Download Enterprise Ireland - Local Enterprise Office

Sligo County Enterprise Board
Supports for Start-ups and SMEs
Liam Kiely
The County Enterprise Board Network
 35 County & City Boards, one per Local
Authority area
 Statutory government agency providing small
business supports to micro-enterprise (under 10)
– Enterprise Ireland (home owned over 10), IDA
(Foreign owned)
 A 14 members voluntary board(local business,
voluntary groups, business & trade union reps,
state agencies, locally elected reps)
 Government Restructuring of the CEBs in 2014
 Micro-Enterprise and Small Business
Division established within Enterprise
Ireland
 Creation of an enhanced ‘one-stop-shop’
micro-enterprise and small business
support model to be delivered through a
network of Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs)
located within Local Authorities.
Financial Supports
Mentoring and Business
Advisory services
Sligo CEB
Training for
Promoting an
Enterprise Culture
Small Business
External programmes
2013 Training Programmes
Objective: To ensure Owner/Managers & staff have
relevant, up to date business skills
 Start your Own Business Programmes
 Basic Book-Keeping & Taxation Programmes
 Costing & Pricing Workshops
 Finance and Taxation Management Programme
 Practical Sales & Marketing Programme
 Customer Service – the Key to Business Success
 Facebook for Business (Beginners & Advanced)
 Using LinkedIn to benefit your Business
 Innovation & Competitiveness Programme
 Financial Accounting Software Training
 Tips & Techniques to increase your Sales
 Business Website review clinics
Mentoring & Advisory Services
Objective: To support businesses with an identified
problem/opportunity
 General advisory services at office
 Targeted Mentoring in a variety of areas:
Business Planning, Marketing, Market Research, Sales,
Financial Management, Sourcing Finance, Human Resources,
Operations, IP & patenting, product development, Quality,
Safety, Consolidating costs, Social Media & Online Marketing,
E-commerce & web etc. or sector specific mentoring
 Up to 85% funded
 Extensive Mentoring Panel (50+)
 Mentoring is focussing on current difficulties facing
businesses
 cost savings & restructuring, financial
management, accessing finance, marketing &
new market development
Financial Supports (Grants) Available
Objective: To assist eligible businesses with the costs
of start-up or expansion
Targeting eligible businesses
 Main Eligibility Criteria:
 Value added product or service
 Cannot duplicate or displace existing business
 Capability, Market, Own financing
 Certain sectors ineligible - Professional services, retail, agriculture, trades
1. Priming Grants/Business Expansionary Grants up to 50%
 Costs covered Capital,Employment,Marketing,Consultancy,Training,Utility
 Generally no more than €10k grant per new job created
2. Feasibility/Innovation Grants 60%, No more than €20k
 Costs covered prototype design & development, consultancy, patenting,
third level etc.
Other Supports
Other Supports include:
 Market Development/Export Support €1500 @
50%
 External Training Support €1500 @ 50%
 Sligo Women in Business Programme facilitated
network
 Tradelinks Programme – cross border mentoring
supports
Additional Supports for SME’s
 Microfinance Ireland – lending to higher risk
businesses turned down by banks
www.microfinanceireland.ie apply through CEB
 Seed Capital Scheme – tax refunds for PAYE
workers starting up new eligible companies
www.revenue.ie –search IT15
 Back to Work Enterprise Allowance unemployed
starting in business retain their benefits
www.welfare.ie
 JobBridge – 9 month placement for unemployed
in business www.jobbridge.ie
 Revenue JobPlus – payments(€7500/€10000)
for those employing unemployed* www.welfare.ie
Business Planning
Why?
 To convince others
 Banks - for finance
 Grant Agencies – for finance/business
supports
 Investors – for investment/expertise
 Suppliers – for supplies
 To convince me
Business Planning
What?
 Qualifications/Experience - To show you know
what your doing
 Product Service Description - To tell exactly
what your doing(and how you are doing it
better/cheaper)
 Market Research & Marketing – to show how
you are going to make sales
 Finance – to show
 How you will finance start-up costs
 How you will manage cashflow
Business Planning
How?
 CCAB & Irish Banking Federation Guide
 Enterprise Ireland Business Plan Template
 Cashflow template
http://www.sligoenterprise.ie/Resources/Downloads/Business
twitter.com/SligoEnterprise
www.facebook.com/Sligo
CountyEnterpriseBoard
www.sligoenterprise.ie
Sligo County Enterprise Board
Sligo Development Centre
Cleveragh Road
Sligo
071 914 4779
E-mail: [email protected]
www.sligoenterprise.ie
Search Sligo County Enterprise
Board
Follow us at: SligoEnterprisehttp://twitter.com/SligoEnterprise