Glenmore and Piltown among rural locations offering work/life balance benefits New data shows that demand for Kilkenny’s six rural Connected Hubs and its five established Business Centres has increased as a growing number of professionals are now hot desking while remote working two to three days a week – and...
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Chamber Expo shows Waterford is back in business
Chamber Expo shows Waterford is back in business
From product launches to birthday celebrations and incredible giveaways, it was an afternoon packed with great business stories at the Waterford Chamber Business Expo in Tom Murphy Car Sales on Thursday last (May 12th). Sponsored by Waterford Local Enterprise Office, the event saw over 100 businesses network and...
Tramore student takes the honours at Student Enterprise Awards
Tramore student takes the honours at Student Enterprise Awards
Handy Hurleys from Ard Scoil na Mara in Tramore has won the Senior category of the Waterford Student Enterprise Programme and qualified for the National Student Enterprise Competition. Charlotte Balfe is the founder of Handy Hurleys, a convenient and cost-effective way to store hurleys in the home or club. The...
Local Enterprise Office Waterford awards over one million in grant aid to local business in 2021
Local Enterprise Office Waterford awards over one million in grant aid to local business in 2021
The Local Enterprise Office in Waterford released its 2021 grant aid figures last week. €886,189 in financial grants were approved in 2021 to 32 applicants, with a further 95 businesses being approved Trading Online Vouchers to value of €192,609. This was added to the 2381 businesses who received training and...
Rallying call to ‘shop local’
Rallying call to ‘shop local’
As some restrictions are re-introduced, shoppers are urged to ‘support local’ Justine Dwyer The festive season has got off to a flying start, with retailers reporting a bumper weekend for the first weekend in December and urging the local community to help boost the coffers of small businesses by shopping local....
Student Enterprise Programme launches for its 20th year
Student Enterprise Programme launches for its 20th year
Over 300,000 students have benefitted from creating their own business since programme began Ireland’s largest student enterprise programme was launched last week in what is now its 20th year. An initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices to encourage entrepreneurship in secondary schools, the Student Enterprise...
Local Enterprise Office Waterford encouraging businesses to go green!
Local Enterprise Office Waterford encouraging businesses to go green!
Earlier this month, An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, officially launched a new ‘green’ enterprise support for small businesses. The Green for Micro programme, an initiative from the Local Enterprise Offices with support from Enterprise Ireland, was rolled out nationwide...