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While the Belfast area attracts a wide array of large, international investors, the vast majority of Invest NI’s role is supporting the growth and development of our local home-grown businesses – SMEs have received 93 per cent of the offers of support across Belfast in the last 5 years.
Portstewart based marketing automation software company, Zymplify is investing £1.5million in its business and plans to create 26 jobs.
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
Whether starting up or scaling up, all businesses with an ambition to grow need access to funding.
Hosted by Susan HayesCulleton and delivered by Invest NI, British Business Bank and InterTradeIreland, this video tutorial is a recording of day one of a two day conference. With an overarching theme of ‘Ambition’, the conference was targeted towards businesses seeking to scale, and wished to find out more on how to obtain finance to achieve growth, through the experience of industry experts and local businesses. Day one focused on how businesses can accelerate their network.
This tutorial is
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly changed the world and transformed our way of life. From the speedy development of vaccines to a more digitalised approach to working, humanity has learned just how agile it can be in a crisis.
Invest Northern Ireland releases its end of year results today, including the final outturn against its four year business strategy and an overview of additional business support fast-tracked due to COVID.
2020-21 was the final year of our four year Business Strategy. It was also the year of COVID and EU Exit and our final year priorities adapted to significant economic change.
Future Flight is a UK Government fund which aims to inspire the next generation of sustainable aviation and revolutionise how we connect people, deliver goods and provide services, using new classes of electric and autonomous vehicles.
This tutorial provides an overview of the Challenge and the opportunities it presents for NI companies from the technology and aerospace sectors.
When a company is creating jobs in Northern Ireland, the Assured Skills Programme can help them access new talent and skills through the delivery of pre-employment training academies.
The Assured Skills programme is a short, demand-led, pre-employment training programme and is fully funded by the Department for the Economy. It upskills individuals and helps them compete for guaranteed job vacancies in expanding businesses or new foreign direct investment (FDI) companies.
The Academy Model is flexible and versatile, and has been used to help companies recruit new staff in areas such as
Economy Minister Paul Frew has announced the establishment of the Makers Alliance, an independent industry-led body which will drive the strategic development of the Advanced Manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland.
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
Newry based modular bathroom pods manufacturer Connex Offsite Limited is creating 50 jobs in Newry in a £4.6million investment to help it grow its business in international markets.
Sheethal Rishi, Regional Director- UAE, Bahrain and Oman looks at how the Middle East is a burgeoning technological hub for Northern Irish companies.
Economy Minister, Paul Frew, today announced that one of the world’s largest professional services firms, PwC, is investing £40million in a new Advanced Research and Engineering centre in Northern Ireland.
Research, Design and Engineering company Whitespace has secured a £4million global partnership contract, following investment in Research & Development (R&D). It has also won a multimillion-pound contract with a UK Government Ministry.
Helping businesses to grow through exporting supports the delivery of a stronger and more sustainable Northern Ireland economy. There is often a chain reaction when a company grows its international reach; with access to new customers comes company expansion, job creation and potentially further innovation to ensure competitiveness.
Economy Minister Diane Dodds today met with representatives from Hinduja Global Solutions UK to announce the company’s plans to create 565 new jobs across Northern Ireland.
In early June, the Minister for the Economy launch the ‘Trade and Investment for a 10X economy' in which she reflected on Northern Ireland’s rich history as a trading and exporting region, built on the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of its people and set the ambition to apply that spirit with renewed energy and focus as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Software company Skytek is investing in an ambitious Research & Development (R&D) programme to develop its new Real Earth platform. The platform assists insurers to proactively monitor risk aggregation and assess loss exposure with the assistance of Earth Observation (EO) imagery and other space technologies.
Economy Minister Diane Dodds and Health Minister Robin Swann today visited Denroy in Bangor to welcome the creation of 130 jobs and a £19.5millon PPE contract with HSCNI.
Saleem Haddad, Regional Manager - Saudi Arabia and Levant Region looks at how Northern Ireland companies have the expertise to play a key role in supporting the Kingdom’s efforts to achieve their Vision 2030 ambitions.
Discover what Northern Ireland will be doing at Expo 2020 in Dubai.
Decom Engineering Ltd based in Cookstown has invested in Research & Development (R&D) to create world first technologies in pipe cutting and coating removal, which have helped it to win new business in Germany, Holland and Malaysia.
With over $100 billion worth of planned infrastructure spending, many Latin America & Caribbean (LATAC) countries are investing in construction projects to kick-start economies after the impact of Covid-19, offering export opportunities for Northern Ireland materials handling companies. Invest Northern Ireland partnered with the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) to discuss planned spending, projects and business opportunities across the region.
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More and more businesses are aiming to put sustainability and the Green Economy at the heart of the rebuilding and recovery process – an ambition that has real benefits from both a cost and carbon footprint perspective. Invest NI and BEIS will give you an overview of the various support available to help your business undertake feasibility studies, engineering studies and energy efficiency projects to start you on the decarbonisation journey.