Look For Local campaign launched to highlight South Dublin Businesses
Consumers and businesses in South Dublin are being encouraged to shop local this Christmas and are reminded of the huge range of goods and services they can access on their own doorsteps with a new Government campaign to ‘Look For Local’ .
As we all plan to have a safe Christmas, the Government is reminding people of how easy it is to shop and trade locally, and support their own local businesses, either by phone, online for home delivery, or collection.
Chiara Keating and Barry McCabe of Uniformal, Fashion City, Ballymount at the launch of #LookForLocal
The Tánaiste Leo Varadkar said; “We want to remind people that even with restrictions in place, you can still shop local – whether the shops are physically open or selling products through click and collect services.”
The Local Enterprise Office South Dublin “Look for Local” campaign, which is funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland and the local authorities, aims to highlight small South Dublin businesses in every sector, asking that people continue to build on the recent groundswell of support shown to local businesses when looking to buy goods or services.
Since January, the Local Enterprise Offices nationally have approved over 11,000 Trading Online Vouchers for small Irish businesses, helping them to create or adapt their online trading presence.
Over 12,060 Business Continuity Vouchers to small businesses have also been approved so far this year, while over 55,000 individuals have received Covid-19 specific mentoring or training from their Local Enterprise Office.
In 2019 Local Enterprise Office supported companies created 3,149 new jobs across the country. In total the Local Enterprise Offices have financially supported over 7,400 companies who support 38,535 jobs in communities right across the country.
Several Local Enterprise Office companies who availed of supports in recent months to help them through the impact of the pandemic were in attendance at the launch.
This included Uniformal who are based in Fashion City, from South Dublin who pivoted mid-pandemic from premium uniforms for the hospitality and corporate sector to premium PPE with assistance from LEO South Dublin.
The campaign will be promoted by Local Enterprise Offices across the country along with Enterprise Ireland and the local authorities. It will be supported by national and local advertising and marketing.
The campaign will highlight Local Enterprise Office client companies across a range of sectors to spotlight the options out there for those who want to ‘Look for Local’ in the coming months.
Tom Rooney, Head of Enterprise, LEO South Dublin said; “This has been one of the most challenging years for Irish businesses in recent history.
The Local Enterprise Offices have been working closely with thousands of companies and entrepreneurs to provide financial and training supports to help them navigate these unprecedented times.
Now we want to try and encourage more consumers, but also businesses, to look local if they require goods or services.
If they are looking online, we want them to see if there is someone local who can help them and to try to support the small businesses and jobs in their local communities.
Small businesses across the country have had to pivot or change their models during this year and now more than ever they deserve our support.”
The campaign will run for several weeks on media and profiling will continue until the end of the year to help spotlight local businesses across the country and encourage people to Look for Local.
For more information on the campaign go to www.LocalEnterprise.ie/LookforLocal and agencies, businesses and consumers will also be encouraged to use #LookforLocal on social media to help support the campaign.
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