When

16 July 2020    
11:00 - 12:00
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Date:   Thursday 16 July                 

Time:   11:00am – 12 noon

Location: Zoom Webinar

 

Agenda:

11:00am        Paul Clancy, CEO, Londonderry Chamber of Commerce welcomes all

11:05am         Paul introduces the panel members:

Ciaran O’Neil, Bishops Gate Hotel

Christy Doherty, Station B&B

Julie Pollock, Consult HR

11:45am         Q & A with our members

12:00pm         Webinar closes

Event Overview

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s summer statement includes plans to protect jobs, help younger workers and encourage spending with measures such as a VAT cut for leisure activities and a restaurant voucher scheme.

As the UK enters the second phase in its recovery, the Chancellor’s ”Plan for Jobs” is designed to support jobs by focussing on skills and young people, create jobs with investment in shovel-ready projects and greening our infrastructure, and protect jobs through a VAT cut for the hospitality sector and a landmark Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme for diners.

Find out what Ciaran O’Neill of Bishops Gate Hotel and Christy Doherty of Station B&B think of the Chancellor’s plan and how it will impact on our local economy as well as expert advice on the JRSbonus scheme and flexi-furlough from Julie Pollock of ConsultHR.

Paul Clancy, CEO, Londonderry Chamber of Commerce will moderate this session and there will be an opportunity to put your own question to the panel.

Panellist bios:

 Ciaran O’Neill, Managing Director, Bishops Gate Hotel 

 Ciaran is a proud graduate of the N Ireland Catering College and a qualified Chef with over 30 years of experience in the Hospitality sector working both internationally and locally in Hotel management. He opened the multi award winning Bishops Gate Hotel in March 2016

Ciaran isa past President of the N Ireland Hotels Federation and Vice Chair of Visit Derry and Chair of the Board of Governors for St Cecelia’s College.

He is a passionate Hotelier who believes in investing in people and is astrong voice in promoting his native City of Derry and the tourism product of N Ireland.

Christy Doherty, Station B&B

Christy is the former Global Vice President of Sales of a US Hospitality technology companythat operated across 60 countries. Serving global hotel chains such as Accor, Intercontinental Hotels and Jumeirah International he got a keen understanding of hotel operations and technology and with his business partner Liam Walsh invested into the Bridge accommodations group and launched the new project Station B&B a 4-star luxury 15 bed boutique B&B alongside the 17 bed 3 star Bridge B&B. The group have exciting growth plans mapped out which they aim to continue with. Christy is passionate about coaching and boxing and works with young kids in the city teaching boxing and Mindset tips for success. He also launched his first book, completed during COVID-19.

 Julie Pollock, ConsultHR

Julie Pollock is the Owner of Consult HR who specialise in providing human resources and employment support.  Julie’s expertise lies within the high-risk end of people management and she has specialised in providing expert HR advice to SMEs, most recently on the Job Retention Scheme and Furloughing staff.

 Moderator bio:

Paul Clancy

Paul who has been recently appointed as CEO of the Chamber has more than 20 years director and management level experience across a range of sectors. These include agriculture, drinks, manufacturing and construction.

His priority is to support local businesses through the current crisis.