Roscommon business gets chance to shine at National Ploughing championships
One of Roscommon’s best small businesses will showcase their products to almost 300,000 people at the National Ploughing Championships from the 17th to 19th September in Ratheniska, County Laois as part of the Local Enterprise Village.
The Best Free From, supported by Local Enterprise Office Roscommon is a Castlerea based Artisan Bakery with a difference, creating all natural breads, cakes and baking mixes that are sugar free, gluten free, wheat free, grain free, soya free, yeast free and low carb, made with only natural ingredients and without preservatives.
All their products are suitable for coeliacs, diabetics, or anyone who follows a low carbohydrate diet or just wants to enjoy a healthy delicious alternative. The Best FREE FROM Award Winning Baking mixes are available In Selected SUPERVALU stores, in the biggest Health Food stores nationwide as well as online www.thebestfreefrom.com
The Local Enterprise Village, an initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices, will house over 30 small businesses at this year’s National Ploughing Championships from the 17th to 19th September.
With some of the biggest companies in Ireland taking up residence at the Ploughing every year, the Local Enterprise Village continues to be a popular destination on the site for those looking to pick up something unique to bring home from some of the best small businesses in Ireland.
Louise Ward, Head of Enterprise with LEO Roscommon said “This is an amazing opportunity for an artisan business like The Best Free From to showcase products to almost 300,000 potential customers at the National Ploughing Championships. The Local Enterprise Village has become one of those areas everyone wants to drop into to find their local business and see what they can pick up.
“This year we are celebrating ten years of the Local Enterprise Offices and the huge variety of businesses in the Local Enterprise Village highlights the range and depth of sectors that the Local Enterprise Offices support from manufacturing to food and beverage, to software solutions. Whatever you are interested in there is something for everyone at the Local Enterprise Village,” Ms. Ward concluded.
Some of the clients involved this year cover areas as diverse as kids clothing and games, agtech products, luxury bathing and skincare products, artisan food and drink producers, sustainable clothing and beauty products and range of innovative products from Ireland’s best small businesses.
The Local Enterprise Village is just one of a number of initiatives that the Local Enterprise Office
network runs to foster entrepreneurship across the country. Established in 2014, the Local Enterprise Offices are based in local authorities and are funded by the Government of Ireland through Enterprise Ireland.
The LEO network is the essential resource for any entrepreneur looking to start a business or any small business that is looking for support or advice to help them grow. Since their inception ten years ago, the Local Enterprise Offices have helped create over 70,000 jobs across the country.
LEOs work with thousands of client companies across Ireland in a diverse range of sectors offering mentoring, training, expert advice and financial supports to small businesses. For more information see www.LocalEnterprise.ie/roscommon.
