The Boyne Valley is a finalist in the Foodies Towns 2015 competition.

Boyne valley food innovation conference in october

Meath County Council and Meath Enterprise have organised a free business conference and exhibition on Wednesday 7th October in the Pillo Hotel, Ashbourne. The event, from 9am,  is open to start ups from all sectors with the conference, entitled ‘Boyne Valley-The Home of Food Innovation’, focusing on food entrepreneurship and innovation in the Boyne Valley.

The event will form part of the national Startup Gathering, a major initiative of the Government's Action Plan for Jobs 2015, taking place from 5th-10th October which aims to make Ireland a global start-up hub by 2020.

Chief Executive of Meath County Council, Jackie Maguire, believes that this can be achieved in the Boyne Valley.

'We want to harness the strengths and opportunities open to food start-ups and businesses with a view to establishing the Boyne Valley Food Hub, a project that will fuse the relationship between the Boyne Valley and food as Silicon Valley has done with technology,” she said.

Meath County Council Library Service, as part of a national pilot programme under the auspices of the LGMA, will also launch its Business, Enterprise and Employment Services at this event. The library service offers free access to business books, magazines and online resources including Vision-Net and Mintel. Vision-net offers real time, online access to the latest companies’ reports in Ireland and the UK. Mintel, a leading, Irish, consumer market analyst facilitates business start-ups with market research. This includes researching your competitors, exploring the market and identifying potential customers. Photocopying, printing, scanning, free Internet access and wi-fi services are also available. Library membership is free and open to those that work, live or study in the county.

For more information and to register your attendance at this free business conference and exhibition, please log onto www.boyne-valley.eventbrite.ie

For further details on Meath Library business services, please visit http://www.meath.ie/Community/Libraries/BusinessEnterpriseandEmploymentService/