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Eleven new entrepreneurs have recently commenced the development of their businesses in the Midlands Innovation and Research Centre at Athlone Institute of Technology - as participants on the Midlands and West Enterprise Programme (MWEP) 2011.

Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, was in Athlone yesterday to officially open a multimillion euro research hub at Athlone Institute of Technology.

Enterprise Ireland is calling on companies that are successfully trading in Ireland to apply for funding to explore the potential to export their services and internationalise their business.

Positive news stories are a scarce commodity these days but the GMIT Innovation in Business Centres (IiBC) in Castlebar and Galway have an opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs to start their own business. The new Midlands and West Enterprise Programme (MWEP) can help, and an open evening will be held on Wednesday March 23 at 6.30pm and 7.30pm.

Individuals, organisations, voluntary groups, and companies across Kilkenny and the southeast are being invited to enter this year’s Spirit of Enterprise Michael Dee Award.

The Galway Mayo Institute of Technology is now recruiting for the next Midlands & West Enterprise Programme (MWEP) commencing in June 2011. This is a seven month programme providing entrepreneurs with business skills, networks, facilities and supports necessary to navigate and execute the business start-up process.

A Westmeath company, C&F Automotive, is to benefit from a new graduate programme developed by Enterprise Ireland. Graduate Ciara Cosgrove is to join C&F Automotive, based in Collinstown, as part of Graduates 4 International Growth (G4IG), developed and delivered by Enterprise Ireland in partnership with UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

Graduates 4 International Growth (G4IG), developed and delivered by Enterprise Ireland in partnership with UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, gets underway this week. Enterprise Ireland is placing 50 top-level graduates in export-led firms with markets across the globe, creating graduate job opportunities and helping boost export sales.

More than forty jobs have been created in the west region since the Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) at GMIT Castlebar opened its doors four years ago (2006). The IiBC is now approximately 90 per cent occupied and continues to actively collaborate on numerous local and regional initiatives aimed at generating interest in entrepreneurship and innovation.

Enterprise Ireland is calling on entrepreneurs to get in touch with a view to helping them develop businesses with export potential. Visitors to the west of Ireland are particularly being targeted this Christmas with Seamus Bree Director West Region, Enterprise Ireland, suggesting: “Visiting Ireland this Christmas? Then why not think about setting