Business Support

At The Pulse Club, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway we have put together this business support page - full of useful links to services and grants available to you.  

Office - Meeting -Training & Conference Spaces

Ballinasloe Enterprise Centre:

• Call Lyn Donnelly on 0909646516 
• Office Space: from €45 + VAT per week, including all utilities & broadband
• Training Room (  up to 50 persons)  €35 + VAT Full day, €20 + Vat for Evening
• Meeting Room ( 10 persons) € 25 + Vat Full day € 15 Evenings
• Hot Desking : €40 per week + VAT @ 23%, €15 per day + VAT - includes broadband

Ballinasloe Library:

• Conference/Meeting Space: Library Gallery: Free Ballinasloe Library (091) 509551
• Office Space:  Owned by GCC from €14 per sq ft, fully furnished.  Contact Lyn in BEC

Gullanes Hotel
Shearwater Hotel

• 1st  Floor Business Centre – Meeting rooms with Capacity from 20 to 110. €80 - €150.
• Plaza Suite capacity up to 850 

Courses and Grants/Funding Supports

Agencies

• Local enterprise offices (LEO’s) : Galway 091-509090, Roscommon (090) 662 6263. www.localenterprise.ie/Galway ; www.localenterprise.ie/Roscommon
• Enterprise Ireland ( West Region) (EI) 091 735 900   www.enterprise-ireland.com
• Galway Rural Development (GRD) (091) 844335 www.grd.ie

Courses/Workshops

• 1/2 day workshops: €50 Social Media ,Marketing , Design And Build Your Own Website, Financials, Sales Essentials , Simple Accounts With Excell, Design & Develop Your Brand, Networking & Communication Skills, Tax And Vat For Beginners, Data Protection , Employing People For The First Time: LEO’s  www.localenterprise.ie/Galway ; www.localenterprise.ie/Roscommon
• Start your Own Business Courses : Usually 6-8 evenings ranging from €80 to €100, LEO's & Ballinasloe Enterprise Centre
• Skill Net:  Selling Skills Digital Marketing Fundamentals of Marketing , Project Management Business Writing Skills, food Safety, Excel, Time Management, Goal setting :  091-546700 www.galwayexecutiveskillnet.com

Funding Streams

•  ​Online Trading Voucher Scheme – up to €2,500 grant available ( 50%)  through LEO
• Trading Innovation Vouchers - worth €5,000 are available to assist a company to explore a business opportunity. (EI)
• Competitive Start Fund . The purpose of the Competitive Start Fund is to accelerate the growth of start-up companies that have the capacity to succeed in global markets. (EI)
• LEADER Funding: Enterprise development &  Job creation . Capital supports for start up and expanding innovative new and growing rural enterprises. ( 50% grant aid) through GRD
• SICAP: Back to work enterprise allowance - if in receipt of certain social welfare payments you can keep a percentage of your social welfare payment for up to 2 years. (Through GRD)
• Social Enterprises: 80% granting available ( up to €2,500) for social enterprises​

Local Advertising

• Ballinasloe.ie : Free business listing www.ballinasloe.ie/getting-online
• Ballinasloe Life: Free editorial for all new businesses. Advert costs from €110 + Vat
• Connacht Tribune :
• Athlone/Galway advertisers
• Galway Bay FM

Other Information

IBYE:  Irelands Best Young Entrepreneur Competition investment fund of €2 million, is open to people between the ages of 18 and 35 with an innovative business idea, new start-up or established business. The closing date 15th March 2019

http://www.westbic.ie -  Westbic provides advice and services for entrepreneurs planning or starting a new business in the west of Ireland.

https://intertradeireland.com - InterTrade Ireland offers 100% financial support up to £2,000/€2,250 towards professional advice in relation to Brexit Matters.

National Enterprise week: 4th – 8th March

By becoming a member of The Pulse Club you will also have exclusive access to our 1st Tuesday Clubs and our Workshops. 

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This webpage does not constitute legal advice.  

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