Carlow County Council’s Retail Development Programme 2022
Invest in You and Your Business for 2022
Carlow County Council’s Local Enterprise Office in partnership with County Carlow Chamber and Carlow Town Business Watch are inviting business owners or managers to invest in your business in 2022 by engaging in our Retail Development Programme which is a business development programme designed specifically for Retail. The Local Enterprise Office and its partners want to support our retailers as much as possible, and we have engaged the services of retail consultants Optimum Results to complete the programme which will be targeted at small local family-run businesses throughout County Carlow.
An introductory Webinar for 25/30 businesses will be held on 19th May 2022, outlining the Programme, timeframe, and outputs for each participant, and a minimum of 8 businesses will be invited to participate in the full programme, for which there will be a €100 fee. The cost of the programme per business will be in the region of €1,000 but the remaining cost will be subsidised by the Local Enterprise Office.
The full Programme will involve:
· A formal diagnosis for each participating business
· Two mystery shopping visits, at the beginning and towards the end of the programme
· 6 x half-day training workshops
· 2 x 3-hour mentoring sessions for each participating business
· An individual action plan for each participating business
· Support for each participating business to apply for Lean for Micro and Green for Micro support schemes
It is envisaged that the methodology proposed will include a minimum of 16 hours of training sessions delivered over the 7-month period of the programme, and that mentoring will be provided up to 6 hours per client. 50% of the client mentoring hours will be delivered on-site.
Outputs of the Programme will include:
- Participants will have an increased ability to set business goals, targets and prepare financial plans and projections
- Participants will have a greater knowledge of how to manage the market and keep abreast of new trends in the areas of customer service, interior design, image, and new services
- Participants will have explored new opportunities and set strategic targets for their business through the one-to-one mentoring sessions
Don’t miss this opportunity to invest in you and your business!
· One-Hour Introductory Webinar – Thursday 19th May 2022 @ 10.30am
· Places are Strictly Limited
This is specially designed for Retailers featuring leading mentors in retail, design, digital marketing sales and social media in a practical, success-oriented programme running from May to November 2022. The programme will include a security element which will assist retailers in creating a security strategy for their business.
MAKE 2022 YOUR BEST YEAR YET!
Supported by a team of retail professionals, working to a goal of helping your business develop to cope with the challenges of Covid19 and Brexit, the Retail Development Programme includes outputs for each project participant, to be delivered by retail consultants Optimum Results, which will include:
- A before and after benchmark report in respect of participation on the programme
- A mentor log with key action points and items progressed for each client on the programme
- A marketing and development project document
- An application for Green for Micro & Lean for Micro for each client participating in the programme
- A simple but effective security strategy for your business
You will come away with your own personal Action Plan that details all you need to do to achieve maximum business growth for 2022/23.
EXPERT SUPPORTS FOR YOUR RETAIL BUSINESS
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP YOUR BUSINESS
Strategy & Planning ¦ Digital Refocus ¦ 1-2-1 Mentoring Tailored to your Business ¦ Training & Development for Your Business
INVEST IN YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS