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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.
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Fortune 500 company considered 15 locations, then found talent in Northern Ireland.
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:
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.
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 3 focuses on the science and technology relating to health and planetary health.
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 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.
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.
The webinar organised jointly by CAFRE and Invest NI aims to aid packaging and food manufacturers in preparing for changing customer, consumer and legal demands. It will help practical decision making for stakeholders in relation to reducing plastics waste and supporting industry responsibilities
The Northern Ireland Food and Packaging Industry is rapidly changing in response to consumer demand for more sustainable packaging. To meet this growing sustainability requirement there needs to be a closer collaboration between local government, research bodies, manufacturers, retailers and recyclers to identify innovative packaging solutions. Invest Northern Ireland along with The College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise and the Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Association are actively encouraging local collaboration by running a series of sustainable packing webinars entitled The
Invest Northern Ireland along with The College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise are actively encouraging local collaboration by running a series of sustainable packaging webinars entitled The Future of Food Packaging.
The Northern Ireland Food and Packaging Industry is rapidly changing in response to consumer demand for more sustainable packaging. To meet this growing sustainability requirement there needs to be a closer collaboration between local government, research bodies, manufacturers, retailers and recyclers to identify innovative packaging solutions.