sligo county enterprise board supports for start-ups and smes liam kiely
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Sligo County Enterprise Board
Supports for Start-ups and SMEs
Liam Kiely
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.
The County Enterprise Board Network
Training for
Small Business
Mentoring and Business Advisory services
Financial Supports
External programmes
Promoting anEnterprise Culture
Sligo CEB
Objective: To ensure Owner/Managers & staff have
relevant, up to date business skills
2013 Training Programmes
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
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
Mentoring & Advisory Services
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.
Financial Supports (Grants) Available
Market Development/Export Support €1500 @ 50%
External Training Support €1500 @ 50%
Sligo Women in Business Programme facilitated network
Tradelinks Programme – cross border mentoring supports
Other Supports
Other Supports include:
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
To convince others
Banks - for finance
Grant Agencies – for finance/business supports
Investors – for investment/expertise
Suppliers – for supplies
To convince me
Why?
Business Planning
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
What?
Business Planning
CCAB & Irish Banking Federation Guide
Enterprise Ireland Business Plan Template
Cashflow template
http://www.sligoenterprise.ie/Resources/Downloads/Business
How?
www.sligoenterprise.ie
www.facebook.com/SligoCountyEnterpriseBoard
twitter.com/SligoEnterprise
Sligo County Enterprise BoardSligo Development Centre
Cleveragh RoadSligo
071 914 4779E-mail: [email protected]
www.sligoenterprise.ie
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