Developing your Seafood Business
Donal Buckley BIM & Danny McEleney presenting Pete Mc Bride Jnr with a certificate for the successful completion of 'Developing Your Seafood Business' course.
Donegal County Enterprise Board and Bord Iascaigh Mhara are delivering a training programme aimed at assisting the development of seafood companies in County Donegal to further grow their business through a combination of seafood product development, adding value to existing products or development of new domestic and/or export markets.
The concept of developing a course specifically for seafood businesses was originally developed by BIM and is was run in Donegal in co-operation with Donegal County Enterprise Board. A total of thirteen companies took part on the course which is designed to assist them to become more competitive and efficient, to develop smart business strategies that add value to their activities and innovate on new products and practices.
A primary focus of this course is to add value to their products and it tackled the main areas of
- Business planning
- Branding
- New product development
- Identifying best route to market structures
- Developing company management skills
