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Inaugural business week for the Mid-West


SEMINARS, workshops, networking events and courses addressing relevant business topics will underpin next week’s inaugural Mid-West Regional Business Week.
The event is a collaboration between County Enterprise Boards in Clare, Kerry, Limerick County, North Tipperary and Limerick City and they have come together with some development agencies and statutory authorities to present a week-long programme of events for small and medium-sized enterprises. 
Eamonn Kelly, chief executive of Clare County Enterprise Board stressed that the inter-agency collaboration is vital in any project such as the Regional Business Week and all of the development agencies and the statutory authorities in the region are hosting events relative to their particular areas of expertise.
One of the initiatives that will take place throughout County Clare is the Enterprise Bus which will visit various locations during the week. The Enterprise Bus will be fully fitted out with an information zone, consultation area and welfare facilities and will promote the concept of enterprise as a viable career choice. 
The Enterprise Bus will offer advice and information on the range of financial and management capability services offered by the Clare County Enterprise Board to both ‘start up’ and developing small businesses. 
The schedule is Monday: The Square, Miltown Malbay from 10am to 12.30pm and The Square, Ennistymon from 3pm to 5pm; Tuesday: The Square, Kilkee from 10.30am to 12.30pm and The Square from 2pm to 4pm; Wednesday: Shannon Industrial Estate from 10am to 11.30am, Smithstown Industrial Estate from 11.45am to 1pm, Skycourt Shopping Centre from 2pm to 4.30pm; Thursday: County Council Offices Westbury from 10.30am to 12.30pm; The Square, Scariff from 2.30pm to 4.30pm and on Friday at the Gort Road Industrial Estate, Ennis from 9.30am to 11.30am, Quin Road Business Park, Ennis from 11.45am to 1pm and The Square, Ennis from 2pm to 4pm.
Well-known TV personality, psychologist and psychotherapist Owen Fitzpatrick from Not Enough Hours will be guest speaker at the Women’s Business Network meeting on Tuesday at 6pm at the Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis.
Seán Gallagher of the Dragon’s Den will challenge business people of the Mid-West to put their money where their mouth is at the Mid-West Regional Networking Event on Wednesday at 5.30pm in the Radisson Hotel. 
The straight-taking entrepreneur will discuss the importance of making successful decisions in tough times and he will set a positive and proactive tone, which will be carried throughout the event. Combined with this, the County and City Enterprise Boards will host facilitated networking. With business people and business owners from Clare, Limerick, Tipperary and Kerry participating in the event, it will provide attendees with ample opportunity to make the most of the event and the tools to utilise the important business connections made on the night.
For further details on Business Week contact Clare County Enterprise Board on 065 6841922 or log onto www.clareceb.ie or www.regionalbusinessweek.com.

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