Today I talk to Conor Battigan, District Executive for the Sandyford Business District. We chat about achievements to date, making a difference for businesses and the future for Ireland's premier business district.

Tim Husbands MBE talks racing, managing the effects of Covid 19, tourism, placemaking and his career to date on the latest podcast in the Sandyford Business Bites series. Tim is a hugely experienced leader in the tourism sector. He has big plans for Dublin's only racing venue.

An interview with Joanne Hession, the high energy leader of LIFT Ireland. Joanne tells us about LIFT and how LIFT and Sandyford Business District are entering a dynamic and exciting partnership aimed at improving the leadership skills of every business in Sandyford Business District.

The high energy Managing Director of Retail Excellence Ireland joins us on the Sandyford Business Bites Podcast to discuss Covid, Government support for retail, the shift to online and how spending locally is a great idea. 

Retail Excellence involves over 2,000 leading retail companies who operate in the Irish market. Our members are the most progressive and innovative in the market. We make every effort to deliver activity which is wholeheartedly based on member needs. Retail Excellence is by far the largest retail industry body in Ireland.

We are talking with Paraic de Paor of Brennan and Company, a leading distributor of medical equipment and supplies. The Sandyford based company is over 50 years young and winner of the 2019 Sandyford Business District Scale-Up Award. Paraic tells us about the history of Brennan and Company and how they are responding to the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis.

Today we are talking back to work, home working, technology and office layout with Jim Leyden and Mark Cashen from Bizquip, a Sandyford institution and leading supplier of office technology, furniture and supplies. Bizquip has  a fully functioning web presence. However, Jim is a great advocate of shopping local and loves to support local businesses, local jobs and the local economy. Jim has long been a supporter of the Sandyford Business District.

Philip Carney is a founding director of the HR Company. Philip gives timely and important advice and insights into obligations and responsibilities on return to work, redundancy and other key topics as companies look to rightsize in the face of the reality of Covid-19. The HR Company specialises in customised HR support and advice to companies who wish to offload the burdens, the risks and the time involved in Human Resources to a professional provider. The company is an innovator in its space and employs a team of 47 HR professionals and have hundreds of satisfied customers all over Ireland.

Contact Philip Carney or Angela O'Grady via the website at https://thehrcompany.ie/

Against the backdrop of Covid-19 we talk to Lorraine Higgins, former Senator, barrister, Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic, founder of Digital Business Ireland and corporate affairs adviser about a topic close to many in business today. Crisis Management. Lorraine gives expert advice and guidance on identifying and managing a crisis through the stages.

A brief interview with Conor Battigan, Chief Executive of the Sandyford Business District Company. Conor talks about the response to Covid 19, innovation in the district and what the Sandyford Business Improvement District Company is doing to lobby for businesses at a very difficult time.