BKBA - Ballina Killaloe Business Association

As part of our on going awareness campaign on behalf of the Business Association, we have put together a Magnetic Business Directory, which you can place on your fridge, filling cabinet or use a mouse mat, we would hope that all our members will put the directory to good use in the future and encourage Business to Business support where possible, especially in these hard times which faces all aspects of our local businesses and community (“Local & Loyal”), the recent Christmas Ad Campaign consisted of a leaflet drop (2000 leaflets to local houses & businesses), a Newspaper & Radio Ad Campaign and our Banner’s situated at various locations in Ballina & Killaloe. We hope this has helped with encouraging all to “Shop Local This Christmas”.

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the next general meeting which will be held in the New Year, the exact date will be confirmed in January.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members a Very Happy Christmas and a Very Prosperous New Year.

Yours sincerely,
Sharon O’Donovan
BKBA – Treasurer

BKBA Newsletter September, 2009

Welcome to the Ballina/ Killaloe Business Association page on the discoverkillaloe.com website. This Newsletter will be the first, in what we hope will be a regular feature, to keep our members updated on what is happening and what we are up to as a Business Association.

We held our official launch on the 27th Aug, it was a great success and all had a great night. A couple of the points we mentioned were: writing to the Co Councils about Commercial Rates, the street lighting, the quality of the roads and footpaths outside our businesses, and the derelict buildings within our towns.

The Association will have regular seminars, the first held on 22nd Sept, on ‘Beating the Recession’ was delivered by Mark Fielding, Chief Executive of ISME, with a ten point plan to assist in surviving the recession.

We in the Association, see Events and Networking as a core part of our mission and will regularly organize events for members to promote business to business networking through breakfasts, lunches and evening events to stimulate business awareness locally.

The Association is currently exploring possibilities of running a selection of quality training courses at highly competitive rates and would hope that this would evolve into a regular worthwhile center of learning for its members. Please keep an eye out for upcoming training courses from the Ballina/Killaloe Business Association.

We as a committee are dedicated to serving the local business community on many levels. If you have any suggestions on areas that we should explore or you would like to contact any of the committee to discuss matters that you may feel relevant, please see contact details below.

John O’Shea, Chair 087 2229511
Noel Murphy, Vice Chair 061 622409
Pauline Hartigan, PRO 061 622685
Sharon O’Donovan, Treasurer 061 376103
Owen O’Donnell 086 8094072
Caoimhe Cannon 061 620128
Eoin Little 061 376122