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Clare Local Enterprise Week 2016

It was announced yesterday that Clare Local Enterprise Week 2016 will take place from March 7th to 11th at various locations around the county.

The weeklong series of business training workshops and networking events is aimed at informing, advising and motivating businesses and potential entrepreneurs in relation to the range of supports and opportunities in Clare and is the first to be hosted by Local Enterprise Office Clare.

It will kick off on Monday 7th March with a Primary Course in Food Safety at Scariff Co-Op (09.30am-1pm), Start Your Own Business Programme at Westpark Shannon (9.30am-4.30pm) and a Patents Workshop at Áras Contae an Chláir in Ennis (midday-4pm).

On 8th March there will be a Business Breakfast at the Oakwood Arms in Shannon (7am-9am) followed by the Student Enterprise Awards County Final at Treacy’s West County Hotel (9am-2pm) and a Local Enterprise Office Clare information event in Kilrush (7pm-9pm).

The 9th of March will see a Facebook Adverts Workshop in Miltown Malbay (09:30am-4.30pm), Business Clinic for Owner/Manager of Food Businesses at The Falls Hotel in Ennistymon (5pm-8pm) and a Start Your Own Business Programme at The Junction Building in Ennis (6-9pm).

On 10th march, a Discover Lough Derg Enterprise Bus will travel around the Lough Derg Area (9.30am-5.30pm), Áras Contae an Chláir hosts an event entitled ‘Why set up a technology business?’ (10am-1pm) and ‘Funding Options to Grow Your Business’ is the theme of an event at Treacy’s West County Hotel (5pm-7.30pm).

Finally, the National Enterprise Awards County Final will be held in The Rowan Tree, Ennis from midday to 3.00pm on 11th March where Clare’s representative for the National event will be selected. Last year, Clare’s representative Aine Knitwear, Clonlara won the National Best Design award.

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New event to connect jobseekers with tech companies

A new event is to take place on February 16th which is designed to connect jobseekers with some of Ireland’s most innovative tech companies.

‘UpStarter’ is also aimed at anyone in the process of setting up a new company who is looking to find a co-founder. Over 300 Co-Founders, Developers, Marketers, Designers and Students have already registered for the first event on February 16th in Dublin’s 4 Dame Lane.

The event was set up by Sean Judge, Founder of UniTuition and Accenture Entrepreneur in Residence. Companies who will be in attendance at the event and who are recruiting include – Bizimply, NewsWhip, Opsh, HubSpot, FlipDish, UniTuition, Elm Solutions, Dynamic Res and Super Pixel.

All the companies with stands are hiring for a variety of positions including Operations Managers, Digital Content Managers, UI Developers, Software Engineers, Project Managers & Summer Interns.

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Ireland’s biggest digital conference for SMEs to take place in Cork on April 7th

Today it has been announced that Ireland’s biggest digital conference for SMEs will take place at City Hall, Cork on April 7, 2016.

The aim of the conference is to provide small and medium business owners and employees with the knowledge to drive their business forward, through the delivery of real and relevant information from experts in the online space.

Attendees will learn from leading brands including Google, Facebook, YouTube and PayPal on how to attract new customers, increase sales and build their profile in a cost effective way.

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Dublin chosen to launch major EU start-up initiative

Dublin has been chosen to launch Start-up Europe Week at the beginning of February, with a DCU event to be live streamed to the European Commission (EC) to kick off five days of talks that will be simultaneously held across 28 countries.

Aimed at helping start-ups negotiate the regulatory bureaucracy of the EU, the EC set up Start-up Europe to help 350 regions host events all over the union.

Dublin’s tech hub means most eyes will be on the Irish capital, with the launch event on 1 February in demand on the continent. The whole thing runs until 5 February, with a wrap-up event that Friday night.

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Dublin to host the largest ever gathering of Social Media Professionals in Ireland

The largest ever gathering of Social Media Professionals in Ireland will convene in Dublin’s Helix venue for the two-day Social Media Summit on 1st and 2nd March.

The event aims to provide support for new and emerging businesses in the field of social media in Ireland, from start-ups to global brands, by focusing on Social Media priorities, learning, best practice and future strategy planning with some of the world’s leading experts.

The keynote speaker for the event will be internationally renowned Social media Strategist Ted Rubin who was recently named number 13 in Forbes Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers.

Other internationally renowned speakers include Ian Cleary, founder of RazorSocial and one of the top 50 content marketers and social media professionals; Melonie Dodaro, author of the number 1 international bestseller ‘The LinkedIn Code’; Robert C Stern, The Social Leader.

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