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Calling Donegal food entrepreneurs
11.03.16
BUDDING Donegal food
and drink entrepreneurs are being invited to apply
for an intensive business acceleration programme
offering one-to-one mentoring and possible
investment for chosen candidates.
Food Works, jointly run by Bord Bia, Enterprise
Ireland and Teagasc, is back for its fourth year
with the aim of identifying start-ups with a winning
food product and global export potential. After a
shortlisting process, successful candidates will
begin the programme in June. Past participants include Irish Atlantic Seafood Company
and Synerchi Kombucha from Donegal. Sixty start-ups from all food
sectors across the country have participated in Food
Works in the last three years with 60% of them now
trading. "The available supports provided by Bord
Bia, Teagasc and Enterprise Ireland include consumer
market research, business plan development,
technical advice, commercial viability testing in
addition to access to fast track access to R&D
facilities and possible investors and state
funding," said a Food Works spokesperson. |
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Past participants of the Food
Works programme, James Grimes from Irish Atlantic
Seafood Company and Laura Murphy from Synerchi
Kombucha in Donegal. |
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Interested parties are
invited to register online for an introduction
meeting in Dublin, Cork or Galway via
www.foodworksireland.ie . |
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