Tipperary Town Revitalisation Task Force has been awarded €50,000 in funding to develop a business case for a Food Hub in Tipperary Town.
The funding is being made available by Enterprise Ireland under the Regional Enterprise Innovation Scoping Scheme (REISS) which is a fund designed to enable and drive the implementation of the recently published Regional Enterprise Plans.
The funding will allow the Task Force and its partners to develop a full project and business plan with the aim of applying for capital funding to develop the facility.
The Tipperary Town Task force identified food business as one of the sectors that has a lot of potential to drive job creation and entrepreneurship in the town.
Task Force Manager Michael Begley confirmed to TMWR that the project will now go to tender, and that the Task Force hopes to appoint suitably qualified consultants to start working on the project later in the summer.
The business case will outline the technical, financial and market viability of the proposal, which will be used to underpin the case for the development and to unlock both public and private investment in the project.
The final design is expected to include food grade production units, training, R & D and other ancillary facilities aimed at supporting new and emerging food businesses.
It is hoped that a currently vacant property in the town can be used to house the hub.
