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Local businesses struggling to keep their doors open and staff employed were dealt a devastating blow as the details of the proposals for the Mayo County Council and Castlebar Town Council annual budgets 2011 were published this week, according to Castlebar Chamber of Commerce.

With a number of businesses around Mayo really struggling at the moment, one Castlebar auctioneer has claimed that rising rates and operation charges are set to test the commercial sector to its limits. At next Monday’s budget meeting a 10 per cent increase in water charges is to be proposed for adoption by members. According to Castlebar Chamber of Commerce member Tommy Collins the big problem for businesses at the moment is that there is simply little or no incentive for job creation.

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Castlebar Chamber of Commerce is staging a ‘Managing your cash in difficult times’ seminar, sponsored by Hastings Group insurance brokers, on Thursday May 27 in the Welcome Inn Hotel at 6pm.

History will be made in Castlebar on Sunday May 2 and women everywhere are being asked to play, or more precisely, run, jog or walk their part. The first ever west of Ireland Women’s Mini-Marathon is attracting 2,500 participants plus supporters, family, and friends to Mayo’s county town. Indeed the organisers hope that the event will become a firm and much loved fixture on Ireland’s athletics calendar.

Work to the Main Street section of Castlebar’s long-awaited town centre refurbishment project is set to commence next week.

Led by Castlebar Chamber of Commerce, the marketing initiative – Castlebar, Everyone’s Invited – set up to market Castlebar and attract more visitors to shop, stay, and have a great night out in the town has started to roll out its initiatives to draw more visitors for longer stays and greater spend in the town.

Castlebar Chamber of Commerce has organised a speed networking event which will enable its members and non-members to speed date their way to a better business.

The AGM of Castlebar Chamber of Commerce will take place on Monday, February 22 in Days Hotel at 8.30pm. Members and prospective members are asked to attend.

The inaugural Féile on the Mall was launched in style this week in the county capital. The one-day charity event will see the Mall in Castlebar transformed from its usual serenity into a hive of activity with bungee jumping, live stage music, bouncy castles, arts and crafts and much, much more on Saturday August 30.