WELCOME

Welcome §  The FUSE Initiative is a 2-year project by entrepreneurs to ignite

and promote business growth in the South-East of Ireland

§  Started in Jan 2011

§  18 Founding members, now 165 members, all nominated to join

§  Success driven through projects

§  All members need to participate

MEMBER PROFILES

•  Traditional Business, 5th generation

•  “Not something I’ve inherited from my parents but rather something I have borrowed from my children”.

•  Farm to Fork model.

•  Constantly innovating and developing the range through added value products and development of rare breed cattle.

•  In 2004 James Whelan Butchers became the first butcher trading online in Ireland.

Key Facts § Started ’73, Buy Out 2007 § Employ 152 staff § 3 facilites in Waterford § 1 facility in Leicester, UK § Yearly Growth since 2007 of 25 -30%

Capabilities §  Precision Engineering §  Precision Fabrication §  Class 10K & Class 100K

Cleanroom Assembly & Test §  Design / Project

Management

Markets Served §  Medical Device §  Aerospace §  Oil/ Gas §  Process control §  Analytical Instrumentation

Certifications §  ISO13485 (Medical Device) §  AS9100 (Aerospace) §  ISO 9001:2008 §  Rolls Royce UK &

Deutzland §  Baker Hughes (Oil/Gas), etc

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CURRENT PROJECTS

BUSINESS GUIDANCE

Did you ever need to bounce a new idea off someone? Or look for guidance on a business issue?

As a member of FUSE you have access to: ü  164 companies - large and small, young and old. ü  Practical experience and expertise! ü  Very successful businesses and some very bright entrepreneurs. Let’s create a culture of businesses helping each other and working together to make the South East the place to do business. Every business here has something to offer, and something to gain.

What can you do to help? It’s simple… ü  In the “What skills or resource will you donate to

others?” section of your FUSE profile, update it with specific skills you have, or domain expertise e.g. Technology, HR, International Sales, etc.

ü  The more specific the better. How can you get advice or guidance? ü  Click on Members, enter your search criteria, and

then you will be presented with a list of members who may be able to assist.

ü  Email them directly, or contact them through the FUSE Administrator.

Contact: Liam Curham Email: lcurham@dataworks.ie

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FOOD TOURISM

What can entrepreneurs achieve by working together?

What does it take to make the Southeast a world-class ‘Food Tourism Destination’?

How can ‘Food Tourism’ grow businesses, produce start-ups creating many new jobs throughout the region?

How can we cross-sell between the food and tourism sectors?

How can we learn from international ‘Best Practice’?

Activities ü  Build on our green, clean, good food island

‘image’

ü  Cluster initiatives by local business to create new

attractions & good value packages for visitors

ü  Work with like-minded organisations and agencies

ü  Develop complimentary FUSE initiatives

ü  Disseminate ‘best practice’ experience

ü  Create cross selling opportunities

ü  Promote our rich food culture & heritage

ü  Insist on joined-up policies for competitiveness

ü  Improve standards & our visitor offering

ü  Focus on tangible results

“There is no limit to what can be achieved by focused businesses working together.”

Contact: Donal Lehane Email: dlehanefoodnpd@gmail.com

Join us in FUSE Participate in an ‘Action Group’

SERVICE CLUSTER IRELAND

All companies, irrespective of size, sector or status can improve competitiveness and profitability by focusing on their customer and optimising service delivery. Our vision is to establish the South East as the internationally recognised home of service innovation and competency in Ireland. We created Service Cluster Ireland to drive growth, innovation and competitiveness amongst service intensive businesses like ours. It is an industry led cluster creating a “space” and focal point for service intensive companies of all sectors and sizes to come together.

Activities ü  Develop and publish case studies from member

companies as tangible evidence of service innovation

in Ireland

ü  Deliver programmes in service innovation and

service design

ü  Share best practice among member companies

ü  Promote the South East as a target location for

potential service orientated FDI

ü  Connect with other international clusters to assist

members in growing their markets “By 2015 Ireland will be recognised globally as the home of high growth, innovative, internationally trading services businesses of scale” Enterprise Ireland, Strategy for Internationally Traded Services, 2008.

Contact: Aidan Kenny Email: aidan@servitize.com

Become a member of the ‘Services Cluster’ Group on FUSE

PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Have you a product or a service that you want to sell? Do you know who the local buyers for that product or service are? Do these buyers know that you are on their doorstep? Our vision is to create a database of information that will facilitate and encourage local purchasing of products and services within the South East region. This is a South East Business 2 Business initiative: ü  Sellers need to know what is being purchased in the region ü  Buyers need to know who can provide the product or service locally

How it will work ü  FUSE will create a database that will detail the products and services that large organisations in the region are buying ü  Approved FUSE members will be given access to the details in this database ü  FUSE members can then approach a defined contact in the buying organisation to whom they can present their product or service ü  The database is currently in construction The Benefits ü  The buyer has a local source of supply ü  The seller has a local customer

Contact: Seamus Kilgannnon Email: SKilgannon@schivogroup.com

Become a member of the ‘Procurement’ Group on FUSE

BUSINESS INVESTMENT

Who is it for? ü  Entrepreneurs who want to start or grow their business and want investment. ü  Entrepreneurs with time and money to offer who are interested in investing in another business in the region. What’s on offer? ü  Financial investment from another entrepreneur in the region. ü  Guidance and advice to accompany that investment. ü  Opportunity to pitch your business idea to potential investors. ü  Be part of growing businesses in the region.

How will it work? ü  FUSE will help introduce investors and investees to each other.

ü  An event will be organised where entrepreneurs new and established will get the chance to pitch for investment to investors.

Contact: Louise Grubb Email: LouiseG@nutri-science.net

Become a member of the ‘Business Investment’ Group on FUSE

THANK YOU Michael Griffin - The Griffin Group Fred Karlsson – Donedeal Simon O’Dwyer & team – Threesixty Pat Whelan - James Whelan Butchers Mag Kirwan - Goatsbridge Trout Donal Lehane - Dunhill Castle Janet Beck – Glass Eye Productions ..and Mary McEvoy for making it happen!