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Business Growth Fund
Funding Call open for Waterford based IT businesses with less 10 Employees
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Brexit SME Scorecard now available to LEO clients. Start planning today.
Brexit SME Scorecard now available to LEO clients. Start planning today.
Agile Innovation Fund
Investing in R&D in your micro enterprise, consider the Agile Innovation Fund.
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LEO Impact Report 2017
Local Enterprise Offices: Making a Nationwide Impact
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Trading online Vouchers
Voucher up to €2,500 are available to micro-enterprises who want to develop an online trading presence
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Starting a Business
Thinking of starting a business, we are your first stop shop
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Growing a Business
We are ready if you are
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MicroFinance Ireland
Under a Partnership between Micro Finance Ireland (MFI) and Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), Business Loans are available through the LEOs
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Welcome to Waterford Local Enterprise Office

What is the Local Enterprise Office?

We are here to help you start a business, expand an existing business and help you reach new markets.

We provide advice, information and support to you in starting up or growing your business as part of a network of 31 Local Enterprise Offices across Ireland.

In Waterford we have offices in 35 The Mall, Waterford and in the Civic Offices, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

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Upcoming Events

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21/08/2018	Practical GDPR Webinar	Book online
28/08/2018	Trading Online Voucher Seminar - August 2018	Book online
04/09/2018	BREXIT Expert Series - Briefing 1	Book online
07/09/2018	Love Local Business Networking Lunch - Table of 10	Book online
07/09/2018	Love Local Business Networking Lunch	Book online
18/09/2018	Start Your Own Online Business - September 2018	Book online
02/10/2018	BREXIT Expert Series - Briefing 2	Book online

Latest News

14/08/2018
Waterford Local Enterprise office to host 7th annual Love Local Business Networking Lunch...
13/08/2018
Free Places up for Grabs on Expert led Start Your Own Business Programme...
Expert led 3 day Start Your Own Business Bootcamp in association with Work Matters in your local Library & Local Enterprise Office Waterford...
07/08/2018
€1million in start-up funding announced
The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced two new Competitive Start Funds (CSF) totalling up to €1 million to support overseas entrepreneurs and start-ups led by experienced business professionals. The funds, which will run simultaneously, will be administered by Enterprise Ireland. ...
07/08/2018
Waterford Local Enterprise Office announces new Entrepreneur Retreat...
Local Enterprise Office Waterford are offering 8 business owners the opportunity to work on their business at the Entrepreneurs Retreat in Sept 2018....
31/07/2018
Waterford Local Enterprise Office ‘Business Growth Fund’ now open for applications from the IT Sector...
Funding call for Waterford based IT businesses with less than 10 Employees under the Business Growth Fund....
24/07/2018
Local Enterprise Offices: Making a Nationwide Impact
The 2017 Local Enterprise Office Impact Report has just been published and highlights the breadth of job creation, enterprise support and training that is being delivered by Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) across the country. ...
22/06/2018
Small businesses get ‘ploughing-ready’ as Minister Breen announces Local Enterprise Village plans...
In thirteen weeks’ time, the National Ploughing Championships (September 18th – 20th), Europe’s largest outdoor event, returns to Offaly and small businesses from all over the country are getting ‘ploughing-ready’ thanks to the Local Enterprise Offices....
15/06/2018
€300 million Brexit Loan Scheme: open for applications
Eligible businesses can now apply for the €300 million Brexit Loan Scheme – click here to download a copy of the Information Pack....
11/06/2018
Small businesses in Waterford encouraged to access innovation funding...
Agile Research & Development Fund announced June 2018 for micro enterprises.
28/05/2018
Food Industry Expo builds new opportunities for Waterford’s Food Producers...
Connecting our visitors to Waterford Food & Drink, Food Industry B2B event on Wednesday, 23rd May 2018.
28/05/2018
Workplace Innovation Toolkit
The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, T.D., launched the Workplace Innovation Toolkit, at the Enterprise Excellence Conference in Croke Park yesterday 23rd May. The Workplace Innovation toolkit provides an online questionnaire designed to facilitate self-evaluation of the organisation’s capacity to be an innovative workplace...
23/05/2018
Waterford LEO announce ‘Insights to Success’ event with Sean Gallagher and Waterford’s Top Entrepreneurs ...
Insights to Success, Thursday 7th June 2018 in Dungarvan Town Hall Theatre.
21/05/2018
Peter Mulryan of Blackwater Distillery prepares to represent Waterford at the 20th annual National Enterprise Awards...
Peter Mulryan of Blackwater Distillery represents Waterford at the National Enterprise Awards 2018.
17/05/2018
NEW FOOD STARTER PROGRAMME
NEW FOOD STARTER PROGRAMME TARGETS FRESH GROWTH FOR Waterford FOOD ENTREPRENEURS
13/04/2018
Why you should attend the Design 4 Growth Information Day in Waterford ...
Design4Growth Programme offered by DCCOI and Local Enterprise Offices in South East