Welcome €105,000 funding for Ardee company

Not for Profit Ardee Community Development Company Ltd has been awarded €105,420 as part of an allocation from Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD in a latest funding round.

Fergus O’Dowd TD revealed that €500k has been awarded to four enterprise centres in County Louth, including €140k for the Mill Enterprise Hub in Drogheda.

He added that the Ardee Community Development Company Ltd has been awarded €105,420, Creative Spark CLG in Dundalk has been awarded €108,000 and the DKIT Regional Development Centre has been awarded €146,170.

O’Dowd said, ‘ This funding will be essential considering the devastating effects of COVID-10 has had on business and in particular on start-ups that were in the early stages of progression.

‘We already know the important role our enterprise centres provide locally, but this funding will give them a massive boost going into the new year.

‘Centres such as the Mill provide great support and business knowledge to fledgling companies and provide a professional and comfortable setting for business leaders and entrepreneurs.

‘Enterprise centres and hubs are embedded in our local communities and provide long term employment opportunities and encouragement for businesses to locate in close proximity.

‘ This fund will assist in implementing a recovery plan for businesses within their remit over the next six to twelve months. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar added: ‘I am really pleased to make this funding available through my Department. This will help enterprise centres across the country to modernise facilities and to help secure much needed jobs.’