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In this tutorial, experts from Invest NI and Innovate UK explain the funding and support opportunities available to NI Business through Innovate UK.

They will:

Give an overview of the Innovate UK Funding and Support products & services.
Introduce the support available locally for small and medium enterprises through the Innovate UK Business Growth NI team.
Share examples of NI businesses that have benefitted from Innovate UK support.

This tutorial is primarily aimed at businesses who are unfamiliar with Innovate UK or would like to update their knowledge of the funding and support mechanisms

Exporting can transform your business, and as the world’s second largest economy, China is a prime market for Northern Ireland businesses to export to.

Joined by the Chinese Consul General and NI Bureau, this video tutorial highlights not only Northern Ireland’s Export Vision, but the export opportunities that are available to Northern Ireland businesses in China, as well as the intricacies and practicalities of doing business in the region. Led by sectoral experts, supported by representatives from local companies, the tutorial also features sector-focused sessions on Advanced Manufacturing &

The water and waste water sector offers real growth opportunities locally, nationally and internationally through market drivers such as Climate Change, Decarbonisation, Energy Storage, Microgrids and Circular Economy. This webinar will help you understand how the water markets are changing, the need to incorporate digital technologies and how you can access high-value markets through innovation and collaboration.

In this tutorial, experts from Invest NI and Innovate UK explain the funding and support opportunities available to NI Business through Innovate UK.

They will:

Explain eligibility criteria and how to assess your suitability for different Innovate UK funds.
Outline how to approach completing an Innovate UK application.
Give tips on how to answer the 10 standard questions for innovation grants.
Describe the help available from Invest NI to support your Innovate UK application.

Speakers

Lisa Braniff, Funding Liaison Manager, Invest NI

Stephen McComb, Knowledge Transfer Adviser, Innovate UK Business

At this event, business leaders, innovators, and experts shared the latest on Innovation, why is it important to Northern Ireland businesses and the support offered by Invest NI & Innovate UK.

Hear more about how innovation can help grow and improve your business.

This tutorial will provide key information on:

1. Drive Business Growth: Learn how innovation can lead to increased profitability, market share, and customer loyalty.

2. Boost Competitiveness: Discover how staying ahead of industry trends and embracing innovation can give your business a competitive edge.

3. Foster Resilience: In today's

Designed to help businesses with high energy use to cut their energy bills and carbon emissions through investing in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies, a new call is due early in 2022 to support SME’s and we need to highlight how to access this funding, the technologies it will support and how we can bring forward successful projects.

This report is Freedom of Information FOI Annual Report 2024 Invest NI documentation. You may download the report to review the details.

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has announced that Lisburn based engineering company CASC has secured contracts worth in excess of £10 million with the world’s largest companies in offshore renewable energy.

Alison Currie outlines why regional balance matters and how Invest NI is working with businesses and partners to support growth that is felt across the whole region.

Exporting can transform your business and finding new markets for your products or services is vital to growing your business. Businesses that export experience increased turnover and profits, increased market share due to customers in several markets, as well as higher levels of creativity and innovation in-house through the development of products or services to sell into new markets.

This tutorial covers the critical steps required to prepare your business for exporting, identify the best markets, and how to approach your chosen market.

It will also outline the help available through the

In the race to zero emissions, many countries are looking for solutions on how to control their carbon emissions and reach carbon neutrality.

In this Hydrogen Economy webinar, Swagath Manohar, Senior Industry Analyst of Energy and Environment, Frost & Sullivan, explores how businesses can control their carbon emissions as well as grasp growth opportunities in hydrogen technologies and markets as he discusses the pillars of decarbonisation:

Rise of renewables
Hydrogen economy
Direct electrification and renewable heat
Emissions management
Energy efficiency

The importance of these pillars

Maria Benintende, Industry Director in the Energy and Environment Practice in Frost & Sullivan will talk about the hybrid energy market and share some key findings from a Frost & Sullivan study published in 2021 on hybrid energy markets, with a forecast to 2025.

Maria will give some clarification what they consider as hybrid energy systems, present the drivers and restraints and look at market size estimations and forecasts.

The webinar will touch on key countries, the competitive landscape and will highlight the growth opportunities that Frost & Sullivan see for the coming years.

We held a webinar with Damian Cranney, Managing Partner of Big Motive and he decoded the principles behind design thinking to help shape our strategy to navigate this new landscape. This hour long webinar focused on how a Design Thinking mind-set is a practical approach that can help us pivot to meet customer and staff needs, innovate quickly and be more responsive in a changing world.

A Higher Level Apprenticeship is a nationally accredited work-based programme. It is designed to meet the needs of employers for higher skill levels and provides apprentices the opportunity to gain quality training and a recognised higher qualification whilst in paid employment.

