Female entrepreneurs double revenues with rural business programme

The group of early-stage female entrepreneurs doubled their combined turnover from €1.5m to €3.1m in six months and saw staffing climb by 19%, creating 22 new jobs in rural Ireland

This is the eighth year of the successful initiative, which is funded through the Rural Innovation and Development Fund by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Picture: James Connolly 

Rural female entrepreneurs have doubled their business revenues through the support of ACORNS, a rural business development scheme.

The ACORNS (Accelerating the Creation Of Rural Nascent Start-ups) programme has highlighted its success by achieving over 100% growth in turnover with its latest participant group.