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Title: Rural Awards
Author: J4B
Date: 10/03/2008
Article Contents:
A cross-border competition that offers lucrative prize packages for the most innovative rural businesses has been officially launched.
The JFC Innovation Awards for Rural Businesses 2008 is open to rural and agricultural enterprises from across Ireland, and aims to reward the individuals and firms who have embraced innovation and introduced new ideas to the sector.
The contest is sponsored by JFC Manufacturing, the Department for Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) Northern Ireland, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (TEAGASC), and the Irish Farmers’ Journal, with cash prizes and additional support packages up for grabs in the following categories:
Energy and manufacturing.
Value added and speciality food.
Service and rural tourism.
The overall winner will receive a prize package worth €5,000 in cash, along with €5,000 worth of mentoring and a further €5,000 of advertising space in the Irish Farmers’ Journal.
Each of the three category winners will receive a similar package worth a total of €3,000, with finalists scooping packages totalling €1,500. Highly commended entrants could also claim a share of business support and advertising.
Applications can be submitted in hard copy or electronically, and must include a business plan.
The deadline for entering this year’s contest is 12 December 2008. Shortlisted entrants will be asked to take part in an interview during February, with the winners revealed at a ceremony to be held on 10 March 2009.
For more information about this and hundreds of other grants available to the businesses in Ireland then visit www.j4bgrants.ie which is Ireland’s most comprehensive information source of business funding.
For a limited period only access to the website is completely free, so you can run unlimited funding searches as well as receiving a weekly business funding round up newsletter which will keep you up to date with all the latest changes in Government funding and policy for businesses – including new items just like this!
So visit www.j4bgrants.ie now and see what funding your company might be eligible for and if you find it useful please tell your members, or add a link to it from your own website?
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