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From the manufacturing industries to tech and finance, innovation in business is revolutionising every area of our lives. Meet the extraordinary business men and women from the Premier County who are leading the charge.Hosted by Tipperary Local Enterprise Office and presented by Aisling Hurley (The Business Fairy), The SME Community is a series of candid, inspiring and sometimes funny conversations with entrepreneurs, founders, and business people from all industries. These are stories of successes and failures, passions and ideas, which will inspire and guide you as you grow and scale your business. You are not on your own, we are all in this together. Forget the theory, these are real conversations from real business people. The SME Community is a podcast from the Tipperary Local Enterprise Office (LEO). For the latest in business news, training and mentoring available for businesses located in County Tipperary visit: https://www.localenterprise.ie/Tipperary/Ask your Google Assistant or Alexa for the news from Tipperary Local Enterprise Office.Twitter: @leotipperaryFacebook: Facebook.com/localenterpriseofficetipperaryProduced by TBF Digital Marketing Agency (https://thebusinessfairy.ie)

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Episode 15: How one Transition Year Student Enterprise turned into a real business

November 23, 2020 • Tipperary Local Enterprise Office & TBF Digital Marketing Agency • Season 2 • Episode 1

How did a lady from Capetown end up in Tipperary and how did a transition year student enterprise turn into a real business that ended up doing business with one of the biggest farming conglomerates in the world?

Bronwyn April travelled from Cape Town South Africa to work on the Student Enterprise programme being run by LEO Tipperary. Bronwyn’s background is in Social work, working specifically within the youth development sector in Southern Africa. Experience linked to this role, include working with young entrepreneurs from marginalised communities in Cape Town and supporting their personal development and wellness on their entrepreneurial journey. Working within the University of Cape Town she formed part of the team responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing the Student Entrepreneurship Week programme on campus.

J & D Engineering was founded by two teenagers, Jack O’Meara and Daniel Ruddy. The business started as part of a project on the Student Enterperise Programme and is now a real business that counts Glanbia as one of their stockists.

You can find out more about the Student Enterprise Programme by contacting LEO Tipperary on Twitter @TipperaryLEO. You can reach Handy Hose Holder on Instagram @handyhoseholder and Twitter @hosehandy - handyhoseholder@gmail.com.

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