Business information and advice - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Confidential one-to-one business advisory service run by LEO Kilkenny for anyone exploring self-employment or already running a small business in the county.
Local Enterprise Office
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny (LEO)
Local first-stop shop providing information and support for people starting or growing a business.
Operates in Kilkenny · 17 listed services · 11 facilities
What they do
Local first-stop shop providing information and support for people starting or growing a business.
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny lists 17 services and 11 facilities on Irish Resource Hub in Kilkenny. The listed provision covers advisory support, information and guidance, expert consultancy, service, programme, mentoring, and training. Its support includes Start a business, Grow and scale, Mentoring and advice, Digital and AI, and Skills and training. 10 distinct eligibility conditions are recorded across those services.
Business support informationWhere they operate
Recorded coverage for the following areas.
Types of support available
Listed provision includes advisory support, information and guidance, expert consultancy, service, programme, mentoring, training.
Who the support is for
- Business stages
- Thinking about starting, Startups, Established, Scaling
- Company sizes
- 1–9 people, 10–49 people, Sole traders, 50–249 people
- Sectors
- All sectors
- Audiences
- Startups, SMEs
Taken from this organisation's record and its published services.
Access and eligibility
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.
- Business information and advice - LEO Kilkenny
Open to anyone in County Kilkenny exploring self-employment and to owners of small businesses already operating in the county.
- Training and events catalogue - LEO Kilkenny
Unknown — eligibility is not published on the office's page; contact the office to confirm.
- Lean for Business - LEO Kilkenny
Entrepreneurs, pre-starts, micro businesses and small businesses in the Kilkenny LEO service area; programme-specific criteria may apply
- Kilkenny Design Makers Academy - LEO Kilkenny
Local-area business or promoter; programme rules may add criteria
- Food Academy Programme - LEO Kilkenny
Open to early to mid-stage food business owners; participation in the SuperValu trial depends on panel selection and there is no guarantee of a retail listing.
- Get Exporting - LEO Kilkenny
For Irish manufacturing and internationally traded services companies with under EUR 10,000 in export sales per annum; requires CEO or senior leadership commitment; excludes food and drink businesses.
- Green for Business - LEO Kilkenny
Enterprises with 1-50 employees, trading over 6 months, turnover above EUR 30,000, current tax clearance; excludes farms, gambling, adult entertainment and unauthorised tobacco/cannabis businesses; one application per group.
- Mentoring and business advice - LEO Kilkenny
Open to small business owner-managers in County Kilkenny; mentor assistance applications are assessed individually following a business needs analysis.
- Self-employment support for people with disabilities - LEO Kilkenny
Aimed at persons with disabilities who intend to set up a business or are already self-employed.
- Speak to an Advisor - LEO Kilkenny
Applicants must be located in the LEO Kilkenny catchment area; open to pre-trading, start-up and established businesses.
The same conditions also apply to 7 further services listed below.
Check access with Local Enterprise Office KilkennySupport offered (17)
Advisory support Information and guidance Cyber Security for Small Business - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
LEO Kilkenny publishes national cyber security guidance for small businesses, giving practical measures to help firms protect against common cyber threats.
Expert consultancy Digital for Business - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Expert review and guidance to help small businesses plan and adopt appropriate digital technology.
Service Economic and Community Monitor - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
County economic and community information supporting business decisions.
Information and guidance European IPR Helpdesk route - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
LEO Kilkenny signposts businesses to the European IPR Helpdesk, an EU information and helpline service on intellectual property matters for SMEs.
Programme Food Academy Programme - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Food business development programme run by the Local Enterprise Offices with SuperValu, helping Kilkenny food producers progress toward SuperValu retail shelves.
Programme Get Exporting - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Export development programme for Kilkenny manufacturing and internationally traded services companies, combining workshops, digital content and one-to-one export advisor support.
Expert consultancy Green for Business - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Free consultancy support helping Kilkenny businesses with 1-50 employees become more sustainable, delivered through up to two days with a specialist Green Consultant.
Programme Kilkenny Design Makers Academy - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Business-development programme for makers and creative brands.
Expert consultancy Lean for Business - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Expert support to identify and implement operational and competitiveness improvements.
Mentoring Mentoring and business advice - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Business Mentoring matches Kilkenny owner-managers with an experienced practitioner from the LEO Mentor Panel, plus free monthly one-hour mentoring clinics.
Service Remote Working Hubs directory - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Directory of remote working and co-working hubs across Kilkenny city and county, offering up to 150 individual working spaces signposted through the LEO.
Service Self-employment support for people with disabilities - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Dedicated LEO Kilkenny webpage signposting persons with disabilities to a self-paced eLearning course and resources for starting or running a business.
Advisory support Speak to an Advisor - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Online request form for LEO Kilkenny business support, used to gather information before the team arranges a meeting with a business advisor.
Training Start Your Own Business programme - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
LEO Kilkenny's 'Start a Business' hub acts as a first stop shop for people considering self-employment, linking to its Starting a Business Programme and planning resources.
Training Sustainability Kickstarter Programme - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
LEO Kilkenny promotes Enterprise Ireland's free Sustainability Kickstarter Workshops, 3-hour online sessions helping SMEs build a sustainability action plan.
Training Training and events catalogue - LEO Kilkenny
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny
LEO Kilkenny's Training and Events section provides a range of business training supports and events tailored to specific business requirements across the county.
Workspaces and facilities (11)
Workspace or facility Ballyouskill Community Centre Hub
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Ballyouskill Community Centre Hub is published by the relevant LEO as business-accessible infrastructure.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Castlecomer Enterprise Centre
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Castlecomer, Kilkenny
A town-centre Kilkenny Road enterprise centre two minutes from local shops, used by Castlecomer's self-employed and remote workers.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Connolly's of Dunbell Hub
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Connolly's of Dunbell Hub is published by the relevant LEO as business-accessible infrastructure.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Crosspatrick Community Centre Hub
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Crosspatrick Community Centre Hub is published by the relevant LEO as business-accessible infrastructure.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Galmoy Community Centre Hub
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Galmoy Community Centre Hub is published by the relevant LEO as business-accessible infrastructure.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Glenmore Community Centre Hub
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Glenmore, Kilkenny
A Graiguenakill community centre in Glenmore combining a free public broadband connection point with a listed remote-working hub.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility New Work Junction
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
A former bank building beside Kilkenny's MacDonagh Station running month-by-month desks, with the old vault repurposed as a locker room.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Pembroke Business Centre
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Pembroke Business Centre is published by the relevant LEO as business-accessible infrastructure.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Piltown Enterprise Centre
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Piltown, Kilkenny
A restored 1828 Market House in Piltown, once a Garda station, now a community-run remote-working hub with virtual office and postbox services.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility Urlingford Exit 4 Remote Networking Hub
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
Urlingford Exit 4 Remote Networking Hub is published by the relevant LEO as business-accessible infrastructure.
Confirmed external-business access
Workspace or facility We Do Work Centre
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny
Kilkenny, Kilkenny
We Do Work Centre is published by the relevant LEO as business-accessible infrastructure.
Confirmed external-business access