Agency pledges to create 50 firms

THE Fingal County Enterprise Board, the organisers behind the new Start-Me-Up package of supports for start-up businesses, have set the ambitious target of creating 50 new companies, each of whom will benefit from intensive business support services.

The head of the Fingal County Enterprise Board, Oisín Geoghegan, is confident that the recession will open doors for those wishing to set up their own business.

“We’ve seen a significant increase in the number of requests for information from people seriously thinking of setting up their own business in 2009.