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Local Enterprise Office

Digital Start
Want to give your small business the digital edge?
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Agile Innovation Fund
Enterprise Ireland's Agile Innovation Fund is open to Local Enterprise Office clients. It could allow your business to access up to 50% in support for product, process or service development projects with a total cost of up to €300,000 - with fast track approval.
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Lean for Micro
This is a new initiative from the Local Enterprise Offices, to help prepare small businesses for the low carbon, more resource efficient economy of the future
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Shopfront, Accessibility and Age-Friendly Grant Scheme
Kildare County Council has established this scheme to financially assist and support independent business owners to improve the appearance of their shopfronts or commercial properties.
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Acornstar to represent Kildare at National Enterprise Awards
Cathal and Siobhan Leonard will represent Kildare at the NEAs which take place at the Mansion House in Dublin in June.
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Flavours of Kildare
Local Enterprise Office Kildare has launched the ‘Flavours of Kildare’ Food Network as part of an ongoing effort to harness the power of the ‘collective’ and to ensure that our unique food & drink heritage benefits from the attention it deserves.
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Green for Micro Programme
The Green for Micro programme will help small businesses CUT COSTS and prepare for the more resource-efficient economy of the future. This is a FREE programme, available to companies with up to ten employees.
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Upcoming Events

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01/06/2022	Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) – Beginners Level - 1st June 2022...	Book online
01/06/2022	Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) – Advanced Level - 1st June 2022...	Book online
02/06/2022	DIY Smart Video (Smartphone Video & Photography) - 2nd June...	Book online
08/06/2022	Facebook Marketing - Beginners Level - 8th June 2022...	Book online
08/06/2022	Facebook Marketing – Advanced Level - 8th June 2022...	Book online
09/06/2022	Understanding the Grant Process and Preparing Financial Projections for Funding Applications - 9th June 2022...	Book online
14/06/2022	LEO Kildare Women in Business Cluster Monthly Meetings - 14th June...	Book online

Latest News

25/05/2022
Kildare County Council extends Shopfront Improvement Scheme closing date...
Kildare County Council has extended the closing date for the 2022 Shopfront Improvement Scheme until Friday the 8th of July....
24/05/2022
Town and Village Renewal Scheme - Streetscape Enhancement Measure 2022...
Kildare County Council is seeking expressions of interest from interested towns/villages that wish to improve the visual appearance of their streetscapes....
09/05/2022
Invitation to Tender - Feasibility study on the proposed expansion of the National Equine Innovation Centre...
County Kildare Community Network are inviting tenders to conduct a feasibility study on the proposed expansion of the National Equine Innovation Centre...
09/05/2022
New Frontiers Phase 2 at SETU Carlow
Phase 2 provides a generous support package valued at €30,000 including €15,000 tax-free stipend with no equity taken.
03/05/2022
Invitation to Tender - Innovate Kildare Branding Marketing and Website Development...
Development of marketing strategy and branding concept for Innovate Kildare which will also incorporate the development of a website InnovateKildare.ie...
03/05/2022
Kildare County Council Launches Climate Innovation Fund for 2022...
The aim of this fund is to foster innovative climate solutions in Kildare.
29/04/2022
Info Session - InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition...
The Seedcorn contest mirrors the real-life investment process. Participants are in with a chance to win a share of a €300,000 cash prize fund....
05/04/2022
New Frontiers Programme for Entrepreneurs
The intensive training and support programme provides desk space, mentoring, business master classes, networking and financial support...
31/03/2022
Commercial Incentive Grant Scheme 2022
Kildare County Council has opened applications for their Commercial Incentive Grant Scheme for 2022.
30/03/2022
KILDARE STUDENTS SET FOR NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FINAL...
A team from St. Wolstan’s Community School, Celbridge will represent Kildare at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme Final....
14/03/2022
From Good to Great - Using Lean for a Competitive Edge
This webinar provides a hands-on introduction to Lean Thinking, showing you how to spot waste in your processes.
10/03/2022
Acornstar to represent Kildare at National Enterprise Awards...
The company was announced as a national finalist during Local Enterprise Week
03/03/2022
GENESIS - Incubation Programme
Designed to discover, validate and test the potential of your business idea through our guided modules, mentor sessions and peer-to-peer meetings....
25/02/2022
Kildare Local Enterprise Week 2022
The programme of events for Local Enterprise Week 2022 has been launched and with a range of events taking place from the 7th – 11th March, there is something for everyone. ...
27/01/2022
EVAC Expression of Interest
Kildare County Council is inviting expressions of interest from individuals who consider themselves to have the necessary interest, expertise and experience to be appointed to the Evaluation and Approvals Committee. ...

