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As the third largest economy in the world, Japan is excellent market for Northern Ireland businesses to export into Asia Pacific. It has been one of the last countries to retain COVID border restrictions, but Japan is now allowing business visitors to enter the market ahead of further relaxation of restrictions later this year. Featuring guest speakers from the British Embassy in Tokyo and Business Link Japan, this video tutorial focuses on the current economic climate and export opportunities presently available throughout a wide range of sectors. The tutorial is a recording of a recent

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China is the world’s second largest economy and the scale of opportunity for Northern Ireland companies is significant.

This webinar provides an overview of opportunities in China for Northern Ireland food and drink companies, alongside practical insights from in-market experience.

It explores China’s growing demand for high-quality imported food, intellectual property considerations, and the support available from Invest NI and the Northern Ireland Bureau. You’ll also hear from Lakeland Dairies on building a premium brand in China, including lessons on market entry, distributor

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China is the world’s second largest economy and the scale of opportunity for Northern Ireland companies is significant.

This webinar provides an overview of opportunities for Northern Ireland advanced manufacturing and engineering companies in China, combining market insight with real-world business experience.

The session explores China’s scale, policy-driven growth and sector-specific opportunities, alongside key considerations such as intellectual property and market entry challenges. You’ll also hear directly from Sensoteq about its China journey, including lessons on partnerships

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China is the world’s second largest economy and the scale of opportunity for Northern Ireland companies is significant.

This webinar cuts through the complexity of exporting to China and helps you understand how the market could fit into your business growth plans. It focuses on commercial opportunities, with a spotlight on the food and drink and advanced manufacturing and engineering sectors.

You’ll hear directly from two Northern Ireland companies already exporting to China as they share their journey, what they learned along the way and what they would do differently.

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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

In all global Life & Health Science markets, regulatory compliance is an essential part of a company’s market entry strategy into a new geography. This tutorial will help Northern Ireland companies who want to enter the US market better understand the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), its requirements and how to successfully manage getting products through FDA registration.

The coronavirus pandemic is causing unprecedented changes in every industry. Some organisations are continuing to deliver their products and services with minimal disruption, but most are facing upheaval and uncertainty.

This Training Needs Analysis tutorial is designed to provide an introduction to the subject and help you identify the skills you need to teach your staff to strengthen your business during the crisis and to prepare for the end of the lockdown. We will give you details on how to raise a request for follow-on support at the end of this tutorial.

This Training Needs Analysis tutorial equips you with the tools to identify essential skills for staff development, empowering your team to drive business success.

Delivered by Maeve Carabine, Skills Adviser for Invest NI, you will get an insight into the tools and techniques used by learning and development professionals to analyse training needs. This will enable you to increase productivity and improve the skills of your people through targeted training going forward.

Social Selling is the art of utilising social media platforms to engage with prospects and create sales conversations. This video tutorial will explore the fundamentals of social selling and how they can be integrated into marketing and sales activities for your B2B business. It is a recording of a recent webinar developed in partnership with digital marketing agency, Digital Red.

The Latin America and the Caribbean region is home to a number of markets, each with their own diverse culture and economy. This video tutorial, in partnership with the Department for International Trade, features a series of videos from country directors introducing their markets and the export opportunities that are available for Northern Ireland businesses.

Funny but true, different personality traits resemble different animals at the zoo. This humorous tutorial explains how to become a more effective communicator and ultimately salesperson by recognising the variety of communication styles used by the animals in a zoo, and how using this information to adapt a sales pitch can lead to achieving better results.

This a recording of a recent webinar developed in partnership with International Synergies NI, the delivery body for Invest Northern Ireland’s Resource Matching service, and the UK’s Waste Resource Action Programme (WRAP). Focusing specifically on the food sector, the 55 minutes long webinar discusses the economic and environmental benefits of waste reduction and physical resource matching.

In the past, selling online was traditionally associated with consumer-facing retail businesses. Now, a broader range of businesses are investing in e-commerce – particularly those trading with other businesses. This video tutorial will outline how e-commerce could work for your business, along with the associated benefits of selling your products and services online.

Invest Northern Ireland, in partnership with Business in the Community hosted this webinar on climate change to discuss what will it mean for business today and in the future, how we can mitigate any negative impacts and what opportunities will arise for economic development. The Energy and Resource Efficiency Team and guest speakers will highlight the need for businesses to take action now and advise on what support is available to help your business on its journey to tackle this critical issue.

Northern Ireland is at the forefront of education technology. Our vibrant Edtech sector delivers a wide range of state-of-the-art products and services to stakeholders across the UK and internationally.

In this webinar, we are joined by panellists from five Northern Irish organisations TextHelp, EventMap Solutions, Stranmillis University College, Firefly and the NI Edtech Collaborative Cluster.

They will share their key learnings from COVID19 and how they have made an impact on their service, users and customers through technology.

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The Windsor Framework set out new rules for moving goods between Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and Northern Ireland.

