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Being best friends since childhood made it all the sweeter as Wexford duo Nina Shelton and Gillian Duggan-White took to the stage of the Mansion House in Dublin to claim the South East Regional Award at the National Enterprise Awards.
On Thursday, January 28, the online network will be addressed by Paula Fitzsimons, founder of Fitzsimons Consulting.
Paula is the national coordinator for the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research project in Ireland and was appointed by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment to the SME and Entrepreneurship Taskforce in 2020.
Female business owners in Wexford will know Paula as the driving force behind Going for Growth, which is focused on peer support to assist women who wish to grow their businesses. Going for Growth is supported by Enterprise Ireland and KPMG.
Paula also designed and developed ACORNS to support early stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland. This initiative is supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and 200 participants are currently being supported through it.