Tipperary businesswomen attend ACORNS 10th anniversary event
Elaine Crosse of Bánór represented Tipperary at the event
Businesswomen from across the South East came together in Gorey, Co Wexford recently to mark the 10th anniversary of ACORNS, the award-winning business development programme for early-stage female entrepreneurs from rural areas.
Elaine Crosse of Bánór represented Tipperary at the event.
Hosted at Ashdown Park Hotel, the recent event is one of a series of regional gatherings designed by ACORNS to help former participants network with peers from different cycles.
The events aim to help participants broaden their networks, do business with each other, focus on their development goals and exchange ideas on overcoming business challenges.
The invitation was open to former ACORNS participants from the region and leading the discussion was ACORNS Director Paula Fitzsimons and one of the programme’s voluntary Lead Entrepreneurs Mary B Walsh, founder and Managing Director of Ire Wel Pallets, Ireland’s leading timber packaging supplier.
ACORNS is a free initiative for early-stage female entrepreneurs based in rural Ireland. It has been running since 2014 and is funded through the Rural Innovation and Development Fund by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine.
ACORNS 10 is now underway.
56 early stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland have been selected to participate.
The new cycle got underway with a residential Launch Forum on October 21 and 22.