A SOHO/SOLO is “a person who has migrated to a rural region bringing with them their own income generating activity and works at least partially from home”.
The Soho/Solo project was launched in 2003 as a European pilot project funded by the Interreg IIIB ‘Atlantic Area’ Programme for two years.
The programe promotes the Atlantic regions of Europe as better places to live and work, encouraging rural sustainability and regeneration.
In April 2006, following the success of the pilot project the Soho Solo helpdesk secured local funding from Cork Business Innovation Centre(CorkBIC) and the County and City Enterprise Boards in Cork and Kerry to sustain the project in the South West of Ireland.
The aims of the project are to identify Small Office Home Office Workers(Soho Solos) in the South West of Ireland, to encourage others to relocate or return to the region, to promote Small Office Home Office Working and to offer support to these “new” entrepreneurs.
