FULL AGENDA: Business Supports Showcase - 07/03/17

9.30am

Registration

10.00am - 12.45pm

Business Mentoring Clinics

We will be offering attendees (on a first come basis) a 30 minute one to one clinic with one of our business Mentors. Upon registration for this event, attendees will be offered one of these appointments and can book under one of the following topics:

• General Business Advice (business start-up, sales, marketing, HR) - BOOKED OUT
• Finance (taxation, funding, general accountancy advice) - BOOKED OUT
• Digital Marketing (Search Engine Optimisation, Online Advertising, Social Media) - BOOKED OUT

10.00am - 2.00pm

Business Supports Expo 

Drop in and check out all the supports available to start-ups and existing businesses.

Come Meet our Exhibitors that include:

• Credit Review Office
• Enterprise Ireland
• Education Training Boards Ireland
• Dept. of Social Protection
• Dún Laoghaire BID
• Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Council
• Ireland's Domain Registry
• Irish Exporters Association
• Irish Patents Office
• ISAX
• Linked Finance
• Local Enterprise Office
• Microfinance Ireland
• Plato Dublin
• Revenue
• Skillnets
• Southside Partnership

10.00am - 12.35am

Business Support Talks & Q&A Sessions

• 10.00am - 10.15am - Local Enterprise Office
• 10.40am - 10.50am - Dept. of Social Protection
• 11.20am - 11.40am - Microfinance Ireland / Credit Review Office
• 12.00 - 12.15pm - Enterprise Ireland

12.30pm Onwards

Light Lunch & Networking

12.45pm - 1.00pm

Key Note Address

• David Kelleher, Head of Account Management, Jobbio

Jobbio is a two-sided carees marketplace that enables Talent and Companies to connect directly with each other and show off exactly what makes them special, the result? More people doing what they love, in companies that love them.

Jobbio started in 2015, they now have over 3,500 companies all over the world and are adding 100,000 new talented people per month!

1.00pm - 2.00pm

Trailblazers! Meet our Enterprise Pioneers

National Enterprise Awards 2017:
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Final

Awards MC: Noel Davidson, Entrepreneurs Academy

Awards to be Announced: Overall Winner Best Start-up Business Best Export Business Innovation  Merit Awards 3x

Our 6x County Finalist Businesses compete for a place at the National Finals of the LEO Enterprise Awards taking place this May in the Mansion House. Video profiles of each finalist will be shown before winners are announced and prize fund worth €10,000 will be shared!

• Caolán Cullen of ‘flash frozen’ ice cream maker Arctic Stone.ie
• Erica Sheehan of artisan wholefood company Homespun Foods.ie
• Gianni Clifford of Fillit.ie, an online platform which connects people and spaces
• Frank Kelly of cloud-based software service provider Zoom Courier Software.
• Peter Mangan of TheFreebird Club.com, social travel & homestay club for 50+
• Sean Greif of Irish language camp and activities company Moontour.ie

The awards showcase and celebrate the achievements of small business owners from across the county.