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 Carrickfergus-based The Luxury Planter Collection is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to develop its international exports.
The company has analysed various markets including the Baltics and the US in terms of sales opportunities.
As a result of the analysis, the company is keen to exploit the identified US opportunities further and has been assisted by Invest NI to take part in this week’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York to build on initial sales in the US of its range of luxury planters. |
Belfast-based provider of environmental health services Healthy Buildings Ireland Ltd (HBI) is investing over £160,000 with support from Invest Northern Ireland to capitalise on the growing demand for its services across Great Britain.
The expansion programme will create around 15 new jobs over the next 18 months.
Established in 2001, HBI provides range of services assisting property managers with compliance risk management in the construction and built environments. |
 With public sector spending cuts impacting on large capital projects and the continued lack of liquidity for small businesses presenting significant challenges, there is no doubt that our economy faces extremely challenging times. But despite the apparent incessant doom and gloom, Invest NI continues to work with businesses throughout Northern Ireland, implementing a range of initiatives to address these challenges, and encouraging new and existing businesses to raise their sights and broaden their horizons.
Since it was launched in November, our Boosting Business campaign has taken over 3,500 enquiries from businesses keen to learn about the range of support we can offer to help them drive their innovation, increasing their adaption of technology, enhance the skills of their workforce, grow their exports and, ultimately, create jobs. |
 Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has visited Coote Engineering in Ballygawley to congratulate the company on securing orders to the value of almost £1million in Saudi Arabia.
A family-run business, Coote specialises in the design and manufacture of machinery and moulds for the pre-cast concrete industry. It currently employs 28. |
April 23, 2012 |  |
Belfast-based Sysco Software Solutions has secured business in the Republic of Ireland worth over £500,000 with support from Invest Northern Ireland.
This success follows the company’s investment last year towards the research, development and marketing of a new software application for the emerging cloud services sector.
This Hosted Service Management Application (HSMA) is designed to enable workers to remain in the field with customers while maintaining full contact with the office to streamline administration. |
April 23, 2012 |  |
 Texthelp Systems Ltd, the Antrim-based educational software business, has secured its first export sales in Brazil from following up contacts made on a recent Invest Northern Ireland trade mission to this emerging global market.
The company has signed a contract with a major educational publisher in Sao Paulo which will result in its unique ‘Read&Write’ and ‘Fluency Tutor’ software being used to teach English in a network of schools throughout the country.
The breakthrough deal in Brazil was announced by Martin McKay, Texthelp’s Chief Technical Officer, and welcomed by Dr Vicky Kell, Invest NI Trade Director, who said: “This is an extremely significant development for one of our leading software businesses and will position them for accelerated growth in one of the world’s fastest developing markets. |
Ministers launch ni2012 in Delhi at the conclusion of a successful business and trade mission to UAE and India
The First Minister Rt Hon Peter Robinson MLA, and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP,MLA launched ni2012 in Delhi at the end of their trade and business mission to the United Arab Emirates and India. The event was attended by a range of Indian travel operators and travel agents.
During their five day trade and business mission Ministers visited Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Mumbai and New Delhi. |
China is the new America – that is the message being relayed to Northern Ireland entrepreneurs at a series of business briefings hosted this week by the Confucius Institute at the University of Ulster (CIUU).
Three briefings have been organised by CIUU in conjunction with Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, Carrickfergus Council and Belfast City Council.
And as he prepared for a breakfast briefing at Belfast City Hall tomorrow, businessman Philip Gilliland, president of Londonderry Chamber of Commerce, stressed the need for Northern Ireland companies to engage China. |
 The First Minister Peter Robinson, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Economy Minister Arlene Foster have arrived in India at the start of a three day visit to promote exports and develop new opportunities for local businesses.
During their visit Ministers will visit the cities of Mumbai and New Delhi. They will lead 24 local companies on Invest Northern Ireland’s latest business mission to the country and launch, ni2012 in New Delhi. |
 Bangor-based company Omnisoft Services Ltd has created 14 new jobs in an expansion driven by the growth of its web design services and the development of a new product for the educational market.
The expansion is being supported by Invest Northern Ireland, which has offered £44,000 of support for 11 of the jobs through its Jobs Fund scheme.
Omnisoft Services was set up in 2009 to provide web design services but has recently diversified into web-based games for children and social media management strategies. |
 Wilson Agri, based near Coleraine, has won business worth more than £150,000 from Hungary for its innovative cow cubicles and mattresses following its participation in an Invest Northern Ireland trade mission last year.
The company, which already sells around 70 per cent of its products outside Northern Ireland, is supplying cubicles and mattresses to farms in Hungary through a dealer in Budapest. The agreement, the company’s first business in central Europe, was signed during the mission to Hungary and Slovenia last June. |
 Small business owners simply aren’t aware of the extensive amount of support available to help them export, according to experts who have just met face-to-face with hundreds of entrepreneurs.
Reporting following the Ulster Bank Business Live series of events - intended to help take the pulse of potential and fledgling exporters - Fionan Murray, co-founder of Smallbusinesscan.com, says that many display a clear psychological barrier to selling overseas. |
 InterTradeIreland today launched the latest phase of Acumen, its flagship sales and marketing programme, announcing £1m in available funds for SMEs across the island to help them grow their business by targeting new cross-border markets.
