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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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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’. […]

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 […]

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, […]