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Athlone graduate Ciaran Lynch helped to announce 9,000 one-year Springboard+ part-time and full-time courses now available free across the country.

A free digital marketing event covering Lead Generation, SEO and Cloud will take place on April 23 in the Connacht Hotel from 9.30am to 1pm. This is being funded by Galway Executive Skillnet, the event will cover Lead Generation, SEO and Cloud with guest speaker and well-known social media trainer Damien Mulley.

Galway Executive Skillnet is hosting a free digital marketing event on May 22 in Pillo Hotel.

A free event where professionals will deliver advice on the essential tools needed for every start up business will be held on May 7 in the Pillo Hotel from 9am to 1pm.

ManagementWorks, an initiative by the state agency Skillnets, provides a range of subsidised training programmes to SMEs under the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs. Over 700 business people are currently participating on ManagmentWorks Programmes across the country and are already seeing the concrete impact it is having on company performance.

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Jobs Dara Calleary has warned the Government against any attempt to water down the youth guarantee, saying it will have grave consequences for the economy. Deputy Calleary has called on the Government to immediately rule out any extension of the four month waiting period for guaranteed access to a job, training, or further education. “This pledge was very clear: No young job seeker will be waiting for more than four months for a meaningful job or training opportunity. There can be no deviating from this promise,” said Deputy Calleary.

Galway Executive Skillnet (GES) is hosting three events over the coming weeks. Managing Finance is the first of these events on Oct. 2 with Susan Hayes, the positive economist. Ms Hayes is an experienced financial trainer and entrepreneur and shares her knowledge with others in a practical and easily implementable format. Finance is the lifeblood of every business. However, sometimes SMEs find themselves trying to organise chaos coming up to accounting deadlines, suffering lumpy cashflow situations and feeling at the mercy of the bank account balance.

With the Irish unemployment rate remaining stubbornly high at 14 per cent, Ros na Rún in association with Gréasán na Méan aims to assist job seeking Irish speakers in accessing the growing Irish language media industries. Through a one day intensive acting workshop on Wednesday May 1 budding actors have the opportunity to get their ‘Big Break’.

Cloud Computing and Digital Marketing are the Buzz words in today’s business community. An opportunity to demystify cloud technology and digital media is being offered on October 11 in Pillo Hotel Galway from 8am – 11am. This free event will include a networking breakfast at 8am

It is not Christmas yet, but it is the season to be jolly at Galway Executive Skillnet (GES), which is giving away a number of free workshops at Galway City venues as an early present to Galway’s business community. Space is limited on all five free courses, so early booking with GES is essential.