Support Packages

Northern Ireland has a strongly pro-business climate. The regional government is committed to developing the knowledge-based economy and encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship.

Invest NI offers some of the most attractive incentive packages in Europe, with financial support to help you set up a business in Northern Ireland and comprehensive advice to ease the investment process.  We can advise you on every aspect of running a business in Northern Ireland, from property selection through to maximising financial incentives and recruitment.

Our tailor-made support packages include cash grants for capital investments, employment, interest relief plus support for a variety of business operations such as research and development (R&D), training and marketing.

As an investor you would also have ready access to a broad range of funding options as well as a developing venture capital market catering for projects up to £1.5 million.

We may be able to offer you:

• revenue grants towards start-up costs, interest relief, factory rental costs, training costs, marketing development costs and R&D expenditure
• pre-employment training grants
• finance investment in the share capital of a company and the provision of government loans at commercial and concessionary rates
• R&D capital spending can be written off against income
• property tax exemptions for manufacturing property
• generous depreciation allowances