Local Enterprise Office (LEO)

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Is spéis linn do ghnó Lets talk business
2nd September2015
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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

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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

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LEO Core Client Base

• Pre-Start Up, Start Up and Expansion
• Employing 1 to 10 people
• Manufacturing, Internationally Traded Services,
  Specialised Services

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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

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Driving Entrepreneurial Culture

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Student Enterprise Awards
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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

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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)

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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

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The Junction Business Innovation Centre
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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

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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

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Spread the word!

• www.localenterprise.ie/offaly
• info_at_leo.offalycoco.ie