputation as a tech start-up hub shows no signs of slowing down. According to a recent KPMG report, Ireland is poised to become a ‘springboard’ to the European market for venture-capital backed firms.Together with Deloitte Digital and supported by the office of the Dublin Commissioner for Start-Ups, LIBS are delighted to return […]
Beware the danger of benevolent bias. That was the warning from Vodafone Ireland CEO Anne O’Leary, describing how the doubts of her husband and friends posed the biggest threat to her applying for the top job that ultimately allowed her to make a real difference to the lives’ of working women in a company that, […]
Studies clearly show the value of women’s equitable participation in organisational leadership. Increasingly gender equality is viewed as a business issue. CEO’s globally say they are actively focused on talent diversity and inclusion, however, scarce representation of women at senior levels in businesses remains a global phenomenon. While there have been significant improvements in the last […]
Dear friends, 2017 has been as busy as ever for the Irish Government, for our Embassy team and for me as Ambassador as we continue our work in dealing with the implication of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Yesterday, I appeared before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at the House of Commons. […]