In order to qualify for grant assistance from Local Enterprise Office Laois, you must adhere to the following criteria:
- Located in County Laois;
- A business employing up to 10 employees;
- A manufacturing or internationally traded services business;
- A domestically traded services business with the potential to trade internationally;
- The enterprise must be in the commercial sphere;
- The enterprise must demonstrate a market for the product/service;
- The enterprise must have a capacity for growth and new job creation.
- The enterprise must have potential for growth in domestic and/or export markets and also potential for new job creation.
Within the above eligibility criteria there are certain priorities and restrictions:
- Priority must be given to enterprises in the manufacturing or internationally traded services sectors which over time can develop into strong export entities and graduate to the Enterprise Ireland portfolio;
- This grant aid does not support those areas such as retail enterprises, personal services (eg hairdressers, gardeners, creches etc), professional services (accountants, solicitors etc), construction/local building services, as this is considered to give rise to unacceptable deadweight (where the project would have proceeded anyway) and/or displacement (where the projects imply displace business from other players in the market).
- The sector of the economy in which an enterprise is operating or intends to operate
- The size or proposed size of the enterprise
- Any expenditure incurred, prior to receipt of application form, will not be eligible for grant support.
