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Latest InterTradeIreland Business Monitor Reveals a Broader Recovery Across All Sectors
InterTradeIreland Innovation Lecture 2014 Focuses on Open Innovation
InterTradeIreland Helps Small Companies Generate New Export Sales
Oxymem wins All-Island Innovation Awards 2014
Annual Conference Addresses the Topic : Has There Ever Been a Better Time to Raise Equity?
Gem Oils wins Translinks tender thanks to InterTradeIreland Tender Initiative- Go-2-Tender
13th June- Belfast - Exporting Masterclass
30th June - Belfast - InterTradeIreland Business Ambassador Event
Various dates - Go-2-Tender workshops
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Latest InterTradeIreland Business Monitor Reveals a Broader Recovery Across All Sectors

The Results

Results from this quarter also highlighted an increasing gap between exporters and non-exporters, in terms of sales growth, with 52 per cent of those selling cross-border or further afield reporting increased sales in contrast with the 31 percent reported by firms who don’t export. 

Aidan Gough, Strategy and Policy Director at InterTradeIreland said: “Last quarter more businesses than ever were reporting growth, it is reassuring to see that this is now beginning to translate into more businesses looking to recruit. Although many firms are still cautious, this combined with recent investment announcements, could help boost confidence in the wider economy. It is also encouraging to see the pick-up in activity in two important sectors, retail & leisure and construction which should give a further boost to jobs prospects”

According to Aidan, “as recovery takes hold and confidence grows, more businesses will be looking to invest. In this regard, we are happy to see that access to finance is not a key challenge for the businesses surveyed, but we would encourage SMEs seeking finance to do so in a strategic manner with well prepared business plans and to look at and explore all finance options available to them.  In a recent report by InterTradeIreland, it was revealed that 94% of funding comes from bank lending in the form of overdrafts and loans. However it is important that SMES are aware of other sources of finance available, such as Angel Investors, Crowdfunders and of course Government supports and choose the option that is a best fit with their investment objectives.”

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For more information on InterTradeIreland and the business support programmes available, please visit www.intertradeireland.com. A copy of the 2014 Q1 InterTradeIreland Business Monitor Executive Summary can be viewed at: www.intertradeireland.com/researchandpublications.

Want to view all - island Trade Statistics ?

InterTradeIreland has also recently revamped its cross-border statistics website adding new interactive charts and tables with insights to cross-border flows on the island. In these web-pages individuals or companies will be able to access total and sector cross-border trade data for Ireland and Northern Ireland as well as statistics on key areas such as cross-border tourism and cross-border student flows.  To access this resource go to:

http://www.intertradeireland.com/researchandpublications/trade-statistics/


Background to InterTradeIreland Business Monitor

InterTradeIreland’s quarterly Business Monitor survey is the largest and most comprehensive business survey on the island and is based on the views of more than 750 business managers across Northern Ireland and Ireland. It differs from other surveys in that it is seen to be the ‘voice of local businesses’ feeding directly from telephone interviews conducted with a robust sample of firms of all sizes across a range of sectors to track all-island economic indicators such as sales, employment, business outlook and other specific topical research areas on a quarter by quarter basis.


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