Published on Friday17thJanuary2014
Enterprise Ireland Community Enterprise Survey launch
At the launch were John O'Connor, Vice Chairman of NACEC and Business Development Manager for Enniscorthy Community Enterprise Centre, Minister for Small Business John Perry and Brian Fives, Senior Regional Development Executive, Enterprise Ireland
Small Business Minister John Perry today launched the survey on 'The Impacts of Community Owned Enterprise Centres in Ireland' on behalf of the National Association of Community Enterprise Centres (NACEC) and Enterprise Ireland, during a visit to Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre.
The survey illustrates that 392 new businesses have commenced operations in Community Enterprise Centres since 2010. Also 9,300 jobs have been created by companies in CECs in the past decade. As of today, over 3700 jobs are in place in the Enterprise Ireland-funded CECs all over the country and 93% or 3460 of these are private sector jobs, which can often be critical to local services and employment creation.