Lockton Insurance Brokers have provided documents related to risk management for businesses which may be helpful at this time: Business Continuity Planning Driver/Fleet Safety Health and Safety and Claims Defensibility Policy Responsibilities Property & Unoccupied Buildings DublinTown would like to thank them for passing along this information.

An Garda Síochána have provided the below crime prevention advice to keep retail premises secure at this time. The following crime prevention advice on credit card machine fraud is highlighted upon NCPU awareness of a fraudulent incident in Northern Ireland where a credit card machine was removed from the business reception area and large sums […]

There have been many questions regarding the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme. We have collected below all information as known at this time. If you have a question that is not covered in this information please email it to damon@dublintown.ie and we will include it in our regular mailings to the Government and its agencies […]

An Garda Síochána and the Irish Security Industry Association are providing the following crime prevention advice to keep retail premises secure at this time: Ensure all entrance points to the building are protected with the best security solution, locks and bolts. If there are roller shutters, ancillary locking devices such as Shutter Locking Ram posts […]

200,000 less people visiting the city centre each day as remote working and social distancing measures take hold. Most customer facing businesses (employing 35,000 people) now closed. New data from DublinTown, the collective voice of businesses in Dublin City Centre, has shown that footfall in Dublin city centre has continued to decline as people work […]

Includes links to useful applications and how-to guides. The following options may be useful in the context of social distancing and remote work as the services allow employees to share knowledge and tasks as a group. Some Tips From Google For Remote Working 6 tips for better video calls More > Tools for better remote […]

INFORMATION RELEVANT TO BUSINESSES LOOKING TO TOP UP THE WELFARE 203 EURO FOR EMPLOYEES ——– Dear Member, There has been some recent confusion around the government scheme that allows employers to pay €203 to employees rather than have them collect social welfare. While originally it was stated this payment could be used to “top up” […]

DublinTown has noted an anomaly between the information supplied by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation yesterday evening and the position taken by the Revenue Commissioners today. Yesterday we were advised that Employers could top up the €203 payment in order to provide staff with a living wage while their employer has been forced […]