ARKLOW’SIN ‘ENTERPRISE TOWN’AGAIN
THERE will be a registration night on September 7 for all the community groups and businesses in Arklow who want to take part in this year’s Enterprise Town.
Arklow will once again take part in the Bank of Ireland’s Enterprise Town initiative. The one-day revisit event which will take place in October aims to build on the hugely successful two-day business and community showcase, which took place last autumn.
Last year, Arklow was selected as one of 100 towns across Ireland to host a Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town event. The event took place in St Mary’s College and was a phenomenal success.
According to Derek Tobin, Branch Manager of Bank of Ireland, Arklow: ‘ The Enterprise Town event was extremely well supported and in the end, was completely oversubscribed. We welcomed over 85 exhibitors each day including local businesses, community organisations and sports groups. There were huge crowds in attendance each day who came out to enjoy the entertainment and support the town.’
The objective of Enterprise Town is to support local organisations and help generate business in the area. The initiative also aims to involve the wider community and the schools, to ensure everyone can get involved and be part of the positive experience in promoting all this is great in Arklow.
‘ The feedback after last year’s event was very positive - most of the businesses who participated said they generated sales, while others made connections with other businesses and customers in the locality’, said Derek.
‘ The community groups who participated got to showcase all their superb talents and raise their profiles. We were also delighted to be able to donate €1,000 to Arklow Cancer Support who were the nominated charity.’
This year’s event will be open to all organisations in the community who would like an opportunity to promote what they do. Although completely free for both exhibitors and attendees, businesses and community organisations must book their exhibition stand in advance in order to participate.
A registration evening will take place in September 7 at Arklow Library at 6. 30 p.m. for anyone wishing to exhibit for this year’s revisit event. Registrations will be taken on the night on a first come first served basis and the event is expected to be oversubscribed again this year, so early booking is advised.