This agreement introduced several changes and new trusted trader schemes to ease the flow of goods primarily from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. It's important to understand how these changes impact on businesses in Northern Ireland and Great Britain and what is required to ensure compliance with the Windsor Framework.

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This tutorial features contributions from Peter Curran, Head of Dual Market Access and Jonathan Walsh, Director at Fortior

This webinar explores why Northern Ireland is at the forefront of attracting international companies and entrepreneurs, the current economic situation and potential future scenarios in South Africa and a panel discussion with current American and South African investors.

This webinar provides information, tips and resources to help companies address sustainability requirements within medtech, diagnostic and pharma sectors.

The speakers include Net Zero representatives from the Health Innovation network (formerly known as ASHN), NHS England, Almac and legal perspectives.

The aim of this webinar is to help you better understand the drivers toward Net Zero/carbon reduction for the pharma, diagnostic and medtech industries, carbon reduction reporting, NHS England’s “Greener NHS” strategy, NHS Evergreen Sustainable Supplier Assessments and how the pharma industry is

Invest Northern Ireland partnered with Canada’s Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA) to provide insights from leading voices in Ontario’s waste management sector. They discussed opportunities, regional issues and the regulatory environment around hazardous, municipal and C&D waste.

Featuring:

Mike Chopowick, CEO, Ontario Waste Management Association
Geoff Boyd, Vice President of Resource Recovery, Walker Industries
Brent Bolger, President, Brendar Environmental Inc.
Jim Graham, CEO & Owner, TRY Recycling Inc

In the past, selling online was traditionally associated with consumer-facing retail businesses. Now, a broader range of businesses are investing in e-commerce – particularly those trading with other businesses. This video tutorial highlights the benefits and challenges of selling on online marketplaces, and will focus on online marketplaces Amazon and eBay, and how businesses can successfully list and their products. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

This is the first in an online series of market promotion webinars allowing Northern Ireland businesses to ‘explore from home’ new markets and export opportunities. The first region to be explored is Latin America and the Caribbean, and is being presented in partnership with Department for International Trade. The webinar is an opportunity for Northern Ireland businesses who are interested in or are already exporting to Latin America and the Caribbean market to hear up-to-date business opportunities and economic information.

In line with Invest NI’s Food and Drink Consumer Insights team focus on sustainability across 2021, we are planning a series of webinars concentrating on the issues impacting at a sector level.

The first webinar in this series was hosted by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and will provide an insight into the issues of consumer trust within the farming industry and its impact on the environment. Key issues such as consumer perception of the food supply chain, how covid has changed and shaped consumer views with regards to sustainability and what the key consumer

People who are constantly learning are more equipped to deal with change and adapt for business survival. Starting Training Within Industry will help you to learn faster on the shop floor and is a good step on to the learning ladder and reconnecting ‘thinking with doing’ at the front line management and operator level.

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Targeted towards Northern Ireland manufacturing businesses, this tutorial will provide information and guidance for businesses both exporting goods to and importing goods from the United States (US).

The tutorial will outline the changes to tariffs that were in effect between Northern Ireland and United States exporters/importers on 16 April 2025 and responses from both the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU). Specifically, it will address how these tariffs will impact manufacturing businesses in Northern Ireland.

Key speakers

In this tutorial, Anne Beggs, Executive Director

This video tutorial is designed for early stage exporters. It showcases the export programmes that are facilitated by Invest NI’s Early Stage Exporters and Capability Team. As part of the tutorial, local companies share their experiences of participating in the programmes, and how it benefited their business. This tutorial is a recording of a recent webinar.

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Spotlight on Japan (2022)

Spotlight on China | Food and drink

Spotlight on China | Advanced manufacturing and engineering

Spotlight on China

Future of Food Packaging - Global Innovations in Sustainability

The FDA: Challenges and Opportunities

Training Needs Analysis - An Introduction

Training Needs Analysis

Practical Export Skills - Driving sales for your B2B Business through Social Selling Excellence

Introduction to the regions - Latin America and the Caribbean

How to pitch to different personality types

Food Sector Efficiencies - Reduce Waste and Costs

E-commerce - Reach new customers and boost your sales

Climate Change – The Opportunities and Risks for Your Business

Transforming the Learning and Teaching Landscape Through Edtech

Windsor Framework | Moving goods into Northern Ireland

Webinar: Why is Northern Ireland a location of choice for organisations looking to grow internationally?

Webinar | Navigating Green Success in Life and Health Sciences

Waste & Recycling Sector Insights from Ontario, Canada

e-Commerce | Understanding & Maximising Online Marketplaces for your business

Tutorial: Explore from Home - Latin America and the Caribbean

Trust in Farming and the Environment: The Consumer Perspective

Learn to lead on the shop floor and adapt to change with TWI

Trading with the US | How to export and import goods under new tariff measures

Exporting | Support for Early Stage Exporters

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