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Case Studies

14/03/2022
Duck Blue - Creating 'Cards you want to keep'...
Creating 'Cards you want to keep' sold in retail up and down the country....
11/03/2022
Vanessa Ree - Contemporary Fine Jewellery Design ...
Vanessa's mantra for business and for life is 'everything is workable-outable!'...
01/07/2021
Meet the Craft Businesses of Kildare
Kildare Local Enterprise Office works closely with the craft and design sector in county Kildare, providing practical business support to new and existing makers, creators and artists. ...
09/08/2020
The Nude Wine Company - Wine as Nature Intended
The Nude Wine Company specialises in award winning organic, natural and vegan wines, and provides an engaging and dynamic experience for those who buy wine online and want to learn more. ...
14/06/2020
Digital-Motorsports.com - Kildare Good News - Covid 19
Digital-Motorsports.com build world-class racing simulators and provide the best online racing services in Ireland. The seriousness of COVID-19 has resulted in nearly every Motorsport event being postponed globally. Digital-Motorsports.com was on hand and ready to provide a solution which enables drivers to stay home and race without breaching any social distancing. ...
31/05/2020
Prokulture Kombucha - Kildare Good News - Covid 19
Based in Sallins, County Kildare, Barry Flanagan and Rob Rainsford hand craft small batch Organic Kombuchas and have recently been accepted to the Aldi Grow Programme 2020, with two products from ProKulture Organic Kombucha. ...
25/05/2020
Babogue Sleep Solutions - Kildare Good News - Covid 19
Babogue Sleep Solutions is a Sleep Consultancy service provided by Certified Child Sleep Consultant Erica Hargaden.
17/04/2020
PS Coffee Roasters - Kildare Good News - Covid 19
Our next good news story comes from brothers Peter and Simon from PS Coffee Roasters. Winner of the Gold standard Going Plastic Free award 2020. The company imports and roasts high speciality grade coffee that is bagged into Ireland's first fully customised compostable bags. PS Coffee Roasters supply to wholesale and retail customers and operate two cafes in Kildare. ...
17/04/2020
Lonergan Group - Kildare Good News - Covid 19
Lonergan Group are specialists in strategic gifting, based in Celbridge, County Kildare. In response to Covid-19, CEO Louise Lonergan has acted fast and diversified her business. She is now supplying Health & Safety products to support her clients in looking after their staff and customers. ...
16/12/2019
Equine MediRecord
Kildare leads the way with global innovations in the equine industry ...
11/12/2019
SAR Consultancy
Startup Success: Sheelagh Brady of SAR Consultancy....
19/07/2019
Pestle & Mortar
LEO Kildare helps skincare company glow – and grow...
24/04/2019
CarveOn: Q&A with Alan McCormack creative director and co-founder of CarveOn...
CarveOn design and make premium personalised leather accessories. ...
12/03/2019
Odyssey Validation Consultants
Oisín Curran co-founder of OVC who provide innovative fully integrated GxP Cloud & Computerised System Lifecycle Management Services to regulated companies discusses his business start up , challenges faced and how the Local Enterprise Office Kildare has helped them. ...
13/10/2015
SweetSpot Sourcing
Video Q&A with Sue Dempsey and Fiona Craul Directors of Sweet Spot Sourcing in Naas, who came from humble beginnings to providing marketing solutions for some of the worlds biggest brands all from there HQ in Naas. ...