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Attendees at the Budget Briefing at The Rose Hotel on Thursday morning. Photo by Domnick Walsh

PHOTOS: Budget Briefing Held At The Rose Hotel

October 12, 2023 at 2:49 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services)  presented a Budget 2024 Briefing in The Rose Hotel on Thursday morning. The briefing summarised the main points arising from the Budget announced on Tuesday with a particular emphasis on the tax changes announced, including changes in tax rates, withdrawal of any […]

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Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Office North and West is delighted to welcome the return of the Southwest’s National Women’s Enterprise Day Regional Event to Cork for 2023.  Taking place on Thursday October 19th, at the Dunmore House Hotel in Clonakilty, National Women’s Enterprise Day is Ireland’s largest female enterprise event. Pictured at the launch are Jamie Cuthbert, Event Coordinator and Business Advisor, Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West; Alison Walsh, Business Advisor, Local Enterprise Office South Cork; Lisa Finn, Business Advisor, Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West; Ita Madden, Senior Enterprise Development Officer, Local Enterprise Office Cork City; Sharleen Foody, Senior Enterprise Development Officer, Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West; Deputy Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Gillian Coughlan; Amy Jane Keating, Event Host and MC; Fiona Leahy, Business Advisor, Local Enterprise Office Kerry and Caroline Murphy, West Cork Eggs, Event Ambassador and Leading Light representing Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West.

Photo Joleen Cronin

Kerry Entrepreneurs To Attend National Women’s Enterprise Day Regional’s Event

September 11, 2023 at 11:39 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council’s Local Enterprise Office will welcome the return of the Southwest’s National Women’s Enterprise Day Regional Event next month. Taking place on Thursday October 19th, at the Dunmore House Hotel in Clonakilty, National Women’s Enterprise Day is Ireland’s largest female enterprise event. Covering the Kerry and Cork region, […]

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Kerry Local Enterprise Week To Be Held In March

Kerry Local Enterprise Week To Be Held In March

February 10, 2023 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Local Enterprise Office (LEO) has announced a series of business events and initiatives  for Local Enterprise Week (LEW) to take place from March 6th to March 10. LEW offers local business owner/managers the opportunity to learn, engage and network in person at events occurring throughout the week. In addition, […]

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Budget 2023 Briefing Next Month In Tralee

Budget 2023 Briefing Next Month In Tralee

August 4, 2022 at 1:53 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services) will present a Budget 2023 Briefing in the Manor West Hotel, Tralee on Thursday, September 29 from 9.30am to 11.30am. Attendees will learn how the Budget will impact on business in the areas of income tax, corporation tax, VAT, pensions etc. The briefing […]

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Kerry LEO To Present Online Budget 2022 Breakfast Briefing

Kerry LEO To Present Online Budget 2022 Breakfast Briefing

October 4, 2021 at 1:54 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY Local Enterprise Office in association with PSC Taxation Services will present a Budget 2022 Breakfast Briefing via Zoom on Thursday, October 14. Taking place from 9.30am to 11am, you can learn how the Budget will impact on your business in the areas of income tax, corporation tax, VAT, pensions […]

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Kerry Businesswomen Encouraged To Register For National Women’s Enterprise Day

Kerry Businesswomen Encouraged To Register For National Women’s Enterprise Day

September 24, 2021 at 11:32 am Comments are Disabled

FEMALE entrepreneurs and budding businesswomen from across Kerry are being encouraged to look to the future and register for this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day after the line-up for the event was announced. The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) initiative, now in its 15th year, will be hosted by founder and […]

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Kerry LEO’s Student Enterprise Awards To Be Delivered Online

Kerry LEO’s Student Enterprise Awards To Be Delivered Online

October 8, 2020 at 1:19 pm Comments are Disabled

STUDENT entrepreneurs across Kerry have begun their journey in this year’s Student Enterprise Programme, with eyes on next year’s National Final. This Kerry Local Enterprise Office run programme will be delivered differently given the current restrictions across the country, and the Final, which will take place on Friday, May 14, […]

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Free Online Events Planned For National Women’s Enterprise Day

Free Online Events Planned For National Women’s Enterprise Day

October 1, 2020 at 2:22 pm Comments are Disabled

LOCAL Enterprise Office Kerry has announced the programme of events for ‘National Women’s Enterprise Day’ which takes place on Wednesday, October 14. The Local Enterprise Office initiative, now in its fourteenth year, was launched by An Tánaiste and Minister Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar T.D., and is being funded […]

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Kerry LEO To Host Online Budget Briefing Webinar

Kerry LEO To Host Online Budget Briefing Webinar

September 24, 2020 at 2:42 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY Local Enterprise Office in association with PSC Taxation Services on Thursday, October 15 from 9.30am to 11am. This free online webinar, delivered on Zoom, will summarise the main points arising from the Budget to be announced on Tuesday, October 13. There will be particular emphasis on the tax changes […]

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Kerry Local Enterprise Office Welcomes Expansion Of Business Supports

