Minister Rabbitte rolls out whole of Government scheme to support local businesses trading online.
Industry, Central and Local Government working together to help Irish small business compete for the almost €4 billion Irish consumer spend online.
The Trading Online Voucher scheme is designed to help the small companies to access the opportunities open to them through trading online. This will help companies right across Ireland to access new markets so that they can grow and create more jobs.
Building on the successful pilot conducted in Dublin earlier this year, the scheme is already opening for applications in 5 more counties (Cork, Waterford, Sligo, Kerry and Louth in addition to Dublin) and is being extended to every other county through the Local Enterprise Office network over the summer. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEO) will be the key delivery partners working with the Department of Communications in implementing this scheme. Each LEO will play a critical role in ensuring the success of this scheme, which is designed to develop and grow existing and new business in their area of responsibility.
Further details (and application forms, when available) can be found on each local LEO website, which can be located at http://www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon We suggest that interested businesses maintain contact with their local LEO in relation to the availability of the scheme in their area.
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Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte T.D., with Local Enterprise Office (LEO) representatives at the rollout of National Online Trading Vouchers at Google.
