Business Live Tour coming to Derry next week
�/Lorcan Doherty Photography - January 10th 2011. Photo Lorcan Doherty Photography
Derry will be the setting for a major business event next week as stories of local, cross-border and international business success will be shared with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and aspiring entrepreneurs from in the North West.
All local business people are invited to attend Business Live organised by Ulster Bank in association with Small Business Can at the Verbal Arts Centre, next Thursday 2nd February. The one day event will feature a panel of successful local business people, chaired by a co-founder of the influential business website www.smallbusinesscan.com.
Business people who will be discussing and sharing their experiences and successes at the event include: Dermot Hegarty, founder and owner of Total Golf based in Springtown Business Park, which sells golf equipment locally through a chain of shops and globally over the internet; George Fleming, managing director of Fleming Agricultural, based in Newbuildings, which sells farm machinery around the world; Grainne Kelly from BubbleBum which sells its inflatable car booster seats globally; and Michael McKinney from Inishowen Engineering in Donegal.
The events, which are free of charge to attend, will centre around an informal panel discussion chaired by entrepreneur and co-founder of Smallbusinesscan.com Fionan Murray, and will feature the opportunity for questions, networking and the chance to engage one-to-one with experts from Ulster Bank and other organisations, including InterTradeIreland.
“Sharing the panellists’ stories and experiences at the events is intended to provide motivation to other SMEs and aspiring entrepreneurs,” said Nial Douglas, Head of Ulster Bank’s North West Business Centre.
He continued: “I would encourage all SME owners in the North West to come to the event, including aspiring entrepreneurs, as there will be something for everyone to learn from the discussion, and the potential to meet and network with a wide range of like-minded business people and experts, including business people from across the border.
“Doing business cross-border and internationally will feature as part of the discussion. When you can communicate with potential customers and suppliers across the island and around the world 24/7 at little cost through the internet, it opens significant opportunities. This is one of the reasons why more and more SMEs are able to widen their customer-base and enhance their business by trading outside of their home market.
“As an all-island bank, and as part of an international group with people on the ground in 37 countries, we feel that Ulster Bank is very well placed to help SMEs to explore and capitalise on their potential to do business successfully at home and outside of their home market,” he added.
More information about Business Live is available from Ulster Bank branches or at www.smallbusinesscan.com/business-live-events
The events are supporting the launch of Ulster Bank’s new cross border and international business proposition¹, which offers a range of supports for companies who are doing or could potentially do business outside of Northern Ireland.
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