Celebrate Local Enterprise Week 2022 with us, whether you are someone with a new business idea, a start-up or an established small business.
This year our events are taking place online, so they are nearer than ever to you and your business.
Monday 7th until Friday 11th March 2022 Free Online Business Advice Appointments
Available throughout the week.
Start Your Own Business Programme (day #1 of 7 mornings, finishing 25th April)
Time: 10.00am-1.00pm; Cost: ¤50 per person. Our online programme is for someone with a business idea who wants to research it further. Modules covered will include market research, pricing and costing, cashflow projections, the revenue, sales & marketing, getting online and the business plan.
Tuesday 8th March 2022 Trading Online Voucher Information Webinar
Time: 9.30am-11.30am; FREE to attend! Find out more about the Trading Online Voucher Scheme for your business. If you are hoping to trade/sell online or to upgrade your current website to sell online, you may be eligible for a grant worth up to ¤2,500 or 50% of eligible expenditure. Eligibility criteria and terms and conditions apply.
The Food Starter Programme
Dates: March 8th, 16th, 30th & April 13th 2022 Time: 9.30a.m. -1.00pm; Cost: ¤50 per person. The Food Starter programme is an online 4 x 1/2-day programme designed to help those with a food idea, or those at a very early stage of starting up a food business. Typically, within the first 24 months. It will cover everything from an overview of the Irish food sector to the specifics of starting a food production business. It is a prerequisite for anyone undertaking the Food Academy Programme. We would also recommend starting out that you complete a Start your Own Business Programme with your Local Enterprise Office.
Wednesday 9th March 2022 Going Green – Small Steps, Big Impact *National Spotlight Event of the Week
Time: 9.00am-11.00am; FREE to attend! This online event is our main event of the week during which we will be joined by clients and business owners from across the country. Our keynote speaker will be Dr Tara Shine, Change by Degrees. Our MC for the event, Jackie Gowran, Business Weaving will meet with several clients who are running sustainable businesses including: Native Denims, Dublin; Mamukko, Kinsale and Badly Made Books, Cork City. We will be highlighting the positive green differences which small businesses are making from partaking in our LEO Green for Micro Programme. Join us for this online interactive, engaging, and inspiring event. One not to be missed!
10 Steps to Self-Employment Programme (day #1 of 2)
Time: 10am-1pm; FREE to attend! Day number one of two days, this programme is ideal for someone who wants to find out more about what self-employment means. The ten steps involved in starting your own business will be discussed.
Thursday 10th March 2022 Digitally Connecting Your Business
Time: 9.30am-12.30pm; Cost: ¤10 per person Join us for this new webinar to discover what tools you can use to digitally connect your business, to be the very best it can be, online.
Championing of the Creative Consumer Sector
Time: 12.00pm-1.30pm; FREE to attend! This online event is aimed at creative businesses across the county. Our MC Meabh Ring will meet with: The Blackwater Valley Makers; Irish Design Makers and retailers and also with Isabel Haley from New York. Isabel is the Executive Director of the North American Celtic Trade Association AND Co-Founder of ANAM Craft Marketplace. Join us for this online interactive, engaging, and inspiring event. One not to be missed!
Friday 11th March 2022 LEO Finance & Grant Information Webinar
Find out about the LEO funding supports available to small businesses. Eligibility criteria, funding supports and the application process will be discussed. Time: 10.00am – 11.30am; FREE to attend!
Building a Better Business - Lean for Micro Information Webinar
Time: 11.00a.m. – 12.00p.m Small businesses across Ireland are taking strides to improve their competitiveness by reducing costs and increasing their profit through the LEAN for Micro programme. At this workshop, you will hear from Local Businesses that have taken part in the LEAN programme, sharing their experience and hearing the impact it had. In addition, the workshop will show you how to get started, who to connect with and what supports are available. If you are a small business looking to take your first steps in LEAN, this workshop is for you.
Pre-registration from our website is a MUST for all of the above events: www.localenterprise.ie/corknorthandwest
Or contact us for more information at our Mallow Office: T: 022- 43235 E: northcork@leo.corkcoco.ie
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