Tradelinks
The Tradelinks Programme is specifically designed to assist those established businesses from the micro-enterprise sector across Northern Ireland and the Border counties of Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal by:
- Enhancing employment generation opportunities
- Developing exporting capability
- Addressing barriers to cross border trade
- Investigating the opportunities afforded by new technology
- Encouraging new market and new product development
- Encouraging innovation
The Benefits:
Tradelinks will provide you with:
- A wide-ranging suite of Programmes specifically designed to address the issues unique to the micro-enterprise sector
- A team of experienced assessors and mentors
- The possibility of financial support
- The opportunity to form linkages and clusters with similar micro-enterprises
- A full signposting service to other programmes
Programme Outline:
Tradelinks offers different programme elements tailored to meet the needs of micro-enterprises at various levels of development.
Entrée - the entry point for all companies recruited onto Tradelinks. At this stage your business will be assessed on the basis of established selection criteria and a Business Improvement Plan prepared which will determine your future progress on the programme. Following Entrée, the business has the option to continue onto one of the following stages:
Gearing-up - for those businesses preparing to do cross border trade
Trading - for those businesses already doing cross border trade
Innovating - for those businesses looking to develop a new product
Networking - for all participating companies
Tradelinks has been developed to take account of the needs and limited resources of the Micro-enterprise sector, but a commitment of your time is required to conduct the Business Assessment, to work with your mentor in developing your business and to participate in and benefit from the Networking events.
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