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InterTradeIreland is the all-island economic development agency

We connect and help businesses across the island to trade cross-border, collaborate, innovate and attract investment. Through our unique role we also identify opportunities for North-South collaboration that accelerate economic growth and help deliver shared policy priorities.

Who we are?

With 25 years’ experience of working alongside businesses of every size in every county on the island of Ireland, InterTradeIreland’s trade, innovation and entrepreneurship pathways help businesses to access funding, advice, experts, and networks across the island to maximise their exports, productivity and growth. To date we have supported over 60,000 businesses and generated €1.95bn/£1.7bn in business development value, directly supporting 23,000 jobs and helping over 2,100 companies export for the first time. InterTradeIreland connects and helps businesses across the island to trade cross-border, innovate, collaborate and attract investment.​ We have a unique role to identify opportunities for North/South collaboration that accelerate economic growth.

Who we service?

  • Manufacturing & Tradable Services Companies
  • Typically ambitious SMEs who have a satisfactory trading record

What we do?

InterTradeIreland supports businesses across the island to grow through trading cross-border, innovating, collaborating, attracting investment and making connections. We help SMEs through:   

  • Growing  cross-border trade
  • Enabling cross-border innovation
  • Supporting all-island collaboration, clusters and networks
  • Helping build an all-island ecosystem
  • Fostering entrepreneurship
  • Research & Insights

At a glance

Focus
  • Identify opportunities for North-South collaboration that accelerate economic growth, helping businesses across the island to trade cross-border, innovate, collaborate and attract investment
Sectors
  • Manufacturing & Tradable Services Companies
Network
  • One office based in Newry, County Down
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Start exporting across the Irish border

ACUMEN

Cross-border trading is one of the easier, more accessible ways to begin exporting. This programme is designed to help businesses grow on an all-island basis by dedicating a sales resource to develop sales opportunities in the cross-border market. 

Businesses that want to target new cross-border markets.

You might be eligible if: 

  • You are a small to medium-sized business
  • You are trading in manufacturing or an eligible services industry
  • You have been trading for at least 2 years

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions.

Talent & Hiring

Explore your cross-border export potential

Trade Export Pathway

Exporting businesses are more innovative, productive and resilient compared to their non-exporting peers and trading cross-border is one of the easiest ways to grow your business. It's on your doorstep, easy to access and we can help you take the first steps on your export journey.

Whether your business is getting ready to export or growing exports, let us help you on your journey with the Trade Export Pathway. We offer free, specialist support to grow your cross-border exports. It’s a quick and simple application process and your business will benefit from bespoke support tailored to your specific needs.

To be eligible for support under the Trade Export Pathway, businesses must:

  • Have less than 250 employees
  • Have the last full financial year turnover of more than £50,000 and less than £40m (or euro equivalent).
  • Be a business based in Ireland or Northern Ireland
  • Have a minimum of 12 months trading history

Sole Traders and partnerships that satisfy the eligibility criteria are welcome to apply.

Grants

Raise new equity capital in the seed and early stages of your company’s development

Business Angel Funding

Business angel finance may be more suitable than venture capital funding. Business angels are high net worth individuals who invest on their own, or as part of a syndicate, in high growth businesses. In addition to money, they often make their own skills, experience and contacts available to the company.

You might be eligible if:

  • Your business is in the seed or early stages of development.

Grants

Raise money and grow your business

SEIS & EIS

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) helps smaller, higher-risk trading companies raise finance by offering tax relief to investors who buy new shares. 

A company seeking finance via the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) or EIS will need to obtain advance assurance from HMRC that the company, its trade and its shares qualify. This 

will give potential investors comfort that the company should qualify for SEIS/EIS relief.

You might be eligible if: 

  • You’re a limited company registered 
  • You have been trading for up to 7 years
  • You’re in a qualifying trade
  • You’re planning to spend the investment on a qualifying trade

(Non-UK companies can avail of the SEIS and EIS schemes if they meet the criteria set out by HMRC to qualify and importantly have a permanent establishment in the UK.)

Grants

Financial support to try out new business ideas and explore innovations

Business Explorer- Explore

Support to work with an academic or industry specialist to develop a plan to integrate a new solution or new idea into your business.

You might be eligible if: 

  • You are a small to medium business
  • You are trading in manufacturing or an eligible services industry 
  • You have been trading for at least 2 years

Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions

Grants

Education & Training

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Innovate Solutions Project Manager
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