Higher Level Apprenticeships allow employers to train staff to the level needed so they have strong technical and good employability skills. An apprenticeship can fill higher level skills gaps, help attract higher calibre staff, increase productivity and develop existing staff.

The programme is a very cost-effective way

This Invest NI webinar series organised by the Food and Drink Consumer Insights Team aims to provide suppliers with the latest information, trends, data and insights on the important and rapidly emerging health & wellness theme, as well as provide inspiration and knowledge to adopt the science and technology and develop new products.

Day 2 focuses on the consumer; attitudes, buying behaviour, the retail and foodservice environment.

Day 3 focuses on the science and technology relating to health and planetary health.

Day 1 focuses on the market environment, including global market trends and government legislation surrounding nutrition and the reformulation of products.

Sarah Moran, KPMG Ireland discusses green finance and why Northern Ireland companies should be aware of the trends. At its simplest, green finance is any financial product or service that ensures an improved environmental outcome such as encouraging development of green projects, minimising impact on the climate or both. She looks at what green finance is and the potential areas of focus and why it is important to consider and what the potential next steps for Northern Ireland businesses are.

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95 billion. It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boost the EU’s competitiveness and growth.

The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) is designed to help high carbon intensive businesses cut their energy bills and carbon emissions through investing in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies. The government announced £315 million of funding in the 2018 Budget, which will be available up until 2027. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced in March 2023, a final IETF Phase 3 call, providing £185 million in funding, will be launched in early 2024.

In an attempt to ensure that NI businesses are better informed, and supported when this fund launches, the

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It will remain vitally important for companies to make sure that their product technical files and risk analyses are comprehensive, up to date and clearly documented whether products are being sold in the UK or in the EU.

This tutorial is aimed at companies looking beyond the EU and will provide up-to-date and relevant information on global standards' requirements for product and component safety.

Key speakers

In this tutorial, Colin Graham, from Invest Northern Ireland’s Technical Advisory Unit, and Simon Barrowcliff, Senior Technical Specialist from Element Materials Technology, discuss

Jonathan Robinson, Global Power & Energy Research Director, Frost & Sullivan will take us through the Global Power trends for the decade ahead, highlighting key insights on the changing dynamics within the power market and the major shifts impacting the evolution of the power sector in the 2020’s.

This tutorial, delivered in two sessions by Frost & Sullivan, discusses global forces that define the future world with their far-reaching impact on business, societies, economics, cultures and personal lives.

In the first session, you’ll hear how to stay ahead of the curve with insights on megatrends in education & skilling evolutions, advanced computing & communications, emerging carbon economy, limitless energy, next growth centers and reimagining value networks.

In the second session, you’ll learn how to stay ahead of the curve with insights on megatrends in emerging demographic patterns

In this webinar, you will hear from the Invest NI team who will provide an overview of the sector in the GCC, alongside panellists from the region sharing their key insights and opportunities within the Life & Health Sciences sector. Listen to find out more about the opportunities and route to market for Northern Irish companies.

How GCC FinTechs can benefit from international FinTech ecosystems.

In this webinar, you will hear from a specially curated panel including the UK Government FinTech NI Envoy, Invest NI and advocates of the FDI process. The panellists will offer key insights on how GCC FinTechs can benefit from international Fintech ecosystems such as Northern Ireland, the #1 Fintech FDI region worldwide. Listen to find out why Northern Ireland is well-positioned to be the European headquarters of GCC FinTech’s looking to expand their footprint into the European market.

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Introduction to Innovate UK Business Funding and Supports

International Export Conference on China

Innovation and Opportunities in the Water Sector Webinar

Innovate UK Funding Masterclass

Innovate Local: Northern Ireland

Industrial Energy Transformation – Technologies and Solutions

Freedom of Information FOI Annual Report 2024 Invest NI

Lisburn company, CASC, wins £10m contract with world leading offshore wind companies

Why achieving regional balance is more than creating jobs outside Belfast

Identifying New Markets Through Research

Hydrogen Economy

Hybrid Energy Systems

How design can shape your business

Higher Level Apprenticeships for Digital ICT Companies

Is Health your Wealth webinar - DAY TWO | The Health Conscious Consumer

Is Health your Wealth webinar - DAY THREE | The Science and Technology of Health

Is Health your Wealth webinar - DAY ONE | The Market for Health

Green Finance

Horizon Europe

Green Economy | Industrial Energy Transformation Fund

Global Technical Compliance

Global Power Trends

Global Megatrends

GCC healthcare landscape: Insights and Opportunities

GCC FinTech FDI Webinar

How GCC FinTechs can benefit from international FinTech ecosystems.

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