# Guides: grants, software and AI for Irish SMEs

> Plain guides for Irish small businesses: LEO grants, the Grow Digital Voucher, Digital for Business, and practical AI.

Canonical: https://appadvisor.ie/guides/
Last updated: 2026-10-16

Straight answers for Irish small business owners, checked against official sources and kept up to date.

- [Grow Digital Voucher: up to €5,000 towards business software](https://appadvisor.ie/guides/grow-digital-voucher/) - Who qualifies, what it pays for, what it does not, and the order to do things in so you don't lose the grant.
- [Business grants in Ireland for small businesses: a plain guide](https://appadvisor.ie/guides/leo-grants/) - The grants and programmes your Local Enterprise Office offers, who each one is for, and where to start.
- [Lean for Business: how LEO-funded Lean consultancy works](https://appadvisor.ie/guides/lean-for-business/) - What Lean is, how the LEO funds it, who qualifies, and what changes in the business afterwards.
- [Green for Business and the Energy Efficiency Grant](https://appadvisor.ie/guides/green-for-business-energy-grant/) - Free sustainability consultancy first, then up to €10,000 towards energy-saving equipment.
- [AI for small businesses in Ireland: where to start](https://appadvisor.ie/guides/ai-for-small-business/) - Where AI saves real time in a small business, how to start safely, and what the LEO will fund.
- [The EU AI Act for Irish small businesses: what you actually need to do](https://appadvisor.ie/guides/eu-ai-act-for-smes/) - What applies to a small business using AI, what changed in 2026, and a five-point checklist.

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