Local Enterprise Office
Local first-stop shop providing information and support for people starting or growing a business.
Operates in Cork · 13 listed services · 11 facilities
Local first-stop shop providing information and support for people starting or growing a business.
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West lists 13 services and 11 facilities on Irish Resource Hub in Cork. The listed provision covers advisory support, programme, expert consultancy, service, mentoring, and training. Its support includes Start a business, Grow and scale, Mentoring and advice, Digital and AI, and Skills and training. 5 distinct eligibility conditions are recorded across those services.
Business support informationRecorded coverage for the following areas.
Listed provision includes advisory support, programme, expert consultancy, service, mentoring, training.
Taken from this organisation's record and its published services.
No organisation-wide eligibility rule is recorded. Eligibility is set by each individual service, so conditions vary by service and some support may not be open to every business.
Each distinct eligibility condition recorded for this organisation's services — check the service page for the full conditions.
Unknown — eligibility is not published on the office's page; contact the office to confirm.
Open to entrepreneurs, new start-ups and growing small businesses based within the LEO Cork North & West catchment area; businesses outside the catchment are referred to their own LEO.
Varies by programme: Start Your Own Business suits new business ideas or businesses trading under six months; Food Academy is for new and early-stage food producers; Lean is for micro-enterprises expressing interest by email.
Small enterprises (1-50 paid employees) established and trading for at least 6 months, registered and operating within the LEO Cork North & West area, not currently Enterprise Ireland or IDA clients, and solvent per supplied financial statements; current Revenue tax clearance is required.
Enterprises with 1-50 employees, trading more than 6 months, with annual turnover over €30,000, established and operating within the relevant Local Enterprise Office area; primary agriculture, gambling, adult entertainment, tobacco and cannabis-related businesses are ineligible; only one application per corporate group is permitted.
The same conditions also apply to 8 further services listed below.
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General business information and advice service from LEO Cork North & West, acting as the first stop shop for people starting, growing or developing a micro business in the region.
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Free weekly remote business advice appointments with LEO Cork North & West business advisers, delivered by phone, WhatsApp, Skype, Teams or Zoom to entrepreneurs and small businesses in the catchment area.
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A set of structured training programmes run by LEO Cork North & West, including Lean for Micro-Enterprises, Food Academy and the Start Your Own Business Programme, plus access to the Rubicon incubation centre and New Frontiers.
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Expert review and guidance to help a small business plan and adopt appropriate digital technology.
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Access to the Enterprise Europe Network through LEO Cork North & West, connecting local SMEs with EU business and technology partners via the office's named North Cork and West Cork advisers.
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Export advisory support from LEO Cork North & West, including a named Export Business Adviser, Enterprise Europe Network links and InterTradeIreland cross-border export assistance.
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Food-sector supports from LEO Cork North & West, covering the Food Academy Programme with SuperValu and Bord Bia and a Foodservice Sales Growth and Catex event support programme.
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The Get Exporting Ambition Roadshow 2026, a series of half-day regional events run through LEO Cork North & West helping SMEs prepare for export and identify international growth opportunities.
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Consultant-led support helping small businesses identify practical sustainability and resource-efficiency improvements.
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Lean for Business supports from LEO Cork North & West, including a free 2-hour LEAN Best Practice Workshop and an initiative helping small businesses prepare for a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy.
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One-to-one Mentor Programme from LEO Cork North & West, matching experienced business consultants with small business owners for practical, individually tailored strategic advice.
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A dedicated LEO Cork North & West webpage of learning resources and links for people with disabilities who are setting up a business or already self-employed, developed with Technological University Dublin.
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The Training & Events section of the LEO Cork North & West website, listing bookable courses, clinics and networking events such as digital marketing, SEO and craft-sector workshops.
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Bandon, Cork
A South Main Street townhouse office converted in 2013 into Bandon's hot-desking base for start-ups and remote workers.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Bantry, Cork
A Rope Walk enterprise centre with six hot desks and own-door offices, with part of the building closed after a 2024 fire.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Bere Island, Cork
An islander-run heritage centre in a converted 1857 schoolhouse that doubles as Bere Island's high-speed broadband hub and office space.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Charleville, Cork
A Bakers Road enterprise centre near the Cork to Limerick road, with a podcast studio, green-screen recording and a large touchscreen meeting room.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Carrigaline, Cork
Two bookable commercial kitchens for scaling production, product development and commercial testing.
Confirmed SME access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Fermoy, Cork
An eleven-desk enterprise centre inside the Faber Castell Business Campus at Fermoy's northern edge, with a four-person meeting room.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Skibbereen, Cork
West Cork's flagship thirty-nine desk digital hub in Skibbereen town centre, with four meeting rooms and a penthouse boardroom.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Macroom, Cork
A Lee Valley business park centre on the Cork to Killarney route with two meeting rooms and a forty-person training room.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Millstreet, Cork
A Square-located enterprise centre in Millstreet, developed with IRD Duhallow, offering seven hot desks and a large meeting facility.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Goleen, Cork
A dual-purpose Goleen village building combining Mizen Head tourist information with six hot desks and an accessible ground-floor workstation.
Confirmed external-business access
Local Enterprise Office Cork North & West
Youghal, Cork
An east Cork enterprise centre at Saint Mary's College, Emmet Place, with own-door offices, virtual addresses and a twenty-person meeting room.
Confirmed external-business access