The programme, offers local businesses up to £15,000 in funding, to assist them to increase their cross-border export sales, improve their knowledge of new markets and identify new business opportunities. Support options available include assistance towards employing a full time or part time sales person, engaging a graduate for a 12 month sales and marketing project or funding for a market research project. |
Carrickfergus-based Luxury Planter Collection has lined up business in Lithuania which will give it a springboard for further growth in Baltic markets.
The company, which is part of the biggest-ever Invest Northern Ireland trade mission to the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, from 25th to 30th March, has confirmed a major distribution deal and an agreement with a new business partner in Kaunas to develop an innovative product for its portfolio.
Eighteen companies and the University of Ulster are taking part in the week-long mission, the most recent in a programme of Invest NI trade activities in Baltic and Nordic markets. |
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry today starts a three day visit to Estonia to examine the importance of ICT for economic growth. The trip coincides with a trade mission by 18 Northern Ireland companies seeking new export business.
The Minister will also use the visit to explore how Estonia has used its strengths in information communications technology (ICT) to create jobs and reduce unemployment, especially youth unemployment. |
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has attended the launch of the Bank of Ireland’s new Export Initiative which seeks to provide financial support and advice to exporters across Northern Ireland.
Speaking at the launch in Parliament Buildings, Arlene Foster said: “This new initiative from Bank of Ireland will offer banking support and advice for companies seeking to expand their business into overseas markets.
“There has never been a more important time to focus on growing our export capabilities, given the continued uncertainty in the local, regional and global economy. |
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry, today saw first-hand how a management skills training programme has helped Bangor firm, Whale Pumps significantly improve the time to market with new products.
The company has attributed this success to completion of the Project Management Fundamentals programme supported by the Department for Employment and Learning [DEL]. The Project Management Fundamentals programme, delivered by Parity Solutions Ltd on behalf of DEL, is designed to help business managers develop a more structured approach to management of time, quality and cost. |
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster today welcomed a £745,000 investment by Teemore Engineering aimed at expanding the company’s market presence in Great Britain.
The Fermanagh-based firm is a leading manufacturer and supplier of livestock housing equipment. It also distributes complementary housing products targeted primarily at the UK and Ireland’s commercial beef and dairy industries. |
 Kircubbin-based Glastry Farm Ice-Cream is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to develop an innovative product that will also bring business benefits to Clandeboye Estate Yoghurt in Bangor.
Glastry Farm, an award-winning producer of luxury ice-cream, is using an Invest NI Innovation Voucher to develop a new frozen yoghurt dessert ice-cream. Clandeboye Estate will provide the yoghurt for the new Glastry Farm product being developed to boost sales particularly outside Northern Ireland. |
 Robert Craig and Sons, a Lisburn specialist in industrial pumps for 130 years, has won its first export business in Finland for a unique fuel polishing system following an Invest Northern Ireland trade mission.
The company won initial business in the Baltic region from a leading distributor of standby generators based in Helsinki, the Finnish capital. The polishing system, developed by the Northern Ireland company in partnership with an English manufacturer of fuel filters, eliminates the threat to the environment from diesel fuel that has deteriorated and may have ended up being dumped. |
February 22, 2012 |  |
 SpeechStorm®, a leader in software for automating customer service over the phone, is pleased to announce that British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (BSkyB) has deployed its advanced customer care applications to deliver highly personalised self-service to its 10.5 million Sky customers. As the UK's leading satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company, Sky deals with over 52 million calls a year. |
Lestas Consulting Ltd, a management consultancy in Coleraine, is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to explore business opportunities in international markets.
The company is now reaching out internationally for business by means of a fully interactive website developed with support from Invest NI.
Invest NI’s assistance to Lestas Consulting to develop its IT export-focused technology was announced by Des Gartland, Manager of Invest NI’s North West Regional Office. |
 CIS Oncology in Belfast is being assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to pinpoint opportunities in South Africa for its sophisticated software for cancer treatment.
The company, part of the CIS Healthcare operation, is following up its participation in the Invest NI’s ‘Going South Africa’ initiative which culminated in a trade mission to South Africa in December, by returning to the market this month.
During this follow-up visit the company has a series of meetings with potential clients interested in its unique ChemoCare software, an electronic prescribing system and management technology for cancer patients. |
 CIGA Healthcare in Ballymena has won its biggest single export deal following an Invest Northern Ireland trade mission to Saudi Arabia in October.
The company is to supply its full range of self-diagnostic products to AM Batterjee, a leading Saudi business located in Jeddah, for a network of pharmacies around the country. The contract is CIGA Healthcare’s first significant business in Saudi Arabia. |
 Export Technologies, an ecommerce software provider based at the Northern Ireland Science Park, is providing local businesses with a platform for global success after transacting over £500 million worth of online sales through its International Retail Platform (IRP) which has been recently upgraded to operate in multiple languages, currencies and pricing capabilities. This customer growth is underpinning the planned expansion of the company with a move to larger premises within the Science Park and the recruitment of 4 new software developers.
Ranking 12th in this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Export Technologies provides a world class ‘on demand’ ecommerce platform which is operated by Northern Ireland’s largest ecommerce site and top 100 UK online retailers Chain Reaction and local jewellers Argento who have expanded from a NI start-up to a successful nationwide company with over 40 stores across the UK and Ireland. |
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