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24/09/2020
Have your say on the Future Development of Carlow Town...
Have your say on the Future Development of Carlow Town Carlow County Council have today (24th September 2020) unveiled details of the Project Carlow 2040 Draft Masterplan for Carlow Town and are inviting submissions on the draft plan up to 26th October 2020....
23/09/2020
EU opportunities explored by Carlow collective as part of EU funding programme ...
EU opportunities explored by Carlow collective as part of EU funding programme 13 Graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma in European Studies EU Engagement Programme with the European Institute of Public Relations in association with the Leuven Institute and Carlow County Council were acknowledged recently with awards being receipted by Cllr. Tom O’Neill, Cathaoirleach of Carlow County Council on behalf of the group....
21/09/2020
Restart Grant Plus for B & Bs
As part of the July Jobs Stimulus Package, the Government announced funding of up to €8m in Grants to support B&B's impacted by COVID-19...
18/09/2020
Student Enterprise Programme redesigned to challenge students entrepreneurial mindset...
Student Enterprise Programme redesigned to challenge students entrepreneurial mindset
14/09/2020
Taste in Carlow Tour promotes Counties fantastic food and drink offering...
Carlow County Councils – Local Enterprise Office in partnership with KCLR with the support of County Carlow Chamber & Carlow Tourism have launched the Taste in Carlow Tour in partnership with KCLR which aims to promote all things food and drink over the coming months from County Carlow....
09/09/2020
BREXIT BACK IN FOCUS FOR IRELAND’S SMALL BUSINESSES...
After what has been an already challenging year for companies, small businesses are being urged to refocus their minds on Brexit ahead of the December 31st deadline. Irrespective of what happens in talks between the UK and the EU before the end of year cut off, the transition period expires and that will change Ireland’s trading position with the UK. This means any company who exports or imports with or through the UK will be affected and will have to change their processes....
04/09/2020
Tourism Sector SME’s can avail of up to €2,500 to support getting customers engaged online...
Online Trading Voucher Application available from Carlow County Councils – Local Enterprise Office with an application workshop being held on 7th September 2020 @ 2.00pm-3.00pm....
03/09/2020
Revenue Brexit Readiness Article
“Did you know that 52% of businesses who traded with the UK in Carlow in 2020 have not registered for an EORI number?”
12/08/2020
Innovation Programme aims to support County Carlow Companies to put their best foot forward in market challenges...
Institute of Technology (Carlow) & Carlow County Council launch the new “2020 Innovate” programme which aims to support companies with the opportunities and challenges of Brexit & Covid-19 trading conditions....
11/08/2020
Restart Grant Plus will help businesses reopen - Tánaiste...
Up to €25,000 available to help businesses re-open, get people back to work
10/08/2020
COVID 19 - Waiver of Commercial Rates
A 100% waiver of commercial rates applies for a 6-month period from 27 March 2020 to 27 September 2020 to all ratepayers except a small number of categories. The waiver will be applied as a credit in lieu of rates for the 6-month period covered in 2020....
04/08/2020
Three communities to share €72,363 funding for Town & Village Accelerated Scheme...
A total of €72,363 has been allocated for improvements to three towns and villages around Carlow.
17/07/2020
#belocalonline campaign partnership with Touchpoint Media...
Local Enterprises offered free advertising as part of #belocalonline campaign partnership with Touchpoint Media
16/07/2020
Anti roadside Litter Campaign
How often have you been in a car when one of the other passengers have opened the window and chucked out an empty coffee cup, the packaging waste from a takeaway or an empty plastic bottle? ...
15/07/2020
Carlow’s recipe for opportunity with publication of Food & Drink Strategy...
“A recipe for opportunity” is how Cathaoirleach of Carlow County Council , Cllr. Tom O’Neill described Carlow County Food & Drink Strategy 2020-2025 published today (15th July 2020)....
04/09/2014
Local Enterprise Office Launches New Loan Partnership
The Local Enterprise Office Carlow is teaming up with Microfinance Ireland, to launch a new type of loan support aimed at the small business community in the region....
18/08/2014
Showcase 2015
Local Enterprise Office –Carlow is seeking expressions of interest from clients engaged in the craft, design and gift sector interested in taking a stand in the Enterprise Zone at Showcase 18th – 21st January 2015. ...
14/08/2014
New Frontiers Programme 2014
Waterford Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Carlow are currently recruiting for their next New Frontiers Programme....
25/07/2014
Form Group to Exhibit at Kilkenny Arts Festival...
FORM is a group of designer makers and craftspeople living and working in the Carlow region of Ireland...
03/07/2014
Applications open for national scheme to help Small Businesses trade online...
From today, 1 July 2014, small businesses throughout Ireland can apply to the government for digital vouchers to the system in helping their businesses trade online....
30/06/2014
Gothic Castle stages Business Picnic to make connections happen...
Duckett’s Grove Castle just outside Carlow Town will be the venue for the second Business Picnic being held on Wednesday 23rd July 2014 hosted by Carlow & Wexford Local Enterprise Offices and partners....
13/06/2014
Time to GROW your Business
ManagementWorks is an initiative from the State Company Skillnets, under the Governments Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at providing Owners Managers/Managers of Small and Medium size Businesses with practical, impactful programmes that will make a real difference to them and to that of their business....
Minister Rabbitte rolls out whole of Government scheme to support local businesses trading online...
Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte T.D., this evening brought together Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) from around the country for the first time to upskill their Staff, Mentors and Business Advisors on the important aspects of small business trading online....
23/05/2014
New craft network launched in Carlow...
A new craft network, called FORM, was launched this week (14/05/2014) at a reception at VISUAL, Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow. The network consists of 12 established designer makers, who create high quality home ware, gifts and wearable pieces. ...
14/04/2014
Local Enterprise Office opened for business...
The Local Enterprise Office is a new national resource, staffed with professional people with business training, to assist budding entrepreneurs and existing businesses in every county in Ireland....
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10/12/2019
Paint Hub
If blood is thicker than water, in the Gaynor family, paint is thicker still....
Little Crew - PreStart
There’s an old-world charm to wooden toys. They’re sturdy and designed with care; they’re simple and straightforward, perfect for imagining and pretending; and unlike their mass-produced plastic counterparts, they don’t run out of batteries (or make noise)....
Jo Browne
When asked how it all began, Jo Browne goes back to when she was 10 years old, recalling how her sister-in-law gave her a ‘solid’ perfume from Greece. She fell in love with it. She stayed loyal to solid perfume as she grew up and amassed a collection from all over the world....
Equinox
Noel and Tomoko Doyle first met while studying in the UK. They began a relationship soon after and moved to Tomoko’s home country of Japan....
Butlers Organic Eggs
A happier hen makes a fresher egg—that’s according to David and Paula Butler, the owners of Butler’s Organic Eggs, a Hacketstown-based chicken farm that specialises in the production of organic eggs....
21/12/2017
The Story behind our Clients
Smyth and O'Reilly
Silver Spear Gin is the inaugural product by Artisan Irish Distillers Smyth & O’Reilly which they launched to market in 2017. The distillery is located at Ballydarton House in Carlow and it is run by Gavin O’Reilly and husband and wife team Charles and Dawn Smyth. The brand is built on an extremely interesting and unique history which adds authenticity, prov- idence and heritage to their brand story and with the support of Local Enterprise Off ice Carlow and others along the way they are now successfully exporting this fantastic artisan product internationally from their base here in Carlow....
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