Details of an intensified programme of ministerial-led trade missions and events to support Irish exporters in the wake of the UK referendum for the rest of the 2016 has been announced by Enterprise Ireland today.
In conjunction with the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Foreign Affairs and Trade, Enterprise Ireland has planned 68 events between July and December 2016. This includes 26 ministerial-led trade missions for the second half of the year. In total there will be 36 ministerial-led trade missions and events in 2016 - almost double the number in 2015.
The expanded international trade mission and events programme is one of the key actions outlined by Enterprise Ireland in its ‘5 pillars of support’ plan, to help client companies exporting to the UK launched by the agency directly after the UK referendum.
The expanded programme will draw from Enterprise Ireland’s international network, research and market intelligence.
It will also utilise key contacts from the Department of Jobs, enterprise and Innovation, and the Embassy and Missions network from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to help provide the greatest opportunity for Irish companies to grow their exports
CEO of Enterprise Ireland, Julie Sinnamon says, "We recently announced record export results of €20.6bn which demonstrates that our strategy of helping clients expand into new markets in recent years is working. We will now intensify that approach in order to increase the opportunities for Irish exporters to scale their businesses into other global markets continuing to reduce our overall dependence on the UK market."
She added, "Our strategy is to continue to increase the number of globally diversified Irish companies and we will now firmly focus on opportunities in Northern Europe, the USA, Canada and other high-growth markets including the Middle East and Asia Pacific."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
