Kildare County Enterprise Board

What Assistance Can We Give?

The Enterprise Board was set up as a locally based enterprise advisory agency. It is in effect the first "port of call" for anybody seeking information or advice. It is also a grant giving agency. The Enterprise Board may assist from its budget, suitable enterprise projects which fit into the Board’ s Enterprise Plan, including companies in the manufacturing and service area, with a maximum employment potential of ten persons, but excluding existing firms which have already had a relationship with I.D.A./Forbairt. The capital investment in a project must be less than £100,000.

What are the criteria for assistance?

Projects must be in the commercial sphere and must in general be capable of attaining economic viability, without ongoing exchequer or European Community Assistance.

In particular, project promoters should be able to demonstrate that:

1. There is a market for the proposed product or service.
2. Adequate overall finance will be available to fund the project.
3. They possess the management and technical capacity to implement the proposed project.
4. Will not replace existing jobs.

Projects to be assisted should add value so as to generate income or supplement income for those involved, and should have the capacity to create new direct employment either full / part time / seasonal, or should at minimum contribute directly to the maintenance of employment in existing small enterprises.

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Kildare County Enterprise Board, The Woods, Clane, Co. Kildare.
PHONE: (045) 861707 - FAX: (045) 861712
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