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Business Information

Business and Finance Magazine
http://businessandfinance.ie/
Business & Finance is Ireland's leading business magazine. Established in 1964, the magazine is devoted to providing senior business people across every sector with quality editorial and in-depth coverage on all aspects of enterprise.

Business Owners Idea Cafe
http://www.businessownersideacafe.com/
Small Business Ideas for starting a business, marketing, financing, grants, work at home & internet ecommerce. Network with others who KNOW what you're going through.

Business Plans (samples)
http://www.bplans.com
Looking for free plan examples? Check out our library of over 500 free sample business plans.

Business.com
http://www.business.com/
Business.com is the premier online destination for businesses of all sizes to research, find, and compare the products and services they need to run their businesses.

Employment Rights - NERA
http://www.employmentrights.ie
NERA provides information to employees and employers through its information unit, monitors employment conditions through its inspection services and can enforce compliance and seek redress. NERA covers many aspects of employment rights including

Employment Rights and Industrial Relations Reform
www.workplacerelations.ie
This Website provides information on rights and obligations under employment, equality, equal status and industrial relations legislation and sets out the resolution and redress options available where disputes or potential contraventions arise.

Health & Safety Authority
www.besmart.ie
Help you to identify the hazards in your workplace and will aid you in making your workplace safer. This guided step-by-step process will assist you in generating your own risk assessment and safety statement, in consultation with your employees,

Irish Public Tenders
http://www.etenders.gov.ie/
eTenders has been developed by the Department of Finance and is designed to help you find and publish tender notices on government and public sector procurement across Ireland.

Business Support

Chambers of Commerce of Ireland
http://www.chambers.ie/
Chambers Ireland is the country's largest business organisation, with 60 member chambers representing over 13,000 businesses throughout the island of Ireland. It is a company limited by guarantee, owned by its member chambers, which pay an annual me

Enterprise Ireland
http://www.enterprise-ireland.com/
Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We work in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales on global market

FAS
http://www.fas.ie/
Irelands national training and employment authority.

First Tuesday Club
http://www.firsttuesday.ie/
The forum for entrepreneurs to meet potential investors, customers and future partners.

Irish Business and Employers Confederation
http://www.ibec.ie/
IBEC is the national voice of business and employers and is the umbrella body for Ireland’s leading sector groups and associations.

Irish Patents Office
http://www.patentsoffice.ie/
Their statutory functions are concerned with the granting of Patents and the registration of Trade marks and Designs and the administration and maintenance of these industrial property rights

Longford Business Angel Network
www.longfordbusinessangelnetwork.com
Lban is affiliated to the HBAN network of Business angels. Lban Provides access to Longford based angels and Funding for the Specific use to bring companies and new businesses to Co. Longford. We use the same Angelsoft software to gather confidential

Longford County Childcare Committee
http://www.longfordchildcare.ie
The Longford County Childcare Committee was established in 2001. We are the first point of contact for the public in applying for grant assistance under the National Childcare Investment Programme.

Longford Local Authorities
www.longfordcoco.ie
The Role of Longford County Council Longford County Council was constituted under the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898. It is one of 29 County Councils in the Republic of Ireland, delivering a wide range of services necessary to the physical, eco

Microtrade
http://www.microtrade.org/
Cross border trade programme operated by Intertrade Ireland, County Enterprise Boards and Enterprise Northern Ireland.

Small Firms Association
www.sfa.ie
The Small Firms Association (SFA) is the national organisation exclusively representing the needs of small enterprises (i.e. those employing less than 50 employees) in Ireland.

The Crafts Council of Ireland
http://www.ccoi.ie/
The Crafts Council of Ireland (CCoI) is the main champion of the craft industry in Ireland, fostering its growth and commercial strength, communicating its unique identity and stimulating quality design, innovation and competitiveness.

European

European Patent Institute
http://www.patentepi.com/
The European Patent Institute is a professional body, representing registered European Patent Attorneys and currently has a membership of 10.000.

