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One4All Gift Cards an ideal way to thank your team, tax-free

We all know how challenging it’s been for businesses and their employees for the last several months. As life starts to return to normal, a One4all Gift Card is a great way to thank your team for all their hard work during this difficult time.

Under the government’s ‘Small Benefit in Kind’ exemption, One4all Gift Cards up to the value of €500 per employee are completely free of tax, PRSI and USC, saving you and your employees money. Normally, employers can give only one gift card per year to an employee, tax free. However, the government has changed this rule for the 2020 tax year to let employers give multiple gift cards to frontline or other key staff working during the Covid-19 crisis. This only applies to employees who continued to work during the restricted period.

Thanks to An Post’s corporate order service, you can place your order in your local post office for delivery to your business, making it easier than ever before.

Visit your local post office to find out more and to order your One4all Thank You Gift Cards for any value from €15 to €150, completely tax-free.

Employers are now allowed to give multiple gift cards to frontline or other key staff working during the Covid-19 crisis, tax-free

CHEP Store Solutions offer multiple benefits for retailers

According to CHEP, it has helped more companies move more goods, to more places, more effectively than any other company on earth. Now CHEP has extended its supply chain expertise into retail stores to provide

better replenishment and more effective promotions.

With Store Solutions, CHEP has a dedicated team of FMCG and retail experts that work in collaboration with European retailers and brands to deliver: • Safety for your staff and shoppers: Reducing the number of touches to products from warehouses and especially in stores is a key priority. Shelf-ready display units make the refill of shelves easy, safe and automatic. • Managing costs sustainably: Save up to 60% of operational costs by using storeready display units. Refill fixtures quickly and with less manual work from your staff. • Reigniting promotions effectively: Promotions can come pre-filled on a cardboard display attached to a reusable display pallet. This makes it easy to handle by store staff, limiting in-store display set up time, which is safer for your consumers and staff.

If you want to find out more about what CHEP Store Solutions can do for you, your business, and your shoppers, contact CHEP: Telephone: 01 8081648 / +44 161 786 0500, www.chep.com/storesolutions.

New animated series ‘Rare Owl Times’ encourages Dubliners to shop local

Rare Owl Times is a mini-series centred around some Dublin ‘Owl Ones’ and ‘Owl Fellas’, who are based on the charming old characters we all recognize from the streets of Dublin’s fair city. They tell tales and use Dublinisms, as we find them frequenting a new local business in each episode. Each one ends with a reminder to shop local like we used to in the rare auld times.

Rare Owl Times was created by Showrunner, the new entertainment and culture hub of Dublin creative agency, Verve, which is headed up by creative duo, Sam Moorhead and Mikey Fleming.

and comedian and actor Ali Fox. The animated world was designed by young Dublin illustrator, Ross Carvill (@ross_ carvill) with sound design from IFTAwinning sound designer, Dean Jones (Raygun). “We wanted to encourage people to support their local businesses in a fun, entertaining and non-preachy way,” said Sam Moorhead, creative partner in Each episode of Rare Owl Times closes with a reminder to shop local like we used to in the rare auld times Showrunner. The animated series features three short episodes: check them out on The series features voice work from comedian YouTube and look out for the animated Tony Cantwell, drag performer Wren Dennehy spot on Sky TV also.

SuperValu and AsIAm launch ‘Bridge Back to School’ learning resource

SuperValu and AsIAm have launched a learning resource toolkit, developed with Mary Immaculate College, to help those with high support needs prepare during the summer months to return to school in September.

Covid-19 has posed challenges for every household in Ireland and for many autistic people, the loss of structure and routine has been particularly tough.

In total, 20,000 ‘Bridge Back to School’ resource booklets have been distributed to SuperValu stores nationwide and are available to pick up in every store at identifiable points, as well as online from the SuperValu website.

AsIAm worked in collaboration with professor Emer Ring of Mary Immaculate College who has extensive experience in education, including working with the Department of Education and Skills, as a primary mainstream class teacher and as a learning and support resource teacher, to develop the resource.

SuperValu is dedicated to making communities around Ireland more inclusive and is leading the way in autism

Adam Harris, CEO of AsIAm, launching the ‘Bridge Back to School’ learning resource

friendly shopping by continuously raising understanding and awareness of autism among its customers and staff. n