Key achievements

Our activities have made a direct contribution to growing the economy of Northern Ireland.

Our Performance Information Report provides a wide range of data and analysis reflecting the diversity of our engagement with the Northern Ireland business base. Covering the period 2002/03 - 2006/07, the report presents comprehensive information on our activities, the performance of our clients and measures of economic impact. Download our current Performance Information Framework 2002/03 - 2006/07 (PDF).

Performance highlights

The report highlights that over the five-year period:

• Invest NI offered assistance of just over £631 million towards projects which plan to invest over £2.6 billion within the Northern Ireland economy.
• 54 per cent of assistance offered was in support of NI owned businesses.
• Of the 69 new inward investments secured during 2002/03 - 2006/07, 74 per cent planned to locate in disadvantaged areas. These areas represent 30 per cent of the Northern Ireland population.
• Planned investments in the West of Northern Ireland amounted to £2,019 per head of adult population, compared to £1,872 in the East. Overall inward investment per head was some 43 per cent higher in the West than the East.
• £254m of innovation assistance (contributing towards over £655m of planned investment) was offered through a range of programmes supporting the development of new products and processes, and through the exploration of new markets.
• Expenditure on research and development by Invest NI clients increased by 10 per cent from 2002 to reach £137.1m in 2005.
• Exports from the Invest NI client portfolio increased by 21.7 per cent to reach £4.6bn by 2005/06, as a consequence, export sales content (export sales as a per cent of total sales) rose from 41 per cent to 44 per cent.
• Start up assistance was offered to 15,326 locally owned businesses and individuals.

You can find more information on Invest NI’s overall performance in our latest annual report. Download our annual report 2006 - 2007 (PDF).