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Local Enterprise Office (LEO): Supporting Business Growth

The Local Enterprise Office offers a range of support services for individuals starting or expanding a business. From financial assistance to training and mentoring, LEO is the one-stop shop for all your business needs.

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Local Enterprise Office (LEO): Supporting Business Growth

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  1. …Is spéis linn do ghnó …Let’s talk business 2nd September2015

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. LEO Core Client Base • Pre-Start Up, Start Up and Expansion • Employing 1 to 10 people • Manufacturing, Internationally Traded Services, Specialised Services

  5. 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

  6. Driving Entrepreneurial Culture

  7. Student Enterprise Awards

  8. 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

  9. 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)

  10. 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

  11. The Junction – Business Innovation Centre

  12. 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

  13. How You Can Assist • Alert businesses to LEO Services • Alert LEO Office of new businesses, orenterprises in trouble • Reassure business owners of confidentiality • Remind them that the training courses are practical, not academic • Sign up for our monthly email newsletter

  14. Spread the word! • www.localenterprise.ie/offaly • info@leo.offalycoco.ie

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