HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network), the all-island organisation and joint initiative of Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland, responsible for the promotion of business angel investment, today announces that it plans to sign up a record 35 new business angel investors at its national conference on Thursday 8th February in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. They will bring […]
Tullamore Court Hotel will host an exciting networking event with focus on Innovation Management on 4th December from 2-5pm. The event combines networking, leading thoughts on innovation practice in various contexts, practical case studies from successful companies and examples of innovation support available to SMEs and emerging companies. The content of the event has been […]
Promotional Video of RaiSE, an Interreg Europe project that brings together six pro-active regions and one advisory partner to address the common challenge of enhancing the competitiveness of social enterprises. The video is available with subtitles in all project languages:
English: https://youtu.be/pHEc6zgrviQ
Catalan: https://youtu.be/NAVCrTwV-TY
Spanish: https://youtu.be/-jOD5qwmWy0
Hungarian: https://youtu.be/XWxwnuPjjaI
Italian: https://youtu.be/q29HaNXV5MA
Swedish: https://youtu.be/XuNw8cSkCCg
Mayo Ideas Week 2017 kicked off on 25th September with the theme of The Challenge of Change. A total of sixteen events were held across the county including seminars and workshops in Castlebar, Ballina, Belmullet, Westport and Claremorris, with almost 1,200 attendees. The first event of the week was the Spirit of Change seminar which […]
Do you know of any females looking to start a business or already in business?
EMPOWER Female Entrepreneurship Programme takes place on Wednesday 13th Sept in the Connacht Hotel in Galway
There are two parts to this Programme – EMPOWER Start and EMPOWER Growth
Empower Start: is one half day a week over 12 weeks (20 females […]
Following on from the success of the ACE Internationalisation Acceleration Programme in 2015, which gave 10 WestBIC ICT client companies an opportunity to gain International success in Europe through access to International Investors, European mentors and customized sector specific support, WestBIC ran a competition to give 3 of their HPSU client companies an opportunity to […]
The Local Enterprise Offices in Westmeath, Offaly, Longford and Laois recently announced rolling out of a new programme to help ambitious engineering business grow their enterprises. The Engenuity Midlands Innovation Programme, supported by WestBIC and Almir, provides sector specific professional training, tailored mentoring & action planning, networking & collaboration opportunities to deliver growth objectives of […]
Galway to enhance its unique position on the Global Stage in the Innovative Start-Ups market but increased collaboration among Stakeholders called for.
Announcing the release of a comprehensive Review Report on Incubation and Enterprise Space in the Galway Area, carried out by WestBIC and Galway City Council, Dr. Chris Coughlan, WestBIC Chair, was upbeat on potential […]
Open Innovation | Open Ecosystems | Open Entrepreneurship | Open Startups | Open Data
Following on from the success of our ACE International Acceleration Programme for 10 ICT clients, WestBIC are offering three client companies an opportunity to be part of the European Business Innovation Network Congress 2017 in Enghien-Les-Bains, France in July.
More than 400 participants […]
A brand new entrepreneurship facility, the first of its kind located in a Local Authority Civic HQ, has been launched in Roscommon town for entrepreneurs, providing flexible desk space, with super-speed broadband, IP telephony and other support services. The initiative is a partnership between Roscommon County Council and WestBIC, aimed at new and existing enterprises […]
