Well, not really. But since he was so gracious as to pose with us the SFA awards, I thought I would do him the honour of being featured in my first blog post!

It was a glitzy night in the Mansion House and a great time was had by all.

We were delighted to be one of six to receive a framed award for ‘Achievment, Innovation and Excellence in Small Business’ in the category of ‘Outstanding Small Business’.

The winners in our category were Atomic Sports, and Highly Commended were Corporate Care Relocation , well deserved.

Bertie did his part by reiterating the government’s 2006 promises to the Irish small business sector via the Small Business Forum Report.

In case you didn’t know, if you are self-employed you are the future of Ireland. And our government has promised to help us be more profitable and save the nation’s economy. The majority of the measures are focussed on developing our management capabilities through training subsidies.

At SortMyBooks, we have benefitted on both sides of this, as we regularly both give and receive subsidised training for self employed people.

How about you? What kind of small business help have you gotten?