Local first-stop shop providing information and support for people starting or growing a business.
Operates in Meath · 15 listed services
What they do
Local first-stop shop providing information and support for people starting or growing a business.
Local Enterprise Office Westmeath lists 15 services on Irish Resource Hub in Meath. The listed provision covers advisory support, network, 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.
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.
Open to those exploring self-employment who have completed Start Your Own Business or equivalent, and businesses with ten or fewer employees operating in Westmeath.
Small enterprises with 1-50 paid employees, trading at least 6 months, registered and solvent, with current tax clearance; not Enterprise Ireland or IDA clients; excludes coal, steel, primary agriculture, gambling, adult entertainment and tobacco activities.
For those with a food idea or in the first 24 months of a food business, aimed mainly at food producers selling through third parties; assumes existing general business knowledge.
One-to-one confidential business advisory appointments with LEO Westmeath advisors and expert mentors covering marketing, market research, finance, sales, strategy, Brexit and sustainability topics.
LEO Westmeath's confidential business advisory service and Information Centre, covering everything from testing a business idea through market research, finance, marketing, legal structure and business planning.
LEO Westmeath signposts networking events, including Women in Business networking, through its online training and events bookings and lists other local support agencies and networks.
Expert digital consultancy from LEO Westmeath analysing a business's existing digital systems and guiding implementation of new or enhanced digital solutions to cut admin and improve operations.
LEO Westmeath's route into the Enterprise Europe Network, giving small businesses access to international partner searches, EU brokerage events and technology transfer services via a local advisor.
LEO Westmeath's Food Starter programme, a four half-day online course for people with a food idea or in the first 24 months of a food business, covering feasibility, safety, costing and routes to market.
A panel of experienced business mentors matched to LEO Westmeath clients for paid one-to-one mentoring sessions on planning, HR, finance, marketing, procurement, operations and sector-specific issues.
LEO Westmeath's core Start Your Own Business course, developing awareness and practical understanding of becoming self-employed, from idea testing through to financial planning and marketing, booked online.
LEO Westmeath's ongoing programme of training courses, workshops and clinics for the small business community, including the annual Start Your Own Business course, booked through the online events calendar.