This article is from page 24 of the 2011-10-11 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 24 JPG
A SERIES of events for the small business community which is taking place all over the mid-west for the whole month of October, comes to Clare over the following five days.
The small business initiative, which is co-organised by the Clare County Enterprise Board, then travels to Limerick city and county the following week, finishing with events in Kerry for the final week of ‘Enterprise Mid-West.’ Tipperary North is currently hosting five events this week until Friday, October 7.
Pat Falvey, the well-known mountaineer and entrepreneur, is expected to give an uplifting talk to Clare small business owners, helping them to ‘reach for the sky’ at a seminar on Wednesday evening, October 12 at the Woodstock Hotel in Ennis.
On Tuesday, October 11, Stephen Kinsella, the highly respected economist, will be putting the local economy on the agenda, as well as discussing developmental opportunities for local businesses. The Temple Gate Hotel in Ennis is the venue for the free talk, which takes place from 12 noon to 1pm and includes light lunch.
Meanwhile, anyone in business or thinking of setting one up is being invited to attend a free resilience-building workshop at the Bunratty Castle in County Clare on Monday morning (October 10). Therese Ryan is the guest speaker at this event, which runs from 9.30am to 12.30pm and is entitled: ‘Performing to Succeed.’
Free mentoring clinics are taking place at the Vandeleur Walled Gardens in Kilrush, with 50-minute appointments available with experienced business people. The clinic is running from 10am to 5pm on Thursday, October 13.
The programme of events for Clare comes to an end with the launch of a highly significant tourism map of north Clare. ‘Rugged North Clare Ireland As It Once Was’ is the title for this project, which is scheduled to be officially launched at 3pm on Friday, October 14 at The Pavillion in Lisdoonvarna.
Eamonn Kelly, CEO with Clare County Enterprise Board, said, “Research shows that we have more ‘necessity’ entrepreneurs in Ireland now than ever before, due to the increasing numbers of those being made redundant. In fact, three out of every 10 entrepreneurs are now motivated by ‘necessity’ rather than ‘opportunity’, compared with a figure of nearly one in every 17 entrepreneurs back in 2007.”