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Local Enterprise Week 2023
This year Local Enterprise Week takes place from Monday, March 6th to Friday, March 10th! We look forward to bringing you another week long programme of events and training during Local Enterprise Week 2023.
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Pride of Premises Awards
Kildare County Council's Local Enterprise Office wishes to invite independent business owners to apply for the annual Pride of Premises Awards The awards recognise the great work done by local businesses to improve the appearance of their shop fronts or commercial properties.
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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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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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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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Upcoming Events

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16/02/2023

Mid-East Tech Cluster - Leveraging Data - 16th February...

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Latest News

18/01/2023
Tender Opportunity - Building Contractors for Minor Building Works on Residential Properties...
12/01/2023
Pride of Premises Awards 2023 - ENTRIES NOW OPEN...
Kildare County Council’s Local Enterprise Office is hosting its annual Pride of Premises 2023 Awards on Tuesday 7th March in the MERITS building in Naas....
10/01/2023
Research Field Trip to Showcase 2023...
This research trip aims to inspire and encourage you to improve and further develop your product offering. ...
24/11/2022
Kildare County Council’s Economic and Enterprise Office launches 'Shop Local Support Local' Christmas campaign...
Kildare County Council Economic & Enterprise Office have launched a marketing campaign designed to create greater awareness amongst the public around the importance of shopping with local businesses over the Christmas period....
17/11/2022
Kildare County Council’s Local Enterprise Office opens Brigid 1500 Retail Window Merchandising Grant Scheme...
Kildare County Council is delighted to announce the launch of Brigid 1500 Retail Window Merchandising Grant Scheme for retailers....
17/11/2022
KILDARE’S DIGITAL CHAMPION’S SALES SOAR AS FAR AS USA AND CHINA...
Kildare County Council’s Enterprise Office launched Kildare’s Digital Champions, to recognise the best digitalisation cases from Kildare’s business scene...
14/11/2022
Kildare County Council secures funding of over €4 million for the Athy Food, Drink and Skills Innovation Hub...
Kildare County Council has welcomed the announcement today of over €4.2 million in funding for the Athy Food, Drink & Skills Innovation Hub....
26/10/2022
Sport to Start-Up in partnership with Sport Ireland
The Sport to Start-Up initiative is an opportunity for full-time sportspeople to help them build entrepreneurship skills and see how they can transfer their existing skillset into a potential new business....
06/10/2022
LEO Kildare Collaborate with Trinity College Dublin to Launch Postgraduate Programme in Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Small Businesses ...
Local Enterprise Offices of Kildare, Meath and Wicklow partner to launch a Postgraduate Certificate in Innovation and Enterprise Development accredited by Trinity College Dublin and based in MERITS, the Mid-East Region’s Innovation Think-Space....
07/09/2022
KILDARE SCHOOLS ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP FOR IRELAND’S LARGEST ENTERPRISE PROGRAMME...
Secondary Schools across County Kildare are being encouraged to sign up for this year’s Student Enterprise Programme.
12/08/2022
LEO Kildare supports local food & drink producers
10/08/2022
WATCH ON DEMAND - Grow Digital Workshop
07/08/2022
LEO Kildare client Equine MediRecord secures €10 million investment...
The Equine Medi Record platform digitally records the medicines and vaccinations that are administered to horses.
04/08/2022
‘You’re the Business’ - a new digital training scheme for Irish SMEs...
SMEs from County Kildare are encouraged to get online, to grow their digital footprint and expand internationally
13/07/2022
Take our survey - Let us know what training supports you need...
The aim of the survey is to ensure the programmes we offer meet the needs of Kildare's small business community.

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Case Studies

17/08/2022
Faerly - Irish eCommerce Website of The Year...
The online shop for sustainable living had a superb night at the Irish Ecommerce Awards - winning 3 categories and named Irish eCommerce Website of the Year ...
17/08/2022
Lynam Painting - Lean for Micro
See how LEAN helped Lynam Painting Ltd renovate their systems....
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. ...