Kilkenny s Loanitt aiming for success at National Enterprise Awards
Event will take place virtually on Thursday, February 11
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One of Kilkenny’s most impressive businesses, LoanITT Ltd have been announced as a finalist for this year’s National Enterprise Awards.
This year the event will take place virtually on Thursday, February 11 from 6pm-7.30pm via live weblink localenterprise.ie/Awards.
The awards, an initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices, will be presented by Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail Damien English. LoanITT were selected to represent Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny at the awards and will compete against 29 other finalists for a prize fund totaling €50,000. LoanITT was founded by company directors John Duggan, originally from Tullahought, and Padraig Nolan, a native of Limerick.
By shopping in Kilkenny we keep local shopkeepers and service providers in business - Fiona Deegan, Kilkenny LEO
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Born in Stradbally, Co Laois, Fiona Deegan has lived in Kilkenny for the past 20 years.
During that time, through her work with the Local Enterprise Office, she has worked with many businesses throughout the county, providing a range of supports to assist them to start-up and grow. She is passionate about Kilkenny and continues to innovate to come up with successful campaigns to sell Kilkenny as a destination to live, work, shop, eat and play.
Married to Martin, Fiona lives on a dairy farm just outside Castlecomer. She is a busy woman, rising at 6am every morning to feed and muck out the horses before heading for school drop-off and work. So I was honoured that she had the time to talk to me about her most recent Christmas campaign - #shopkilkenny - an initiative that I have been following and supporting since it was launched two years ago.