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Brexit - now's the time to Plan, Act and Engage
Co-Innovate Programme launched
Latest Survey reveals local companies not taking advantage of stable environment to plan for potential Brexit impacts
The Talent Pipeline
Predict Conference - Europe’s Leading Data Conference 3rd October RDS Dublin
Colleges NI Online Survey
Regen Waste Management Ltd Newry and McAree Engineering Co Monaghan share their experiences of Brexit
Business Planning workshops - Various dates and locations
Go-2-Tender Workshops Dublin 14th and 28th September 2017
InterTradeIreland Monthly Regional Equity Advisory Clinic Belfast 21st Sept
10 Tips for Effective Communication
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Business Planning workshops - Various dates and locations
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Go-2-Tender Workshops Dublin 14th and 28th September 2017
 

Go-2-Tender gives SMEs the confidence, knowledge and practical skills to tender successfully for public sector contracts in their own jurisdiction or on a cross-border basis.

The workshops are geared towards SMEs who are new to tendering or who want to improve their basic tendering skills.  The course consists of a two day workshop and a half day of mentoring.

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InterTradeIreland Monthly Regional Equity Advisory Clinic Belfast 21st Sept
 
A monthly regional clinic aimed at helping companies seeking equity investment.
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Brexit
Brexit - now's the time to Plan, Act and Engage
 
Mark Steritt, Brexit Manager
Mark Steritt, Brexit Manager
Brexit continues to be the gift that keeps on giving for news editors, who have a seemingly insatiable appetite for all things Brexit-related as it continues to dominate traditional print and social media.  In addition to the media coverage there is no shortage of opinion pieces, speculation, predictions and projections from economists, advisors, banks and other reputable sources, which might lead you to think it is easy for SMEs to plan for the potential impact of Brexit on their businesses.

 

But this is not proving to be the case in practice as the latest InterTradeIreland Business Monitor survey has identified that 98% of SMEs across the island of Ireland are yet to commence planning for Brexit. 


In this article Mark Steritt, newly appointed Brexit Manager at InterTradeIreland outlines the importance of planning but also provides SMEs with help and support to get started.
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Co-Innovate Programme launched
 
Minister Heather Humphries , Dr Andrew McCormack Permanent Secretary Dept For Enterprise NI and Co-Innovate Partners
Minister Heather Humphries , Dr Andrew McCormack Permanent Secretary Dept For Enterprise NI and Co-Innovate Partners

With the introduction of the Co-Innovate Programme, over 1,400 SMEs are set to benefit from the €16.6 million cross-border scheme supporting innovation.

Last Thursday 7th September, the Minister for Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, launched the Co-Innovate programme in Monaghan, alongside the Permanent Secretary of the Department for the Economy, Dr Andrew McCormick. The launch was full to capacity with local enterprise agencies and business support organisations from Northern Ireland and the six border counties that had gathered to hear more about the programme, its supports and benefits to SMEs in their regions.

InterTradeIreland is proud to be lead partner of the Co-Innovate programme alongside Enterprise Northern Ireland, East Border Region, Local Enterprise Offices in the border region, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise in Scotland.

 

Co-Innovate aims to increase the numbers of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in research and innovation across the border region of Ireland (Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan, Sligo), Northern Ireland and parts of western Scotland, and was the first funding offer to be announced under the EU’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. 

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Business Monitor
Latest Survey reveals local companies not taking advantage of stable environment to plan for potential Brexit impacts
 

The latest quarterly (April - June 2017) InterTradeIreland Business Monitor Survey, shows that, despite the UK voting to leave the EU 12 months ago, the proportion of companies with a plan in place to deal with the potential outcomes of Brexit has remained static at 2 per cent.

 

This figure only increases to three per cent for those exporting, despite 34 per cent stating that they have already experienced a negative impact due to Brexit. Exporting businesses claim that the lack of clarity around Brexit is stalling planning efforts with more than three quarters (77 per cent) reporting that uncertainty makes it difficult to plan

Further Survey Results
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Business Blog
The Talent Pipeline
 

David McComb, one of InterTradeIreland's trade consultants takes us through the importance of people in our business, the value of a talent pipeline and considers the benefits of graduates being part of this talent pipeline. 


We often use the expression,”our people are our greatest asset,” but do we really mean it?  In some cases we may not have the asset we need, we may have an underperforming asset or have no sense of the assets we need in the future.  When looking at our organisations we focus on the need for working capital or improved cashflow, on our business systems and processes, on acquiring new equipment or technology, on sales and marketing plans.  Whilst these are all vital in sustaining and growing any business, they are often focused on at the expense of our greatest asset – our people.

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Business Supports
Predict Conference - Europe’s Leading Data Conference 3rd October RDS Dublin
 

Predict is Europe’s Leading Data Conference, covering data science, technology and the future. Predict takes place in the RDS on the 3rd of October. 

 

More than 50 international and Irish speakers will speak on topics including Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing 4.0, Sport, Fin Tech / Blockchain, Sharing Economy, Data Science, Internet of Things, Health & Quantified Self.

 

The speakers include: Dr. John F Elder of Elder Research. Dr. John O'Brien, Nestlé Research Centre’s Deputy Head. Karen Church of Intercom - Senior Manager of Product Analytics, and many more.

 

Here conference organiser Cronan McNamara describes the format: “We wanted to push the boundaries of traditional conferences to match how people really learn, connect and become inspired. We will have 50 speakers from three continents delivering ground-breaking case studies, a workshop series the following day, an exhibition floor and an ongoing programme of events in the lead-up to and following the conference”

 

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More News
Colleges NI Online Survey
 
The Further Education (FE) sector is launching a new campaign to raise awareness of the business support services available through the FE Colleges.

Colleges NI is encouraging SMEs to take the survey to help inform the current level of awareness amongst businesses about the Further Education sector.

This survey will take 5-10 minutes to complete. 
Start the Survey here
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SME in focus
Regen Waste Management Ltd Newry and McAree Engineering Co Monaghan share their experiences of Brexit


\Watch Regen Waste , Newry below

Re-Gen Waste Ltd - Brexit Case Study

 

 

 















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And Finally......
10 Tips for Effective Communication
by An article in AIB Business Brief July 2017
 
How many needless rows, arguments and disagreements have you had with colleagues, employees or clients that were down to simple misunderstandings and bad communications?  

In this article from AIB's July's Business brief, we share ten tips on how to avoid such unproductive encounters.
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