A net total of 173 new jobs were delivered in 2016 by small businesses in County Clare that have been supported by Local Enterprise Office Clare.

Clare Local Enterprise Week 2017 gets underway this weekend and will feature a workshop by Musgrave Group and An Bord Bia on how to get a food product to market, the Clare Student Enterprise Awards, an Energy Cost Saving Seminar and a talk by the Editor of The Sunday Business Post on the exporting opportunities and challenges facing Irish Enterprises.

Minister of State for Small Business and Employment, Pat Breen T.D. this week announced an additional €4m in funding for the Local Enterprise Offices.

Damien Mason from FlexiBod in Scariff has clinched a place in the final of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition in Dublin this March.

Three young Clare entrepreneurs are flying the flag for the County at the Regional Final of ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition, which is offering an investment prize-fund of €1.5 million.

Clare’s best young entrepreneurs have been honoured at the County Final of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition, which took place in the Buttermarket Building in Ennis last night (Thursday).

An informative and practical event welcomed Local Enterprise Office Clare Women in Business Network members to the final event this week in Hotel Woodstock.

New teacher resources that will support 900 students of 17 Clare secondary schools taking part in the Student Enterprise Programme have been launched by Local Enterprise Office Clare and Minister for Employment & Small Business, Pat Breen, T.D.

A savvy guide for businesswomen on how to secure financial freedom was the topic of discussion at a networking event in Ennis this week.