Building on the continued success of the previous twenty years plus of the National Enterprise Awards (hereinafter referred to as NEA), the Local Enterprise Offices (hereinafter referred to as LEO) are now launching the 2025 Local Enterprise Awards.

 

The Local Enterprise Awards is a national competition run by the former County & City Enterprise Boards since 1998, now the LEOs, and is open to any LEO client that has availed of mentoring, training, grant support . The competition is open to businesses in all sectors, structured at local or county level and culminates in a prestigious national final which the overall winner on the night will partake in.

 

The aim of the National Enterprise Awards is to showcase, encourage and support a culture of enterprise and entrepreneurship in our communities in Ireland, to promote entrepreneurship and to showcase, encourage and to celebrate the achievements of the client portfolio of the LEOs.

South Dublin Local Enterprise Office is now seeking applications for our Local Enterprise Awards 2025 which will be held on Thursday 6th March at 6pm.

Our winners will share in a prize fund of €14,000 and can apply under headings which include,

SCENe (Creative Economy)

·      Measure 1 Financial Support

·      Mentoring/Training

·      TOV/TAME Support

·      Completed a LEAN/Green/Digital Start programme