…Is spéis linn do ghnó …Let’s talk business 2 nd September2015.
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…Is spéis linn do ghnó…Let’s talk business
2nd September2015
Local Enterprise Office (LEO)
• One Stop Shop for anyone starting or growing a business
• Client focused• Direct financial supports for eligible micro-enterprises• Some assistance for all
Some Assistance For All
• Skilled staff with knowledge and links to many other organisations - Free of Charge
• Free Monthly Email Newsletter• Free Monthly ONE Networking Events• Free Seminars/ Subsidised Training• Outreach Services• Library Supports for Business
LEO Core Client Base
• Pre-Start Up, Start Up and Expansion• Employing 1 to 10 people• Manufacturing, Internationally Traded
Services, Specialised Services
LEO Core Supports
• Mentoring and Business Coaching• Client visits and meetings• Grant Assistance for Start Up and Expanding
Businesses• Support for Websites, Technical Business
Training, Trade Fair Participation, Technical Software, and Marketing Assistance
• Enterprise Awards Schemes
Driving Entrepreneurial Culture
Student Enterprise Awards
Other Supports Promoted by LEO
• Microfinance Loan Scheme *• Jobs Plus, Wage Subsidy Scheme, JobBridge*• Revenue Start Your Own Business Relief
Scheme• Online Trading Vouchers• Irish Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE)
Competition* Mentoring Included
Expanded Brief
• Guiding businesses through local authority regulations and services
• Connecting with other State Resources• Promoting Industrial and Business Parks• Promoting towns and clusters
(e.g. Food Campus, Ferbane)
Integrated Service
• Your Business: Your Council events• Procurement Workshops• Made in Offaly Pop Up Shop• Promotion of new Rates Rebate and Business
Incentive Schemes• Library Services for Business
The Junction – Business Innovation Centre
The Junction - Business Innovation Centre
• The Junction - new multi-functional space in Axis Business Park
• Promoting Innovation & Enterprise • Hot desks, desk space, office space and
training room rental• Tenants include Future Ticketing &
Design Hub Collaborative
How You Can Assist
• Alert businesses to LEO Services• Alert LEO Office of new businesses, or
enterprises in trouble• Reassure business owners of confidentiality• Remind them that the training courses are
practical, not academic• Sign up for our monthly email newsletter
Spread the word!
• www.localenterprise.ie/offaly
