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Balmoral Show 11 May 2011 - 13 May 2011 The Balmoral Show is Ireland's largest Agri-food Show that entertains the entire family. The Show offers lots of attractions from Medieval Jousting to Cossack Trick Riding, Racing Bug to Height Wars and livestock competitions to sheep shearing to name but a few. Tickets on sale now! http://www.kingshall.co.uk/events/
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A dedicated area has recently been set up on our website, www.fsai.ie, on starting up a new food business. This is a valuable resource for anyone seeking information in relation to establishing a food venture. The new web page was set up in response to the notable increase over recent years in the number of calls from people wishing to set up a new food business in Ireland. For full story go to…
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Gateway Hotel, Swinford. Course runs over two evenings, 20th & 27th April. If you are interested in attending this course, please email Louise on louiseakennedy@gmail.com or text 086 1706939
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A FUSION graduate student was announced as a winner at the annual gradireland awards for his work in designing, developing and bringing to market an orthopaedic device, which has been launched successfully in the US and 52 other countries worldwide. http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=2765138 Dwain Tarmey, who is a graduate of the InterTradeIreland FUSION programme, joined Carrick-on-Shannon…
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8am Clayton Hotel, Ballybrit, Galway. InterTradeIreland is hosting a breakfast meeting to inform you of the support available to help companies who wish to develop new products or processes through our suite of INNOVATION programmes. We are particularly keen to make you aware of our FUSION programme. JFC Manufacturing, based in Tuam will shortly complete a successful FUSION project. Norman Black…
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06-Apr Grow your Business - Sales and Marketing, Foxford 9.30 - 4.30; 12-Apr IT for Small Food Producers, Venue to be confirmed, 9.30 - 4.30; 18-Apr Innovation and Product Development Techniques, Venue to be confirmed, 9.30 - 4.30; 19-Apr Social Media Marketing, Venue to be confirmed,9.30 - 4.30
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21st & 28th March (2 evenings) Primary Course Food Hygiene, 6-10pm in Ballyhaunis Enterprise Centre; 24-Mar Financial Management Ballyhaunis Enterprise Centre 30-Mar Food Safety - HACCP Foxford Leisure Centre All enquiries about training should go directly to Louise: louiseakennedy@gmail.com Phone (086) 170 6939
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Are you a family business? Do you think about the future of your business? Are you caught up in managing the day-to-day of the business with little time to concentrate on the wider picture? Do you find it difficult to deal with the family issues of your business? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then perhaps the Success Through Succession (STS) Programme is for you. The project…
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Following the success of last year's project to stimulate new and existing small food producers in the region, Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company is launching a follow-up project for food producers. Two information evenings are planned with an experienced Food Specialist, on February 15th in The Enterprise Centre, Clare Road, Ballyhaunis…
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The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 18th February 2011 and only investments commenced after the issue of letters of approval will be eligible for aid. For more details see http://bit.ly/f0SIMP This aid, which is set at 40% (50% in the case of young farmers) of total eligible capital investment, will fund projects in commercial horticulture undertaken during 2011. The scheme covers…