Major new two-day event to celebrate Irish businesses launched

A new event for Irish small and medium businesses is set to take place later this year.

Your Business Live, a two-day event, will take place on October 17 and 18, 2017 in the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin. More than 200 companies will showcase business products and services at the exhibition, gathering together executives, entrepreneurs, managers and decision makers from across the country.

Upon its official launch, Pat Breen, Minister of State for Employment and Small Business said: “I am delighted to launch this new event for Ireland’s SME’s, Your Business Live. Small and medium sized businesses employ 70% of people working in the private sector. Central to the Irish economy and job creation, they have shown great resilience and strong growth. At the same time, they continue to face significant challenges including external factors. As Minister of State for Employment and Small Business, I continue to address the need to support Ireland’s SME’s.”

Small and medium sized businesses account for 99.8% of all active business in Ireland, proving that there is a need for this kind of celebration and networking opportunity. Your Business Live is supported by Ibec for Irish Business, Small Firms Association (SFA) and Enterprise Ireland. The event is to help facilitate interaction and collaboration, as well as showcase exciting and innovative new products.

Vodafone Ireland is a title sponsor of the event. Head of Small and Medium Enterprise, Claire Reynolds said: “We are very proud to sponsor the new Your Business Live Event. This is a unique and important event which will not only give SME’s a platform to showcase their products and services, but also provide opportunity for knowledge sharing, collaboration and networking.”

Your Business Live will also feature an extensive programme of seminars and workshops from some of Ireland’s most inspiring business leaders around the Finance Stage, Tech Stage, Grow Your Business Stage, as well as the HR and Talent Stage.

Event Director, Sean Gallagher is very excited to get the occasion underway stating that it is “An ideal place to learn, network and be inspired, Your Business Live will be Ireland’s biggest and most important event of the year for the SME Sector.”

He continued: “I have long been a champion of the SME sector. This is because of the great courage and bravery they have in setting up businesses and creating jobs, often in places where larger multinationals never can. In many ways, these small and medium sized businesses are the glue that holds our communities together.”

Date published 3 Jul 2017 | Last updated 3 Jul 2017