OVER 300 ATTENDEES AT LOCAL ENTREPRISE WEEK KILKENNY EVENTS

The second week in March saw small businesses and budding entrepreneurs gather together across the County for Local Enterprise Week 2023.   The week provided the opportunity for over 300 attendees to sample the range of supports that are on offer from their Local Enterprise Office across an array of events, workshops and seminars.   

A flavour of the local events in Local Enterprise Week included the Student Enterprise Programme County Final, ‘Going Green - 5 Areas Businesses Should Consider’, ‘Gearing up to explore new business opportunities outside Ireland’, ‘Gaining business advantage during inflationary times workshop’ with Blaise Brosnan, MRI (Wex), the national spotlight event hosted by the Local Enterprise office Kilkenny ‘Innovate For Business Success’ .to name a few. These events focused on Business Development, Exporting, Finance and Innovation. 

Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Pat Fitzpatrick concluded the week of events saying “I’d like to thank all the businesses that joined us online and in person this week and all the speakers and contributors that shared their experiences, challenges and insights at every event. I’d also like to give a special word of thanks to our team here in Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny for rolling out such an impressive programme of events.”

Aileen McGrath, Head of Enterprise (Acting) for the Local Enterprise Office, Kilkenny County Council mentions “Local Enterprise Week has been a tremendous success here in Kilkenny and created the opportunity for businesses, or those even only beginning to think about starting a business to see the wealth of supports on offer, the networks of mentors, experts and other businesses who can help you and take advantage”. She added “Whether it’s through training, mentoring, funding, or expert one-to-one business advice, the Local Enterprise Offices are ‘making it happen’ for small businesses and entrepreneurs.  Our expertise and experience are the bedrock of our ability to help businesses and we look forward to helping many more in 2023.”      

If you are a business who wants to grow, internationalise or innovate we would encourage every small business out there to contact their Local Enterprise Office for supports and advice. Visit www.localenterprise.ie/Kilkenny/ for more information.