Local Enterprise Office

11/10/2021

National Women’s Enterprise Day 2021

06/10/2021

Fingal Local Enterprise Development Plan launched

Fingal Local Enterprise Office has launched it’s new plan for stimulating and supporting enterprise in the region for the period 2021 – 2024. The official launch took place during a visit by Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English T.D., who joined the Deputy Mayor Cllr Daniel Whooley and Fingal County Council Chief Executive AnnMarie Farrelly at the event in County Hall....

05/08/2021

The Green Economy: What's in it for your business?

Fingal based businesses that are re-opening during the Summer months are urged to check their entitlements under government-funded schemes to help them to re-open. Local Enterprise Office Fingal is actively promoting the schemes to ensure that local businesses are aware of the funding that may be available to them. Meanwhile, the drive to Look for Local has gained momentum in Fingal, with consumers buying in to support local enterprises....

05/08/2021

Re-opening Businesses urged to apply for Funding Schemes as the Summer "Look for Local" drive continues...

Fingal based businesses that are re-opening during the Summer months are urged to check their entitlements under government-funded schemes to help them to re-open. Local Enterprise Office Fingal is actively promoting the schemes to ensure that local businesses are aware of the funding that may be available to them. Meanwhile, the drive to Look for Local has gained momentum in Fingal, with consumers buying in to support local enterprises....

16/07/2021

Look for Local Campaign urges consumers to Shop Fingal!

A new campaign by Fingal Local Enterprise Office, which was launched this week, is asking consumers to look local when they are shopping for products, services and experiences this Summer. The Look for Local & Shop Fingal campaigns, supported by Enterprise Ireland and Fingal County Council, aim to raise awareness of the benefit of spending in your local area....

16/07/2021

Senior Enterprise Development Officer

The Senior Enterprise Development Officer (SEDO) is a specialist role within the Local Enterprise Office in Fingal. The SEDO will facilitate the delivery of a high standard quality system of co-ordinated and cohesive State support to the micro and small business sector. The successful candidate will be required to make a significant contribution to the implementation of a strategic plan to support enterprise, entrepreneurship and job creation at a local level. Success will be measured by the impact of LEO supports provided to small businesses and the extent to which micro business and start-ups in the region are developed. The position will be whole-time and permanent. The appointee will be prohibited from engaging in or having any connection with any outside business or activity that would interfere with the performance of the duties of the position and/or lead to a conflict of interest. The primary role of the Senior Enterprise Development Officer is to support the Head of Enterprise in Fingal, in the management of operations and in the achievement of the LEO’s business goals. ...

02/06/2021

Look for Local Campaign

With many elements of the economy reopening over the coming weeks and months, the Local Enterprise Offices are working closely with their clients to ensure they are best prepared to make the most of it. To compliment the training and mentoring that each Local Enterprise Office is engaged in to assist their clients with the reopening, the LEOs have agreed a partnership with Google Digital Garage to deliver a series of webinars. These five expert led webinars will cover a range topics that are vital to a businesses online success from Search Engine Optimisation to your Digital Strategy. This will enable LEO clients to best position their business online as the economy continues to reopen. The training is the first element of this year’s Look for Local campaign by the Local Enterprise Offices. Having run initially in November & December 2020 the Look for Local campaign encouraged people to look in their own locality for goods and services. The new campaign which is being developed will run in July and will again spotlight LEO clients across the country. The training will ensure LEO clients are in the best possible position to maximise the exposure that the campaign will bring across the country. ...

02/06/2021

Small Business Assistance Scheme for COVID(SBASC) Q2

With many elements of the economy reopening over the coming weeks and months, the Local Enterprise Offices are working closely with their clients to ensure they are best prepared to make the most of it. To compliment the training and mentoring that each Local Enterprise Office is engaged in to assist their clients with the reopening, the LEOs have agreed a partnership with Google Digital Garage to deliver a series of webinars. These five expert led webinars will cover a range topics that are vital to a businesses online success from Search Engine Optimisation to your Digital Strategy. This will enable LEO clients to best position their business online as the economy continues to reopen. The training is the first element of this year’s Look for Local campaign by the Local Enterprise Offices. Having run initially in November & December 2020 the Look for Local campaign encouraged people to look in their own locality for goods and services. The new campaign which is being developed will run in July and will again spotlight LEO clients across the country. The training will ensure LEO clients are in the best possible position to maximise the exposure that the campaign will bring across the country. ...

20/05/2021

National Merit award for Fingal Students

Ireland’s Finest Young Student Entrepreneurs Celebrated at National Finals in Virtual Ceremony at Croke Park.

25/03/2021

Local Enterprise Office Fingal to Host Free Digital Skills Webinar in Partnership with Google’s Digital Garage...

Local Enterprise Office Fingal, in partnership with Google’s Digital Garage will host a series of five free digital skills training webinars for small local businesses in the Fingal Region....

05/03/2021

First Virtual Local Enterprise Week a Success for Fingal...

Over 2,000 budding entrepreneurs and business owners in Fingal have taken part in online events this week, marking Local Enterprise Week, which has been hailed as a success by LEO Fingal....

01/03/2021

Fingal’s Businesses Encouraged to Go Green with Two New Programmes...

Fingal’s small businesses are being encouraged to become more sustainable this year following the launch of two new programmes to green your business....

18/02/2021

Countdown to the First Virtual Local Enterprise Week Continues...

An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar T.D. has announced the full programme of events for Local Enterprise Week (LEW), which is taking place online from Monday, March 1st to Friday, March 5th...

12/02/2021

Kianda Technologies Wins at National Enterprise Awards

Blanchardstown based Kianda Technologies, who are supported by Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Fingal, were winners at this year’s National Enterprise Awards (NEA). The awards, which took place virtually were broadcast online from the Mansion House in Dublin, are in their 22nd year and run annually by the LEOs....