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09/07/2020
Outdoor Recreation Strategy
The vision for County Carlow’s Outdoor Recreation is Sustainable, Local and Inclusive according to the new Outdoor Recreation Strategy published today (9th July 2020) by Carlow County Council. The strategy which has been developed over 12 months by outdoor recreation expert Humphrey Murphy from ILC through an engagement process with hundreds of people sets out a clear framework for the development of County Carlow....
08/07/2020
Update on Micro Finance Ireland Applications
Lending through this scheme has currently been paused as legislation is required to increase the funding of MFI which is currently at capacity....
06/07/2020
Business Support & Economic Recovery Action Plan
Industry representatives and public and private stakeholders from County Carlow have come together to develop a series of actions to support the economic recovery effort for County Carlow with the development of the County Carlow Business Support & Economic Recovery Action Plan....
Shop Carlow, Shop Local and Shop Safe
Carlow County Council have teamed up with the team in KCLR to launch a promotional campaign to encourage the general public to Shop Local, Shop Safely, Keep it in the County. ...
29/06/2020
County Carlow Industry Leaders open their doors to offer support to address entrepreneurial challenges for County Carlow SMEs...
A team of County Carlow’s Industry Leaders have come together with Blaise Brosnan and the Local Enterprise Office in Carlow County Council to launch the “The Business House” which is a peer network development programme for County Carlow companies which will run from July-November 2020....
Supporting Economic Restart essential role for Council
19/06/2020
High Performance Computing as an opportunity for SMEs in Ireland...
High Performance Computing (HPC) is the application of supercomputers to solve problems that cannot be solved by ordinary computers....
18/06/2020
Online Residency - COVID 19 Response
Institute of Technology, Carlow and their CATALYST project partners are delighted to offer the opportunity to participate in an online residency which will help you to pivot your business in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
17/06/2020
RT Smart Data launches Technology Solution for physical distancing challenges for small and large businesses...
RT Smart Data launches Technology Solution for physical distancing challenges for small and large businesses. Carlow based RT Smart Data has launched their new UWB (Ultrawide Band) smart wearable devices which can provide an auditable trail for social distancing and contact tracing. Speaking about the solutions available , Ciaran Bolger CFO of RT Smart Data said “ we have developed an innovative person to person smart wearable device to assist employers and employees in adhering to covid-19 social distancing guidelines in the workplace. The system has the ability to help employers to simplify the contact tracing process. It is suited for use in office, manufacturing, construction, retail, logistics and hospitality.’ ...
Focus on Hacketstown to develop vision for Future Development...
Carlow County Council as part of the Town & Village Renewal Scheme are promoting and developing a Village Design Statement for Hacketstown which includes a Community Led vision of how the town can develop and be improved in the future. JBA Consulting who are landscape architects and planners have been engaged to create the design statement and consult with the local community....
10/07/2020
Hacketstown VDS Competition
Carlow County Council and Carlow Local Enterprise Office are promoting a Village Design Statement for Hacketstown which includes a Community Led vision of how the town can develop and be improved in the future. They have appointed a team of landscape architects and planners (JBA Consulting) to create the design statement and consult with the local community. As Instead of holding interactive workshops we invite the local community to post their ideas and comments on to this website, giving as much detail as possible for improvements to Hacketstown over a range of timeframes i.e. 1-2 years, in 15 years and in 25 years. We are also holding a competition for children and young people of Hacketstown and its wider environs to provide illustrative ideas for town improvements. Please see the link for further details on the competition. ...
12/06/2020
Food Academy now looking for a new wave of Food Producers...
The hugely successful Food Academy programme is now open for budding food and drink entrepreneurs in across the country. The programme, which is run by the Local Enterprise Offices in partnership with SuperValu and Bord Bia, is now open for applications until the 26th June for its latest intake. ...
Funding boost for Trading Online Vouchers in County Carlow welcomed by the Local Enterprise Office...
Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office has welcomed the announcement this week by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD and Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Richard Bruton TD of a major expansion of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme to help small and micro enterprises in County Carlow get online quickly....
11/06/2020
Council to lead European partnership with award of €754,864 of Creative Europe EU funding...
Carlow County Council has been selected as one of twenty successful applicants out of 380 eligible applications to lead a new EU Project called “Craft Hub” which will be officially started in September 2020....
08/06/2020
Grange village led design statement successful pilot for future strategic development...
Cathaoirleach of Carlow County Council , Cllr. John Pender has welcomed the publication of the Grange Village Led Design Statement supported under the Town & Village Renewal Scheme as a pilot new way of working by Carlow County Council to collaboratively work with communities to shape future projects. ...
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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