Local Enterprise Week Activities
Fingal Local Enterprise Office (LEO) is one of 31 across Ireland that has announced a series of exciting initiatives aimed at stimulating business activity locally.
Registration is 30 Minutes before each event start-time!
Monday 2nd March
Time | Event Name | Venue | Price | Event Details and Booking Link |
09:00 - 13:00 | Start-up Bootcamp | Newbridge House, Donabate | €10 | Thinking of starting a business? Or just started? This Business Start-Up Bootcamp is for you! Join us for high-energy, engaging and interactive half-day of talks, personal and small group exercises. 
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16:00 - 19:00 | Leadership Skills for Your Business 
| Marine Hotel, Sutton | €10 | This highly interactive 3-hour Leadership masterclass session will start your leadership journey and equip participants with enhanced leadership skills, knowledge, confidence and develop a peer network in a relaxed Business Buffet style environment. Click Here to Book |
18.30 - 21:00 | Digital Masterclass | PayPal, Ballycoolin 
| €10 | LEO Fingal is hosting a unique event dedicated to the growing field of Social Media & influencer marketing with seasoned social media practitioner Seanie Walsh.
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Tuesday 3rd March
Time | Event Name | Venue | Price | Event Details and booking Link |
08:15 - 09:30 | Behind the Business Networking Breakfast 
| Grand Hotel, Malahide | €10 | Fingal Dublin Chamber is hosting a business networking breakfast featuring successful Fingal entrepreneurs who will share their tips for business growth. Click Here to Book |
12:30 - 14:00 | Preparing Your Business for Growth  | IBM, Damastown, Mulhudart 
| €10 | A fast-paced and high level seminar where you will learn from expert business strategist Damien O’Brien how to scale your business through 4 key elements: People, Plan, Implementation & Cash. Click Here to Book |
18:30 - 20:30 | Ethnic Entrepreneurship Expo 
| Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan | FOC | Ireland has a long and successful history of entrepreneurship and many newcomers aspire to own a profitable small business. However, there are specific challenges ethnic entrepreneurs face when starting and operating a small business in the Irish business landscape. Click Here to Book |
Wednesday 4th March
Time | Event Name | Venue | Price | Event Details and Booking Link |
08:30 - 11:00 
| Raising Finance for a Start-Up 
| The LINC, TU Dublin Blanchardstown Campus | FOC | Raising finance for your Start-up can be a real challenge. Where do you start? Who is the right lender for your business? How do you apply? How do you improve your chances of getting a positive decision? Click Here to Book |
| 08:30 - 12:00 | Innovation Grants to Grow Your Business 
| Crowne Plaza Blanchardstown | FOC | Enterprise Ireland’s Agile Innovation Fund is a great fit for companies that need to rapidly develop solutions or are planning a first new product development project. Click Here to Book |
09.30 - 16.30 | Brexit: Prepare Your Business for Customs | BEaT Centre, Balbriggan | FOC | Learn the export and import customs procedures required to trade with non-EU countries, how tariffs work and the need to correctly classify your goods. Click Here to Book |
Thursday 5th March
Time | Event Name | Venue | Price | Event Details and Booking Link |
09:30 - 13:00 | Streamline Your business, Increase Profits 
| Bracken Court, Balbriggan | €10 | Hosted by Balbriggan Chamber and Local Enterprise Office Fingal, this workshop is an opportunity for business owners to learn how to: plan for business growth, streamline their business and increase their competitive edge and profit Click Here to Book |
09:30 - 13.00 | Finance Skills for SMEs | Local Enterprise Office Training Facility, Swords | €10 | Many SME owners can find themselves lacking the skills and confidence to make important business decisions. Good financial literacy is essential for SMEs looking to expand and compete in this increasingly complex commercial world.
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18.00 - 20:00 | Making It Happen: Fingal Enterprise Awards 
| The Atrium, Fingal County Council, County Hall, Swords | Free | The finalist entrepreneurs in this year’s Fingal Enterprise Awards competition will feature in this dynamic showcase event. The overall “Fingal Enterprise Award” winner will go forward to represent Fingal at the National Final in May 2020, at which they will compete with thirty other winners from throughout Ireland in the National Enterprise Awards.
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Friday 6th March
Time | Event Name | Venue | Price | Event Details and Booking Link |
09.00 - 13.00 | Trading Online Vouchers Scheme Seminar | Riasc Centre, Feltrim, Swords | Free | Join us for a free half-day seminar on how you can develop your online presence through the TOV scheme, featuring a grant to the value of €2,500 towards e-commerce and digital marketing strategy costs. Click Here to Book |
12:00 - 14:00 | "A Taste of Success" with Catherine Fulvio 
| Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport, Stockhole Lane | €10 | LEO Fingal will host a lunch for the Fingal Enterprising Women Network, celebrating International Women’s Day. Our guest speaker for this exciting event will be Day-time Emmy nominee, Celebrity Chef and Female Entrepreneur Catherine Fulvio! Click to Book Here |
09.00 - 16.00 | Open Days Across Fingal Enterprise Centres | - BEaT (Balbriggan),
- Base (Mulhuddart),
- Drinan (Swords)
| Free | As part of Local Enterprise Week, Fingal Enterprise Centres will stage an Open Day, inviting business people from all over the region to experience what they have to offer. There are 3 Enterprise Centres to choose from: - Balbriggan Enterprise & Training Centre, Balbriggan
- Drinan Enterprise Centre, Swords
- Base Enterprise Centre, Mulhuddart
Thinking of starting a business? Make an appointment to see a business advisor in the one-to-one mentor clinics running at each Enterprise Centre throughout the day. Call 01 8900800 to make an appointment. |
