Expand your business into Northern Ireland

 InterTradeIreland is the only organisation which has been given responsibility by both Governments to boost North/South economic co-operation to the mutual benefit of Northern Ireland and Ireland. By encouraging better use of collective resources they help to expedite trade and business growth across the island; create an environment to make it easier to do business and increase the competitiveness of individual companies and the two economies in the global marketplace.

A number of excellent supports and programmes are in place to assist businesses :

• First Stop Shop - information, advice and support on developing cross border business
• Acumen - assists directly in the development of new cross border markets.
• Fusion - supports knowledge and technology transfer between business and academia.  A company is partnered with an Academic who will assist in the development of a technical innovation project for them.  Each company is partnered with a university or college with specialist expertise in the subject area required who then provides one to one tailored assistance to solve the company's technology project.  For more information contact Oonagh Monahan, FUSION consultant.  www.fusionprogramme.com
• Equity Network - provides opportunities to raise equity for your business
• Go-2-Tender - regular training programme to assist you win tenders
• Network and Getwork - helps companies to do business with some of the islands largest public and private sector buyers. Events take place both North and South of Ireland.

For further information on all these supports log onto www.intertrade.com or contact InterTrade at 028-30834100.