Mistletoe & Magic In Enniscorthy
Christmas came early for Wexford’s business-women last Friday night as they gathered for their annual Business @ Christmas Celebration.
On Fri 1st December 30 female entrepreneurs, women in business and female-led businesses from all over County Wexford gathered in The Village at Wheelocks to experience a magical Christmas event, complete with mocktails, live music and Wheelock’s WinterWonderland Experience.
Margaret Wheelock shared some fantastic insights into running the Wheelock’s business – a mix of tourism, hospitality, agriculture and food with the group – explaining how her love of business and the best business training she ever got came from her mother. She explained how seasonality drove herself and husband Cyril to develop the two-sides of their business – strawberries and Christmas; summer and winter.
Also telling the story of seasonal effects on business was Clodagh Davis of Naturally Cordial. Mainly associated with Summer, Clodagh explained how she had to reinvent cordial as an ingredient for deliciously decadent winter drinks and cocktails in order to combat seasonality in her business. Demonstrating how to use her products to produce fruity and festive drinks for Christmas parties, it didn’t take much persuasion to get the ladies to sample some mocktails on the night!
Paying tribute to female entrepreneurs and business-women’s flexibility and adaptability in their businesses Annette Rowsome, Senior Enterprise Development Officer with the Local Enterprise Office Wexford said “that women are intuitively innovative, adaptable and forward thinking – skills that are vital to secure strong businesses for the future. Businesses are facing growing energy costs, a shortage of labour and skills, climate change and increasingly uncertain global security, and women are well equipped to deal with these challenges.
Carmel Moran Business Advisor with the Local Enterprise OfficeWexford revealed that the Business @ Christmas Event gives women an opportunity to network, socialise and learn a bit more about business from each other – for many solo-preneurs it may be their only Christmas party and for others it is a festive opportunity to down tools and celebrate both Christmas and business with each other. It is an annual event now, and a thoroughly enjoyable one, with a lovely mix of business and pleasure”.
Contact laura.lyons@wexfordcoco.ie for further information.
