11^th March 2015 - The 14^th annual InterTradeIreland Venture Capital Conference entitled, “Your opportunity to meet investors’’ sponsored by Kernel Capital and Eugene F. Collins.today attracted all of the major active venture capital and business angel networks from across the island.

This year’s conference taking place in the Helix, Dublin City University today will build on the experiences of companies that have been through the venture capital and Business Angel funding process and showcase the buoyant equity scene on the island, with an increasing number of venture funds and Business Angel syndicates actively competing for the best early stage investment opportunities.

If you are at the early stage of assessing the potential of developing a cross-border business plan then you may have many financial, logistical and regulatory questions you need answers to. But where do you get these answers?

InterTradeIreland offers financial support worth up to £1,000/€1,200 plus VAT towards professional advice in areas such as finance, regulation, employment law, currency, sales & marketing and tendering.

Limavady based company Arbarr Electronics, a High Tech SME specialising in Energy Storage Systems, has been commended for its achievement in InterTradeIreland’s FUSION programme and awarded with a ‘Project Exemplar’ for outstanding innovation.

The award recognises exceptionally high levels of innovation and collaboration between a company, their graduate and an academic. InterTradeIreland is now seeking further likeminded companies for FUSION.

According to the latest InterTradeIreland Business Monitor, 85 per cent of firms are either stable or growing.

However the number of firms that have stabilised rose from 43 per cent to 48 per cent with a drop in the number of businesses experiencing growth from 45 per cent to 37 per cent.  

Profitability remained stable this quarter with 58 per cent reporting to have stayed in the black over the last 12 months. 

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has installed a Treasury Management System (TMS) from Salmon Software (www.salmonsoftware.com).  

The global aircraft leasing firm has successfully implemented Salmon Treasurer to allow it to effectively manage its debt facilities which comprised in excess of $4.25bn of secured and unsecured debt at the end of September 2014.

Salmon Software was awarded Business Ambassador Status by InterTradeIreland in 2014.