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Online guidance and resources to support businesses with the recruitment and retention of staff and building a positive and inclusive Employer brand, while contributing to the reputation of tourism & hospitality as a rewarding career of choice.

The Disability Awareness Support Scheme provides funding for businesses to arrange and pay for disability awareness training for employees who work with a colleague who has a disability.

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

The Bord Bia Talent Academy trains graduates in the Irish food and drink industry by offering educational programs that combine classroom learning with real-world experience.

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

Enterprise Ireland's Employment Funding Support is an employment grant that helps businesses with growth potential to create new jobs, through projects focused on increasing international trade.

The Reasonable Accommodation Fund (RAF) offers financial support to employers aiming to improve workplace accessibility and promote employment opportunities for those with disabilities.

The Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP) is a voluntary work experience programme for jobseekers who are currently getting a qualifying social welfare payment and have been unemployed for six months or more.

Intreo is the Irish Public Employment Service offering practical, tailored employment services and supports for employers. 

A business is nothing without good people. With this key manager grant, you can get help with the salary cost of a ‘Key Manager’ – someone whose skills are needed for the success of your business. Examples of Key Manager positions are Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Research & Development Manager, etc. 

Make better decisions to help you thrive in tourism with Fáilte Ireland's research and insights.
Expand, develop, invest or launch your tourism business with the benefit of Fáilte Ireland's research. Understand your customers, access industry data, and make strategic decisions for success. Explore reports on trends, economics, and product development. Your one-stop shop for informed planning and diversification.

This support provides assistance to businesses making an initial investment in ‘material assets’ such as buildings or equipment, or ‘immaterial assets’ such as the transfer of technology through the acquisition of patent rights, licences, know-how or unpatented technical knowledge.

Provides financial assistance to young farmers establishing themselves in the agricultural sector.

This support provides food and drink businesses with research, strategic thinking and project management guidance.

This support provides food and drink businesses with brand activation strategic thinking and project management guidance.

Support for agri-food tourism projects (that may also include rural food markets) is provided under the Rural Innovation and Development Fund.

This support provides food and drink businesses with brand development, strategic thinking and project management guidance.

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) helps smaller, higher-risk trading companies raise finance by offering tax relief to investors who buy new shares. 

A company seeking finance via the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) or EIS will need to obtain advance assurance from HMRC that the company, its trade and its shares qualify. This 

will give potential investors comfort that the company should qualify for SEIS/EIS relief.

This learning platform helps food or drink businesses build better brands by sharing thought leadership and best-practice marketing tools.

This fund can help to build a solid foundation for your new venture, increasing your chances of success in a competitive market.