Kerry Local Enterprise Office Welcomes Expansion Of Business Supports

April 14, 2020 at 9:43 am Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry County Council Local Enterprise Office has welcomed the announcement of a major expansion of supports for businesses impacted by COVID-19, including an expansion of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme and a reduction in the interest rate for Microfinance Ireland loans. Among the provisions is the expansion of the […]

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Annascaul’s Finest To Compete For National Enterprise Award Next Week

Annascaul’s Finest To Compete For National Enterprise Award Next Week

May 23, 2019 at 4:28 pm Comments are Disabled

ONE of Kerry’s best small businesses, Annascaul Black Pudding will represent Local Enterprise Office Kerry at the National Enterprise Awards on May 29 at the Mansion House in Dublin. Run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices in the local authorities nationwide, the National Enterprise Awards are now in their 21st […]

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Artists Avail Of Mentoring Sessions At Kerry County Council

Artists Avail Of Mentoring Sessions At Kerry County Council

May 1, 2019 at 2:17 pm Comments are Disabled

MENTORING sessions for visual artists in Kerry have been taking place this week at County Buildings in Tralee. Developed by Creative Ireland Kerry and Local Enterprise Office Kerry, the high level of demand from artists for the initiative has resulted in the original offer of meetings over a two-day period, […]

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Kerry LEO Supported Companies Created 104 Jobs In 2018

Kerry LEO Supported Companies Created 104 Jobs In 2018

February 16, 2019 at 1:04 pm Comments are Disabled

LOCAL Enterprise Office Kerry 2018 jobs figures, show that 104 were created by Local Enterprise Office Kerry supported companies last year.  This is an increase of 9% since 2017. The figures were announced by Heather Humphreys T.D. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Pat Breen T.D., Minister for Trade, […]

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Kerry’s Businesswomen Urged To Attend National Women’s Enterprise Day Event

Kerry’s Businesswomen Urged To Attend National Women’s Enterprise Day Event

September 24, 2018 at 4:38 pm 1 comment

KERRY Local Enterprise Office is encouraging more women to go from ‘local to global’ with their businesses by attending a joint event in Cork city with 150 female entrepreneurs expected to attend. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, T.D., has launched the national programme of events for National […]

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Get €2,500 In Trading Online Vouchers To Promote Your Business

Get €2,500 In Trading Online Vouchers To Promote Your Business

September 6, 2018 at 4:51 pm Comments are Disabled

TRADING Online Vouchers to the value of €2,500 are still available to support small Kerry businesses to enhance their online trading presence and can also be used to buy online advertising on websites like TraleeToday.ie. A free information session run by Kerry Local Enterprise Office is the first step in applying for the Trading […]

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Back row; Thomas Foley, Pyro desserts; Conor Hyde, Bullseye Food Consultancy; Jim Garvey, SuperValu; Michael Killoury, Musgraves; Mary Kate Mageean, SuperValu; Victor Sheahan, Kerry Local Enterprise Office; Ollie Diggin, Ardfert Dairy
Front row – Nicola Lynch, The Little Juice Factory; Paul Walker, Blair Farm Charcuterie; Eibhlis Diggin, Ardfert Dairy; Orla Walsh, chocolate biscuit cake & quiche.

Retail Breakthrough For Kerry Food Start-Ups

August 28, 2018 at 11:37 am Comments are Disabled

FIVE food and drink producers from around the county, have made a retail breakthrough this month by securing a space on SuperValu shelves through the Food Academy programme. Ollie Diggin, Ardfert Dairy; Paul Walker, Blair Farm Charcuterie; Nicola Lynch, The Little Juice Factory; Thomas Foley, Pyro desserts; and Orla Walsh, […]

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Niall Wins Best Start-Up At IBYE Midwest Finals

Niall Wins Best Start-Up At IBYE Midwest Finals

January 17, 2018 at 9:57 am Comments are Disabled

NIALL Harty of Harty Nutrition Ltd. won the Best Start Up Business category at the Midwest Finals of the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition on Tuesday with his Origin Clean Protein Bars business. The business which operates out of Firies was the only Kerry winner at the awards which […]

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Businesses Can Get €2,500 Vouchers For Online Trading

Businesses Can Get €2,500 Vouchers For Online Trading

January 4, 2018 at 12:28 pm Comments are Disabled

TRADING online vouchers to the value of €2,500 — which can be used for upgrading of e-commerce websites, buying online advertising from such websites as TraleeToday.ie and other uses — are still available to support small Irish businesses to enhance their online trading presence. A free information session will be held later this month which […]

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Small Businesses In Kerry Received €346,000 In Grant Aid In 2017

Small Businesses In Kerry Received €346,000 In Grant Aid In 2017

December 21, 2017 at 4:18 pm Comments are Disabled

SMALL businesses in Kerry received almost €350,000 in grant aid this year according to Kerry Local Enterprise Office, while Kerry County Council spent a further €260,000 on training initiatives. In their end of year review, Kerry LEO say they demonstrated a strong performance in 2017 as renewed confidence becomes evident […]

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Tralee Man Wins Kerry’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award

