Sligo County Enterprise Board Supports for Start-ups and SMEs
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Sligo County Enterprise Board
Supports for Start-ups and SMEs
Liam Kiely
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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
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Training for
Small Business
Mentoring and Business Advisory services
Financial Supports
External programmes
Promoting anEnterprise Culture
Sligo CEB
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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?
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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?
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Business Planning
CCAB & Irish Banking Federation Guide
Enterprise Ireland Business Plan Template
Cashflow template
http://www.sligoenterprise.ie/Resources/Downloads/Business
How?
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www.sligoenterprise.ie
www.facebook.com/SligoCountyEnterpriseBoard
twitter.com/SligoEnterprise
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Sligo County Enterprise BoardSligo Development Centre
Cleveragh RoadSligo
071 914 4779E-mail: [email protected]
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