Six Cork Companies have been selected to participate in a new opportunity to Scale and Grow their business with the help of the Rubicon Centre, CIT and Cork County Council.
As Companies re-start their businesses, Cork County Council’s Economic Development Directorate and the Rubicon Centre joined forces to pilot a new initiative to help scale and grow some of the existing Companies in the Cork Region. This first pilot focuses on the Agri-Tech, Medical Devices, and Digital Health area.
The programme will work on Companies using an initial benchmarking exercise which will look at enablers for growth which allow the Company to expand into new markets as well as dealing with areas of support in Operations, Finance, Digital, People, Marketing, Innovation, and Finance. The Companies will be provided with advance mentoring, using teams of mentors with sector and specific market experience. In addition, other existing resources available will be packaged together to help these initial six companies.
Scale Cork builds on established International relationships that the Rubicon and Cork Council have in Boston and the UK. An intrigued part of the programme is to allow Companies access Overseas market, using resources based in the market which are like Company Supports found in the Rubicon. Local Opportunities to grow in partnership with existing Larger FDI Companies will also form part of the Companies’ development plan.
Bernard Yore, Managing Director of Eirdata “Scale Cork afford Eirdata the opportunity to look at further expansion opportunities for our company. It will provide us with the opportunity to establish a Development plan for further expansion over the next four years”.
Cork County Council’s Economic Development Directorate Sharon Corcoran has appointed Aileen Hurley and Kevin Curran of West Cork and North Cork LEO, to support the project, and to work closely with the Rubicon Centre.
Commenting on the development of Scale Cork, Ms. Sharon Corcoran Cork Council Economic Development Directorate “ Cork County Council has an established working relationship with the Rubicon and CIT. The Council is spearheading several Covid 19 measures to support business recover and grow for the future. Scale Cork provides an opportunity to develop and link some existing County wide companies who are part of the Economic Fabric of the Region”.
Helping established Companies to grow, with access to Opportunities in some Cork’s Largest Companies, or to tap in to resources and supports established by Cork County Council and the Rubicon over the last decade will provide new development opportunities through Scale Cork to those initial companies engaged on this initiative- Paul Healy Rubicon commented.