European Patents Office
http://www.epo.org
As the patent office for Europe, we support innovation, competitiveness and economic growth across Europe through our commitment to high quality and efficient services delivered under the European Patent Convention. Espacenet.com offers free access

Official EU site
http://www.europa.eu
Europa.eu is the official website of the European Union. It is a good starting point if you are looking for information and services provided by the EU but you don't know your way around our sites. This site gives you basic information on how the

Financial

Allied Irish Bank
http://www.aib.ie/

Bank of Ireland
http://www.bankofireland.ie/

Franchise Direct UK and Ireland
http://www.franchisedirect.ie/
Franchise Direct is a dedicated resource with a wide list of businesses for sale and franchise opportunities for sale.

Franchise Pit Stop
http://www.franchise-pitstop.ie
Franchise Opportunities in Ireland, Business Franchises for sale, Irish Franchising Opportunity, Buy a Start up, News Information and good advice, Franchise Info

Intertrade Ireland
http://www.intertradeireland.com/
Cross border trade and business development body promoting North/South trade.

Internet

.ie Domain Registry
http://www.iedr.ie/
Registry for /.ie Domain Names and database of /.ie registered internet names

Create Interactive Ltd
http://www.createinteractive.ie
Website design, search engine optimisation, and Google Analytics for small and medium sized businesses.

Internet Association of Ireland
http://www.iia.ie/
The Irish Internet Association is the professional body for those conducting business via the internet from Ireland. It has been and remains one of the driving forces behind the adoption of the medium

Marketing

AC Nielson
http://www.acnielsen.com/
AC Nielson offers an integrated suite of market information gathered from a wide range of sources.

Amarach
http://www.amarach.com/
Amarach is one of Ireland's most innovative market research agencies

Guaranteed Irish
http://www.guaranteedirish.ie/
Irish Companies have developed a reputation for quality. For products that display the Guaranteed Irish logo know that in a increasingly competitive market it can supply a decisive edge. It's a mark of quality. That makes it a valuable, respected, m

Marketing Institute of Ireland
http://www.mii.ie/
Representative body for the marketing profession in Ireland.

Mintel
http://www.mintel.co.uk/
Mintel is an independent award-winning provider of world-leading market intelligence, delivering robust information, analysis and critical recommendations.

Misc

Growing a Business in Ireland
http://www.growingabusinessinireland.com/
This website aims to extend and develop the range of information, advice and resources available in Oak Tree Press publications, taking advantage of the interactive nature of the web to provide you with the most comprehensive resource possible.

Longford Shopping
http://www.longfordshopping.ie
Longford's women in business virtual shopping mall

Student Enterprise Awards
http://www.studententerprise.ie/
Schools competition organised and funded at local and national level by the County Enterprise Boards.

The Copyright Association of Ireland
http://www.cai.ie/
The Copyright Association of Ireland was formed by a group of people who have an interest in copyright law whether as legal practitioners, creators of copyright works or as academics

State Agencies

Basis
http://www.basis.ie/
This website has been developed in order to provide business with a single access point to all Government information and services.

Central Statistics Offices
http://www.cso.ie/
The website has become one of the main information dissemination vehicles for the Office. Over the years, our website has been expanded substantially and now holds a comprehensive amount of statistical information for you, the customer.

Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment
http://www.entemp.ie/
Mission: Driving Ireland’s competitiveness and productivity by creating the conditions where enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation can flourish and quality employment opportunities are grown and maintained.

Forfas
http://www.forfas.ie/
The National policy and advisory board for enterprise, trade science, technology and innovation.

Health & Safety Authority of Ireland
http://www.hsa.ie/
The Health and Safety Authority is the national statutory body with responsibility for enforcing occupational safety and health law, promoting and encouraging accident prevention, and providing information and advice to all companies,

Revenue Commissioners
http://www.revenue.ie/
Office of the Revenue Commissioners and access to revenue on-line services.