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Buy Social in Cork: Meet and Greet
- November 8, 2022
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
No CommentsCork City Council are hosting a ‘Meet and Greet’ opportunity to allow social enterprises in Cork to showcase their services with potential buyers on November 14th. The event is one of many that is taking place nationally as part of Buy Social Week #BuySocialIRL (14th-18th November) and has been organised with the support of the
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A guide to help to get your business ready to re-open after COVID-19
- June 22, 2020
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
As the country is beginning to move through the phases to ease COVID-19 restrictions and re-open Ireland’s society and economy, there will still be a requirement for providing a safer working environment for all businesses. We will still all need to continue practicing social distancing and protecting each other. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has affected
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Your Business and COVID-19
- April 14, 2020
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing unprecedented difficulties for Irish businesses, with the country facing one of the most challenging situations it has ever encountered. However, there are supports out there which your business can avail of if you are one of the many businesses impacted at this time. These supports are in place in order
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The importance of website optimisation
- March 3, 2020
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Innovation, Uncategorized
Website optimisation is a scientific approach to improving the performance of your company’s website. If you know how to take a long, hard look at your site, it’s fairly easy to come up with and test variations on your website design and content. Those tests can help you fix problem areas and give visitors to
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Identifying new trends and driving innovation
- August 14, 2019
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
The only constant in our world is change and this is happening faster and faster, thanks to tech advances. Change brings both risks and opportunities. Any change can mean a risk for a company if the market moves and there is no longer a need for its products. But change also brings many opportunities and
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Knowing the right time to expand
- June 11, 2019
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
Once you get over the initial struggle to get to profitability in the early days of starting a small business, you work away, happy to have no major issues. But how do you know when it’s time to grow, to expand, or to hire new people? Grow when you’re ready, and do so in a
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When to know you’re ready to start your own business
- April 9, 2019
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
Have you got a great idea for a business; one you believe in with all your heart? On some days you are absolutely certain that it’s time to follow your dreams, but on other days the doubt and the fear stop you in your well-intentioned tracks. Some of the most common uncertainties relate to the potential
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How to maximise your company’s social media presence
- February 5, 2019
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
Your company’s social media presence is crucial – it adds to a company’s personality and its ability to connect with target audiences. You simply cannot ignore or underestimate its power. The volume of social media users continues to grow year after year; in 2018, social media users reached 2.5 billion. Today, there is a large
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Turning your hobby into a business
- November 6, 2018
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Uncategorized
Turning your hobby into a business So, you have a hobby and you’re really good at it. So good that people keep telling you that you should go into business and be your own boss. Is it a realistic dream though? Grooming adorable doggies, taking baby photographs, or designing jewellery full-time may sound like great
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The importance of technology in business
- September 17, 2018
- Posted by: SBA Team
- Category: Business plans, Uncategorized
Technological infrastructure affects the culture, efficiency and relationships of a business. It also affects the security of confidential information and trade advantages. The role of technology in business is expanding and will only keep growing into the future. There have been many important advances in business technology this century, almost all of them enabled by
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