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The Retirement Planning Council of Ireland is calling on employers to give the gift of a retirement planning course to their employees this Christmas. A recent campaign by the Retirement Planning Council emphasises how retirement can be the most daunting time of a career and preparation is crucial in order to maximise the time ahead.

The chairman of Westmeath’s Housing SPC says his greatest fear for 2014 is that people on the housing list won’t be able to access accommodation on the Rental Accommodation Scheme.

At the beginning of February 2014, the Single European Payments Area, a payment integration initiative of the European Union, will be in full operation. The aim of the project is to improve the efficiency of cross border payments and to turn the many national clearing systems into a single payment area.

During the last General Election, I will never forget calling to a door, where a woman twice my age broke down, not just in tears but in sheer despair. Her entire retirement savings in bank shares were wiped out and she knew she wasn’t far from leaving the workforce.

Liam and Orla Delaney have just launched CareerBud.com, a business designed to assist job seekers with the difficult task of finding employment in today’s world. CareerBud is unique in that it is designed to keep the jobseeker at the heart of the process.

The success of the Midlands Think Tank, which was the brainchild of, and driven by, the directors and staff of Midas Technologies, shows us what can be achieved, and the opportunities that lie ahead, for the small business sector, that is according to local TD, Willie Penrose.

Have you been to Therapie Clinic, Fairview Terrace, Athlone recently? It’s located just beside the Sheraton exit of the Athlone Towncentre, across from the Fair Green car park. You have got to pop in and check out their stunning selection of must-have Christmas gifts. Plus if you get in on Thursday November 28 there’s 20 per cent off everything incuding products, treatments, gift sets, and even gift vouchers!

The Western Development Commission (WDC) has launched its fifth call for funding applicants under its Micro-Loan Fund for Creative Industries. The fund has already had four very successful calls and has disbursed €160,000 to creative businesses in the western region and looks forward to increasing its disbursals into 2014.

Castlebar Credit Union urges people in the Castlebar area to avoid the use of moneylenders this Christmas. Castlebar Credit Union is on hand to help you through the Christmas season.

Galway’s one stop shop for all your home and business ware needs, Cash Factory which is located in the Riverside Commercial Estate, is the place to go first for the best price and quality furniture guaranteed. This November the ‘Try Us First’ store has welcomed the Madison superior Oak furniture range-to include everything you will need to kit out your bedroom.