Local Enterprise Office

Local Enterprise Week stimulates the local economy through a range of events tailored to support businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs at all stages, from start-up to growth.

Latest figures show that companies supported by the Local Enterprise Office Fingal created 197 net new jobs in 2024. This marks an increase from the 178 jobs created in 2023.

A food business from Ballycoolin, Dublin 15 is this year’s winner of the Fingal Enterprise Award for 2023, Fingal Local Enterprise Office (LEO Fingal) has announced.

Public Consultation Notice - Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) for the sharing of LEO Suite of Services Data between Enterprise Ireland and all Local Authorities. 

Start date of consultation: 30/11/2022 End date of consultation:  02/01/2023

An Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar T.D. has announced the full programme of events for Local Enterprise Week (LEW), which is taking place online from Monday, March 1st to Friday, March 5th.

One of Fingal’s most impressive businesses, Kianda Technologies, have been announced as a finalist for this year’s National Enterprise Awards (NEA). The awards, an initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), will take place virtually on the 11th February.

Thanks to this year’s Virtual Showrooms at Showcase, Local Enterprise Office (LEO) clients can launch new collections and arrange meetings with buyers from around the globe, direct from their studio or workshop.

Student entrepreneurs across Fingal have begun their journey in this year’s Student Enterprise Programme (SEP), with eyes on next year’s National Final. This programme run by the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) is being delivered differently given the current restrictions across the country, and the Final, which will take place on Friday 14th May 2021, will be a virtual one.

Consumers and businesses in Fingal are being encouraged to shop local this Christmas and are reminded of the huge range of goods and services they can access on their own doorsteps with a new Government campaign to ‘Look For Local’ launched on Wednesday 25th November 2020.

Due to unprecedented demand for Trading Online Vouchers since COVID-19; with over 400 applications received in 3 months just in Fingal alone, the national total budget for the TOV Scheme has now increased by almost 1000% from €2m to €20m.