E33 That Great Business Show, Ireland's best business podcast, presented by Conall O Móráin 2.00" Did you know different regions in the UK offer different incentives to base your UK operation there? Shirley McCay (without a note in hand!), Country Director, UK Department of International Trade at the British Embassy in Ireland, brings us through most of those regions, what they offer and what sectors they specialise in, e.g. Leeds Bradford, medtech, Cornwall, drones, Belfast, creative industries. There are grants for apprenticeships and grants for office fit outs and much more. Shirley has a ten person team in Ireland to help guide Irish businesses (across every sector) through the maze. Shirley's 'hire in a heartbeat'? Pat O'Connor, co-founder of VRAI, who joined us on E32 - extolling the brilliance of his UK base in the NorthEast of England! 20" We have a programme (conservatively we think) valued at €100,000 for five companies of any size, shape or sector BUT they have to be based in Munster (you'll hear why). Virgin Media, Permanent TSB, Milk Bottle Labs (Shopify experts), Digital Business Ireland (networking digital businesses) and all the LEOs in the Munster region are all backing this 'Backing Business' initiative. They want to complete a digital transformation for five businesses that only need to demonstrate their mad desire to digitise to the very highest standard. Applications have been simplified to minutes. Any and every business in Munster should apply. Telling us about it are Mags Brennan, Head of Business Banking Permanent TSB, (her hire in a heartbeat - Jack Charlton) and Keith Mathews, founder Milk Bottle Labs (his hire in a heartbeat - Oonagh O'Hagan, founder Meaghers Pharmacy) 40" Barbara Sheehan, a health insurance 'lifer', took the opportunity of the Covid shut-down to do something she always wanted to do, to create a simple online tool www.HCC.ie to simplify choosing a health insurance plan. There are 320 different plans, most with very little difference between them, but still too many for any normal human to trawl through. Her website brings the choice down to a simple three. And why not one and only one? Well listen and she'll explain. Her 'hire in a heartbeat'? Jacinda Ardern, NZ Prime Minister. That Great Business Show is sponsored by De Facto Shaving Oil, the world's best shaving oil. www.DeFactoShave.com That Great Business Show is sponsored by De Facto Shaving Oil, the world's best shaving oil. www.DeFactoShave.comFind all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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