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In Business already or thinking of starting a business but don’t know where to begin …… go along to the ‘Information Seminar and Exhibition’ entitled ‘The Changing Environment’ which takes place on Monday October 12, at the Rivercourt Hotel, Kilkenny from 6pm – 8pm as part of the South-East Spirit of Enterprise Week 2009.

During the first sitting of Mayo County Council on the island of Inishturk for over 18 years, Fianna Fáil Councillor Margaret Adams this week proposed that a special grant of approximately €20,000 per annum be allocated from Mayo County Council to the islands, including Inishturk, as part of a special development fund, on the condition that 20 per cent of the total amount be funded locally.

More and more people are now looking at the option of self-employment due to the increasing numbers of redundancies in the current economic climate.

On Thursday June 25 a major event will be held in the Annebrooke Hotel in Mullingar in response to the rising unemployment issue in the county. Titled an Opportunity Day, this event is aimed at those who have lost jobs or at risk of losing jobs and who are considering their options.

City businesswoman and chairperson of the Galway City and County Enterprise Board Mary Bennett is urging people to get behind the city authorities to help fast-track the development of Galway docks.

Welcoming a new initiative for encouraging entrepreneurship in the region in the current difficult climate, the new Roscommon county manager, Frank Dawson, recently launched theCube - a new desk-space facility in Roscommon, aimed at supporting new entrepreneurs with business ideas that they wish to develop.

Kilkenny Business Women’s Network held its AGM in the Ormonde Hotel on Tuesday evening where members elected their new committee for 2010.