Business and Economy

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financial support to small businesses and micro enterprises to carry out research or develop new business processes to expand their business.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financial support to sole traders, partnerships or limited companies to expand their business after the initial 18 month start up period.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financial support to those who are researching the market demand for a new product or service and considering whether to develop it.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financial support to small businesses in the first 18 months following the start up stage.

Local Enterprise Offices provide financial support to small and medium sized businesses.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financial support to businesses to explore and develop new market opportunities, exhibit at trade fairs, prepare marketing material and develop websites for overseas markets.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financial support to small businesses to help them trade online, develop their websites and develop digital marketing strategies.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide one to one mentoring, business scorecard analysis and planning, specialist training and consultancy, and financial support to help small businesses prepare for Brexit.

Local Enterprise Offices may run one to one business advice clinics to help those who are thinking about starting a business or who have an existing business and need advice to grow their business.

Local Enterprise Offices may run initiatives to support and promote business start-ups, expansion, promotion and training as part of their business development activities.

Local authorities may market development sites and promote economically viable locations to companies who want to expand or relocate their business or set up a new business.

Local authorities may provide workspace, co-working desk space, conference and meeting facilities, and WiFi to those who want to work in a business environment.

Local authorities may provide information and advice to new or existing businesses on aspects of running a business such as starting up or expanding, commercial rates, planning and suitable locations and properties.

Local authorities may support businesses to carry out upgrade works to the exterior of their premises. These works include boundary treatment, wall repair, painting, landscaping and other works that improve the appearance of their premises.

Local Enterprise Offices, together with the Enterprise Europe Network, may support small and medium sized enterprises to avail of business and technology opportunities in the European Union and other major global markets.

Local Enterprise Offices, together with relevant sponsors, may support the development of the artisan food industry by helping early stage food businesses to pitch their business to the retail sector, get expert feedback and advice, avail of mentoring and trial their product in a local shop.

Local Enterprise Offices may run short programmes to give those with a food idea or at the early start up stage a basic understanding of what is involved in setting up a food or drink manufacturing business.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financial support to small businesses to help with start up costs, working capital, buy stock, equipment, machinery and business expansion.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide enterprise education training to primary school students who want to develop a business idea.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide enterprise education training to second level students who want to develop a business idea.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide financially supported exhibition spaces to gift, craft, design and homewares businesses to exhibit at the annual Showcase Ireland event.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide enterprise education training to third level students who want to develop a business idea.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide tailored training programmes for businesses such as starting your own business, management development or business expansion and growth.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide one to one mentoring to business owners and managers in areas such as general management, business strategy, financial planning, market research, marketing and promotion, and website planning.

Local Enterprise Offices may run training courses to help new and existing businesses in areas such as business ideas, digital marketing, taxation, and financial and records management.

Local Enterprise Offices may provide a free training toolkit to business owners with templates, tips and advice on how to promote a business, build a media database, manage social media and online visibility and use photography to present the business.

Local authorities may prepare or contribute to plans for economic, social and infrastructure development. These may take into account demographic and population change, employment opportunities, housing, transportation, retail viability, availability of office and factory accommodation, and accessibility of infrastructure. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare plans for economic development. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities may prepare food strategies to promote and support the food sector. You can have an input into the plans through consultation.

Local authorities may run economic development initiatives to facilitate and encourage economic and business development to improve the attractiveness of the local area as a place to invest.

Local authorities may accredit local areas as purple flag zones where they have reached a standard of excellence in the evening and night time economy. This could include, for example, the quality of night time entertainment and ease of movement in and around the area.

Local authorities may provide reports and information on economic development to government departments and other agencies.

Local authorities collect economic development data and give it to relevant agencies.

Local authorities may monitor economic performance indicators. These indicators include employment, enterprise, investment, housing, consumer behaviour and commercial property to benchmark their progress against local and national policy targets.