#126: The Week in Business; Minister of State for Business, Employment & Retail; Small Business Management & Local Business Linen Shirt Company.

Economist Jim Power joined John to discuss the international business and economic environment and its impact at a local level, they also chat through some of the business stories from the week. Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail, Damien English TD recently paid a visit to Kilkenny where he met with the Local Enterprise Office and with a range of businesses. Edwina Grace spoke with him after his visit to hear about his experience of Kilkenny and to discuss what the Government is concentrating on to help business? Noel Davidson, Director of Training at The Entrepreneurs Academy joined John to chat about the Small Business Management Programme which Carlow and Kilkenny Local Enterprise Offices are now seeking expressions of interest for. Local entrepreneur Anneliese Duffy of Linen Shirt Company, chats about working to bring back locally manufactured products, the importance of working with local business and launching Linen Shirt Company just before lockdown. With thanks to O’Neill Foley, Produced by Deirdre Dromey. To contact the show, email: [email protected]