Hospitality and Tourism

Talk to us if you are:

• Willing to help young people and other priority groups to gain skills and work experience
• Able to help build a more diverse and inclusive workforce
• Open to recruiting from a wider pool of talented candidates
• Eager to show your commitment to responsible employment practices

Here are all the terms and conditions.

• To qualify for consideration, the entrepreneur (i) must have recently set up a new business which she owns or part owns, and which has generated sales no earlier than end June 2023 or (ii) must be at an advanced stage of planning a new venture and have a clear idea of what she wants to achieve.
• She must also be living in a rural area.
• These are all areas of the country outside the administrative city boundaries of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.

• Any woman in research;
• Postgraduate Researcher: Master’s Doctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Fellow, Research Associate, Research Scientist, Senior Researcher, Principal Investigator, Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Research Director, Head of Research levels;
• From any sector or discipline;
• Affiliated with a regional college, research center, or university;
• Located on the island of Ireland;

• Going for Growth is for ambitious female entrepreneurs across all sectors who are located in the Republic of Ireland. The entrepreneur should already be the owner manager of a business of which she is a major shareholder and key influencer.
• Suitable applicants need to demonstrate significant aspiration for growth and should be working full time in the business. It is expected that the business will have been trading for at least two years.
• Applications will also be considered on an exceptional basis from candidates who have more recently set up businesses that are highly innovative and demonstrate significant ambition and expect to be selling in export markets. These businesses, however, must have generated some sales or raised significant equity investment.

The programme is ideal for women entrepreneurs and founders who have:

• An interest in expanding their business across the island or growing an existing customer base.
• A desire to achieve growth by any of the following: enhancing their team, exploring new export markets, refining branding and marketing strategies, seeking external investment, increasing sales revenue and leadership skills.
• A solid business and market but feel there are elements of their business that they could improve and scale, and would benefit from direction, clarity, structure and/or focus.

Businesses must:

• Be based in Ireland or Northern Ireland
• Have fewer than 250 employees
• Have a minimum two years trading history
• Have a minimum annual turnover of £78,732/€90,000 and less than £40m (or euro equivalent)
• Have a product or service that has potential to gain customers outside their local region
• Be led by a woman founder or partner/director in the business
• Be beyond start-up stage, and seeking growth and connections across the island
• Have a product or service that does not displace existing products or services in the target market
• Demonstrate commitment to fully participate in the programme, including attending all workshops and completing any pre-work or preparatory tasks.

• Any woman in research;
• Postgraduate Researcher: Master’s Doctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Fellow, Research Associate, Research Scientist, Senior Researcher, Principal Investigator, Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Research Director, Head of Research levels;
• From any sector or discipline;
• Affiliated with a regional college, research center, or university;
• Located on the island of Ireland;