Sligo County Enterprise Board Tradelinks II Programme Launched
As part of it range of supports to encourage businesses to innovate and look to new markets Sligo County Enterprise Board is encouraging applicants for its Tradelinks II Programme.
The programme was launched recently in Cookstown. Tradelinks II is designed to assist in the development of microenterprise in the border region and will try and help them undertake trade in new markets including the cross-border market. The programme provides businesses with one to one in business mentoring from professional business consultants who each have a particular specialism in marketing, operations and management, innovation, IT, exporting etc. The programme includes three main phases – Assessment, Market Entry Support and Business Support Mentoring and will assist in developing linkages in Northern Ireland where necessary.
The programme can provide up to €5500 worth of consultancy supports that could transform a business. The business will be required to contribute time and contribute a small fee at the beginning of the programme. Said Liam Kiely, Assistant CEO of Sligo County Enterprise Board; ‘Businesses need any type of support they can get in the current climate. The Board is trying to encourage businesses to add more value to their products and services, cut costs and innovate to become more competitive. We are also encouraging businesses to seek new markets at home and abroad when local markets are proving to be difficult. The Tradelinks II Programme can help businesses achieve this through intensive mentoring and guidance designed to address the particular issues or opportunities a business is currently facing.’
Tradelinks II is a partnership initiative between Enterprise NI, the Border County Enterprise Boards, and the network of local Enterprise Agencies and is funded by the European Union’s INTERREG IVA Programme.
For further information on the programme contact Sligo County Enterprise Board at 071 914 4779 or e-mail: info@sligoenterprise.ie. Places on the programme are limited.
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