The Louth Economic Forum was established in 2009 and is a joined up approach to fostering existing business and grow enterprise in County Louth and the Region. It's key objective is Job Creation. Stakeholders are Local Authority Management, Business and State and Development Agencies. Key to its success is its independently chaired by Padraic White ex CEO of IDA Ireland
A 10 Point Plan has been devised to include:
1. Foriegn Direct Investment
2. Sustainable Energy
3. Indigenous Industry
4. Tourism and Heritage
5. Age Friendly Business
6. Education and Training
7. Agriculture Food and Fisheries
8. Broadband
9. Make Louth the Best County to do Business
10. Drogheda Dundalk Newry Economic Corridor Age Friendly Business Action Plan is the fifth in the series of the 10 Plans launched by Chairman Gavin Duffy of Dragons Den on the 5th of September 2011 in the PJ Carrolls Building at Dundalk Institute of Technology. Age-Friendly Business Being age-friendly means promoting active ageing, optimising opportunities for social and economic participation, health and security to enhance quality of life as people age.Age-friendly business is an approach to doing business that recognises and addresses the market opportunity afforded by society where more people are living for longer. Louth Age-Friendly Business Plan in practice: · Teaching local businesses about serving the senior consumer. “One local hotel approached us for advice on how to become more age-friendly. It cost them €10 per day and because of age-friendly touches such as supplying daily newspapers in their coffee shop, or transporting customers from the local train station, their business has taken off. “A good example is a local butchers who now prepares age-friendly weekly meat packs, which as are sized for senior appetites. · Ardee is set to be launched as Ireland’s first age-friendly town. · Running Start Your Own Business Courses for people aged over 50. · Developing senior skills mentoring, where younger professionals have the opportunity to tap into a lifetime of experience. · Running a number of senior parlours where older people can drop in at any time for a chat or to get advice and information on any of the services available in the community — health, housing, transport, lifelong learning, leisure and exercise opportunities that facilitate inclusion and wellbeing. 
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