KCLR & Local Enterprise Office bring out a toolkit for business promotion with a chance to win €4,000 worth of advertising

Carlow County Council’s – Local Enterprise Office has partnered up with KCLR to offer the County Carlow Business Community an opportunity to avail of a series of highly subsidised supports for marketing and promotions. In addition, participating businesses will also be in with a chance to win The Business Box Bonus, a €4,000 advertising package from KCLR!

“The Business Box” is a series of PR & Marketing support programmes designed for the County Carlow SME Community to support the promotion and marketing of their business. 

Speaking about the project, Kathleen Holohan , Chief Executive with Carlow County Council said “The Business Box has brought together a series of Marketing and PR experts to offer their expertise to the Carlow SME community. This is a very important time for businesses to get their marketing message right whether it’s through online or more traditional formats this programme will really help with that”, the Chief Executive concluded by saying “as a Local Authority we are keen to support our business community in any way we can and we would encourage people to reach out to our Local Enterprise Office to get advice on what supports are available to them”.

Commenting on how to take part , Pauline Hoctor, Senior Enterprise Development Officer with Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office said “the programme is highly subsided and only costs €10 per participant to enrol. There are 7 different, highly relevant topics covered and they will be delivered online offering easy access to local business, added to that is the chance to win an amazing €4000 advertising package from KCLR. Any business that attends any element of the programme will be offered the opportunity to pitch for this excellent prize” 

Speaking about the programme John Purcell from KCLR said “this initiative is very timely, marketing and PR skills have never been more important, getting the right message out to your customers is so valuable “ Purcell continued to say, “ We are very excited to be supporting the €4000 advertising package here at KCLR a fantastic prize that will really allow a local business to get their message out to the community”

Supporting the launch of the programme, Cllr. Tom O’Neill , Cathaoirleach of Carlow County Council said “Christmas 2020 is going to be such an important time for the Retail and Business Community in County Carlow in terms of commercial activity and I’m delighted that we as a Council are working with KCLR in  supporting the business community in this way”.

For bookings and further information see www.localenterprise.ie/carlow or call 059/9129783

All companies must be based in County Carlow to partake in this programme.

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