Audio visual plan for region unveiled at business symposium

A NEW initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices in Wexford, Wicklow, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow local authorities came to fruition recently when dozens of representatives from the audio visual sector and other business leaders attended the South Eastern Creative Corridor (SECC) Symposium at Wicklow County Campus.

The SECC aims to support the development and growth of enterprises operating within or providing products and services to the audio visual sector, with the overall objective of creating a vibrant viable creative audio visual industry cluster across the region. This will be achieved by the LEO Offices from each of the counties working together to encourage and support entrepreneurs and established SMEs who can sell services or products to the audio visual industry or are operating in the sector to grow their businesses, internationalise and create new jobs in the region.

The year-long initiative, which was kick-started at the event, offers enterprise owners an intensive programme of business development including training, mentoring, networking and access to finance. The programme commences on December 7 with a Regional Boot Camp in Kilkenny, focused on goal setting. This will be followed by a series of training workshops and accountability boards to be held in each county. The programme will culminate with an Audio Visual Summit in December 2017. More information is available at www.creativecorridor.ie or by contacting Wexford County Council’s Local Enterprise Office telephone 053 91 96000 or email: breege.cosgrave@leo.wexfordcoco.ie