Cork County and City Enterprise Boards are supporting the IGNITE Graduate BUsiness Innovation Centre at UCC.

The programme provides a professional environment for graduates to nurture innovative ideas and accelerate business start-ups including:

• Business incubation space in state-of-the-art facility at UCC's Western Gateway Building for 12 months.
• A comprehensive Start Your Own Business Programme
• Business Planning, Finance, Legal, Marketing, Sales, HR, Product Development and Venture Capital training
• Business Mentoring
• Access to entrepreneurial 'Coaches on Campus'
• Regular Networking Events
• Enterprise Support and advice through a series of half-day clinics
• Access to UCC's academic, research and commercialisation expertise
• Location ina multidisciplinary campus with access to the University's informtion resources and library
• Membership of Cork Chamber

The application process is now closed and the programme will launch on January 31st with the first ignite participants.

http://ignite.ucc.ie / email: ignite@ucc.ie