Local Enterprise Week 2026 – 2nd to 6th March |
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Monday 2nd March | Social Media Marketing for Start-ups | Webinar 10:00-11:30 | This 60-90 minute session, conducted via Zoom, will be led by Debbie Woodward of Logis Media. Participants will explore practical strategies for leveraging social media to enhance brand visibility, design impactful content and develop marketing approaches that effectively engage audiences and deliver measurable outcomes for new businesses. |
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Tuesday 3rd March | Failte Ireland Event | Clayton Hotel 9.00am-14.00pm | This event is an important opportunity for accommodation providers, attractions, activity providers, and visitor experiences to meet one another in person, to network and learn about the excellent experiences available across the county and to inspire greater collaboration within the sector. |
| Starting a Business: The Essentials | Online 9.30am-13.30 pm | This interactive 4-hour remote training session is designed for early-stage entrepreneurs and start-up businesses looking to build strong foundations. Book here |
| LEW National Development Summit in association with Google & EEN | 9.00-15.30PM The Foundry, Google Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, D04 V3A0 | This event is designed to empower Irish SMEs to define and execute a strategy for sustained growth using the best of AI. Book here |
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Wednesday 4th March | Nordic Bridge | AIM Centre 12:00–12:30 PM | More detail to follow Exposition of Nordic Bridge Portal Prototype: portal is setup to facilitate matching of academic, industry and public – finding useful solutions to real-life problems through research. Session will explore the best ways to support interaction between industry and academia, and gather feedback through a facilitated discussion. |
| Sustainable SMEs Workshop | AIM Centre 13:30 -15:30 | By the end of the workshop, participants will: - understand a low-effort workflow for sustainability and ESG reporting, - identify what sustainability data they already have and how to use it, - gain clarity on ESG and sustainability tools suitable for SMEs, - learn how digital tools and AI can support reporting without over-complexity |
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Thursday 5th March | Business Website review clinics | Online All day | Get your website reviewed by an industry expert, who will give you feedback on how it's currently performing, as well as practical advice in a 1 hour clinic on how you can make it work harder to attract and covert more customers. Book here |
| Arctic Edge | AM/PM at AIM Centre (tbc) | The Arctic Edge Project is developing a low/no cost solution to automated supply chain logistics specifically aimed at SMEs in the rural and isolated parts of Europe. Arctic Edge is funded by NPA Interreg. The workshop includes: · A presentation on cybersecurity (delivered by Dr. Seamus Dowling, ATU) · A demonstration of Arctic Edge’s achievements to date – including interconnectivity across the three supply chain sites, data collection, and dashboarding (presented by the AIM technical team) · An interactive breakout session |
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Friday 6th March | International Womens Day with SWIBN | City Hall 12:30 – 14:00 | Panel discussion based on theme “Give to Gain”. Panellists include Maria Walsh (MEP), Tara McGowan (Director, Cairde Arts Festival), Charity panellist TBC. Book here |
| Tax Clinics for Small Business | Online: Time allocated after booking | Book a one-to-one slot with an industry expert who will work with you to examine the basics of complying and planning for tax obligations for your business and help you gain control of financial record keeping. Book here |
| Chamber of Commerce Business Awards | | |
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