Dunmore East set to celebrate 20 years of bluegrass

Bluegrass makes a welcome return to Dunmore East, Co. Waterford as the Guinness International Bluegrass Festival celebrates 20 years of great bluegrass, blues, country and honky-tonk music. This year the 20th Guinness International Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival will take place on August 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th 2014 and American quartet, Boxcar Preachers, is set … Continued



Local Enterprise Board networking lunches continue

Louise Grubb of Q1 Scientific Following the success of WLRfm’s Des Whelan ‘Top Ten Tips on Branding’, Waterford Local Enterprise Office is looking forward to welcoming Louise Grubb to give her ‘Top Ten Tips on Business Expansion’ on Thursday, July 3rd. These events called ‘Top Ten lunches’ are a series of networking lunches on the … Continued


Keeping seniors safe in the sun!

The recent good weather has us flocking to the beaches, seeking out the shade and ensuring we are well protected with effective sun creams. Whilst we all need to exercise caution during the warm spell, older people are at increased risk of heat related illness, especially if they live alone, have medical conditions or take … Continued


Local Enterprise Office to host event for trading on line voucher scheme

Pictured at the launch of the Digital Voucher Scheme, Margaret Durand (Dungarvan Enterprise Centre Manager), Tom Banville (Head of Wexford LEO), Pat Rabbitte TD (Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources) and Ciaran Cullen (Waterford LEO) The Trading Online Voucher scheme is designed to help small companies to access the opportunities open to them through … Continued


Are you Waterford’s Best Young Entrepreneur?

L-R; Vincent Reynolds, Chairman of Local Enterprise Office, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Minister Richard Bruton for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation,  & Minister John Perry for Small Business New competition launched to find Waterford’s Best Young Entrepreneur (Under 30) with investment of up to €25,000 available for winner. Winners in Waterford will proceed to regional and … Continued


Top Ten Tip Lunches served up in Waterford

Mr. Ciaran Cullen, LEO Waterford and Mr. Des Whelan, WLRfm ‘Top Ten Lunches’ are a series of networking lunches on the theme of ‘Top Ten Business Tips’ delivered by successful Waterford business people and occurring once per month. These lunches take place in the Tower Hotel Waterford from 12.30pm to 2pm with the inaugural  lunch … Continued


HCS Business Solutions recognised as finalist in 2014 Microsoft Small Business Partner Awards

Neil Phelan, HCS Business Solutions and Ciaran Keohane, SMB Group Lead Ireland, Microsoft HCS Business Solutions was recently announced as a finalist in the 2014 Microsoft Small Business Partner Awards. The company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft Corporation partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on … Continued


Fresh Start Success!

 Over 75 delegates came to hear David McKernan, Entrepreneur and Founder of Java Republic, who spoke at a Local Enterprise Office free business start-up information seminar in Waterford this week. Other speakers included Ciaran Cullen of the Local Enterprise office in Waterford, Liam Murphy from the Department of Social Protection and Sarah Flynn, Unique Aquatics … Continued