Tralee Man Wins Kerry’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award

December 9, 2017 at 9:54 am Comments are Disabled

THE co-founder of a Tralee based company has been named as the  overall “Best Young Entrepreneur” for the county as Kerry’s best young entrepreneurs were announced at the County Final of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition on Thursday in the Ballygarry House Hotel The overall “Best Young Entrepreneur” for the county […]

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Businesses Can Get Up To €2,500 In Trading Online Vouchers

Businesses Can Get Up To €2,500 In Trading Online Vouchers

August 30, 2017 at 4:46 pm Comments are Disabled

TRADING online vouchers to the value of €2,500 are still available to support small Kerry businesses to enhance their online trading presence. The vouchers can be used in a variety of ways, including to advertise online on websites such as TraleeToday.ie. There is a free training session in Tralee next month and is the first […]

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PHOTOS: Kerry Businesswomen Gather To Hear Success Stories

PHOTOS: Kerry Businesswomen Gather To Hear Success Stories

October 21, 2016 at 9:12 am Comments are Disabled

MORE than 120 businesswomen joined forces this week with the Local Enterprise Office Kerry to celebrate ten years of ‘National Women’s Enterprise Day’ with a major event in The Brehon Hotel, Killarney. The Local Enterprise Office Kerry was amongst 31 LEOs in local authorities all over the country which participated in inspiring National Women’s Enterprise Day gatherings […]

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Businesses Invited To Budget 2017 Breakfast Briefing

Businesses Invited To Budget 2017 Breakfast Briefing

October 4, 2016 at 11:33 am Comments are Disabled

THE Budget isn’t too far away now and Kerry Local Enterprise Office has an event planned to make sense of it all for businesses. The Budget 2017 – Breakfast Briefing in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services) takes place in the Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee on Thursday, October 13 from 8.30am to 10.30am. The […]

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PHOTOS: Kerry Women In Business Attend Networking Event In Clare

PHOTOS: Kerry Women In Business Attend Networking Event In Clare

April 22, 2016 at 4:05 pm Comments are Disabled

A NUMBER of women from Kerry businesses were present for a special event in Clare yesterday. The Regional Women in Business Network 2016 took place on April 21 at Bunratty Castle Hotel was organized by Local Enterprise Offices Kerry, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Cork North and West. The event provided […]

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New Programme Launched To Help Food Businesses

New Programme Launched To Help Food Businesses

March 15, 2016 at 11:21 am Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry County Council Local Enterprise Office together with Bórd Bia and Musgrave’s Supervalu recently launched the Food Academy Programme 2016. The aim of the programme is to provide food businesses with the management, leadership skills and business knowledge to achieve sustainability and growth in their business. The programme is […]

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Presentation Tralee students Muirne Scanlon Meabh Pierse and Anna Sheehy with 'O-Pops' at the County Final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards at IT Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Students Show Their Enterprising Spirit At Awards

March 5, 2016 at 11:14 am Comments are Disabled

AS we reported yesterday, the County Final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards was another huge success. There were 60 mini-businesses set up by over 200 second level school students involved in the competition promoting business idea development, structure, sourcing of finance, marketing/sales and the presentation of a formal business plan. Prizes […]

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Three Young Entrepreneurs Share €50,000 Investment At Kerry LEO Competition

Three Young Entrepreneurs Share €50,000 Investment At Kerry LEO Competition

October 1, 2015 at 10:03 am Comments are Disabled

THREE of the county’s best young entrepreneurs have won a total investment of €50,000 through the Kerry County Council Local Enterprise Office, as part of the €2million Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur competition (#IBYE). The three winners were Brendan O’Connell from Listowel, Shane Hassett, Killarney and Erika Fox, Glenbeigh who was also named ‘Kerry’s Best Young Entrepreneur’. […]

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Presentation Secondary School students Sarah Gavaghan and Isabel O'Donoghue at the Kerry LEO Student Enterprise Awards at the ITT on Friday. Photo by Gavin O'Connor

PHOTOS: More From The Kerry LEO Student Enterprise Awards

March 22, 2015 at 9:44 am Comments are Disabled

YESTERDAY we told you about the winners of Kerry Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Student Enterprise awards held at the ITT on Friday (click here for previous story and photos). In total there was over 50 stands from schools all over the county with projects ranging from cookbooks to mobile accessories, entries embracing ever-changing technology and ones with a nod […]

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CBS The Green students Shane Foley, Killian O'Riordan, Eoin Greaney and Kieran Dwyer at the Kerry LEO Student Enterprise Awards at the ITT on Friday. Photo by Gavin O'Connor

PHOTOS: Teenagers Show Business Savvy At Annual Student Enterprise Awards

March 21, 2015 at 11:26 am Comments are Disabled

CASTLEGREGORY and Killorglin students were the big winners at this year’s County Final of the Kerry Local Enterprise Office Annual Student Enterprise Awards on Friday, in the Institute of Technology. Tralee schools’ entrants were among the incredible 58 mini-businesses set up by over 180 second level school students involved in the competition which promotes business idea development, structure, sourcing of finance, […]

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