InterTrade Ireland supports SMEs across the island to develop North/South trade and business development opportunities for the mutual benefit of both economies.
4.1 Acumen Programme – Recruitment
Background: InterTrade Ireland’s Acumen Programme is a cross-border business development programme designed to stimulate cross-border sales.
Support available: Funding is provided to companies seeking to expand their markets by
recruiting graduates or experienced sales professionals as well as market research support. There are four business support options:
- Market Research
- Full Time Sales Person
- Part Time Sales Person
- Sales Graduate programme
InterTradeIreland Acumen can source the right people to help increase export sales North or South, improve knowledge of the market and identify new business opportunities.
Who qualifies: To qualify for financial support your business should be:
- A manufacturing or a tradable service company with annual turnover < £40m/€47e
- A company that employs < 250 people
- An indigenous company (not multinational or foreign owned)
- Committed to the development of new product markets with the potential of job creation
- A company with an established relationship with a mainstream development agency (Invest Northern Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Údarás na Gaeltachta, City or County Enterprise Board, a Local Enterprise Agency)
In addition, the business should also have:
- A satisfactory track record in the home market
- Less than 30% of total business in the target cross-border market
- A sufficiently unique product that does not displace existing products in the marketplace
- A project that can demonstrate that it may not happen without support
- The capacity (human, financial & production) to deliver the project
How to apply: Completion of the InterTradeIreland Acumen Support Application Form.
For further information please check: www.intertradeireland.com or contact Intertrade by
email.
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