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Retail

Ireland’s retail businesses are a cornerstone of our towns and communities, creating vital jobs and connecting people every day. But retailers like you are facing new pressures like spiraling costs, rising customer expectations and online competition, that are making trading more complex and challenging.

 

The good news is, you don’t have to go it alone. The National Enterprise Hub offers a range of supports, including training programmes and funding, to help you to adapt to the new challenges and opportunities in retail. Get in touch today and get the help you need to set your business up for a healthy future.

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Featured retail supports


Here are some of the most popular Retail supports.

Explore supports best suited for businesses in the Retail industry.

Small Loan

Small low-cost loans

This is a small low cost loan with minimal paperwork requirements.

Loans

Mentoring

Get one-on-one advice and guidance from experienced mentors

In business, it’s helpful to get advice from someone who truly understands where you are coming from. This support matches experienced business people with small business owners/managers who need practical guidance.

Advice & Mentoring

Solas FET Micro-Qualifications

Upskill your employees to future-proof your business

Further Education and Training (FET) micro-qualifications are short, accredited, and highly subsidised upskilling programmes for enterprises and employees. Typically, the total learning time amounts to 50 hours, consisting of tutor training and self-directed learning. All FET micro-qualifications are delivered locally through the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) nationwide and are provided under the Skills to Advance upskilling initiative.

Training & Programmes

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Strategic Talent Development

Help leadership teams in multinational companies to build new talent within their organisation

The Strategic Talent Development Programme is a collaborative partnership between Skillnet Ireland and IDA Ireland designed to support leaders and leadership teams in multinational companies based in Ireland.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are part of a leadership team in established foreign direct investment (FDI) companies in Ireland. 

Training & Programmes

Grants & Funding

Innovate Programme

Assistance and guidance to improve innovation within your MNC

IDA Ireland’s Innovate Programme helps companies improve their innovation by giving them a roadmap and assigning an advisor to guide them. This advisor helps implement best practices and utilise tools for generating creative ideas and validating them.  Ultimately, the program aims to make these companies more innovative and successful.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an existing IDA client company.

Grants & Funding

Skills for Better Business Online Assessment

A short, self-assessment tool, giving you direct insights into how to improve your skills and capabilities as an owner-manager of a small to medium-sized business.

The Skills for Better Business Online Assessment is a free resource offered by the Irish Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) specifically for small and medium-sized business (SME) owner-managers. It's a self-assessment tool designed to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses in various business competency areas.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an owner-manager of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Ireland. While others can take it, the focus is on those who lead and manage a team of people within an SME.

Advice & Mentoring

Climate Toolkit 4 Business

This Toolkit provides you with practical ways to start taking action to tackling carbon emissions and become more sustainable.

The Department of Enterprise's Climate Toolkit for Business is an Irish government initiative designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) on their journey to becoming more sustainable and reducing their carbon footprint.

You may be eligible if:

  • You are an SME in Ireland that wants to take a step towards a greener future can find the Climate Toolkit for Business a helpful resource.

Advice & Mentoring

Leasing and Hire Purchase

Get flexible funding for vehicles and machinery

Flexible funding schemes, like hire purchase agreements, allow you to own the asset at the end of the contract. While a finance lease allows you to rent the asset for as long as you need it, then return it. 

You might be eligible if: 

  • You are a small to medium business 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Loans

Strategic Consultancy Services Grant

Cover the cost of expert advice on business development

You might be eligible if: 

  • You are a small to medium business
  • Your business is developing, expanding and located in a Gaeltacht region


Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Financial support for businesses that employ people with a disability

The Wage Subsidy Scheme gives financial incentives to private sector employers to employ people with a disability. The work offered must be for a minimum of 15 hours per week and the subsidy is available up to 39 hours per week

Businesses with recruitment needs. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are registered as a business with the Revenue Commissioners and are tax compliant 
  • You can offer a minimum 6-month contract to the employee.

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

Small Loan

Small low-cost loans

This is a small low cost loan with minimal paperwork requirements.

You might be eligible if: 

  • For both Start Up & Established businesses with low funding requirements
  • Your business has fewer than 10 full time employees
  • Your business has an annual turnover of less than €2 million
  • Your business has experienced difficulty in securing a loan from the banks
  • Living in Ireland

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Loans

EXEED Grant Scheme

Financial and technical support to become energy-efficient

With this grant, businesses can introduce energy-efficient technology, design, or processes into their buildings and facilities to be more sustainable and competitive

Businesses that want to design and build energy efficient assets. 

You might be eligible if: 

  • Your project is committed to achieving EXEED certification 
  • Your project represents good value for money for the taxpayer 
  • Your project contributes to Ireland’s national climate policy goals 
  • You comply with the specific requirements and regulations outlined by the SEAI 


Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

JobsPlus Subsidy

Provide an unemployed person with a job opportunity

JobsPlus is a financial incentive to encourage employers to offer job opportunities to unemployed people.

Businesses with recruitment needs but need to manage the cost of employment. 

You may be eligible if:

  • You are registered as a business with the Revenue Commissioners and are tax compliant 
  • You offer full-time employment of at least 30 hours per week, over a minimum of 4 days. 

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Grants & Funding

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