At the recent InterTradeIreland Meet the Buyer events we told you about ELEVATE – our sales development programme for micro-enterprises.  Elevate provides financial assistance to help you identify cross-border markets and new customers across the island.  By working with a marketing expert with experitse in your industry, you will have the opportunity to develop a winning cross-border sales plan for your business.

What’s in it for you?

• £5,000/€5,900 in support
• 100% funded
• Simple application process
• One to one advice

AM I eligible?

You must:

• Be a small company with less than 10 employees with the capacity (human, financial and production) to deliver this project.
• Be a manufacturing or a tradeable service company with an annual turnover less then £1m/€1.2m.
• Have a satisfactory track record and trading history in your home market (minimum 18 months).
• Be focused on winning new cross-border sales.
• Not have generated more than 30% of your total turnover in the cross-border market.
• Have a sufficiently unique product or service so as not to displace existing products or services in the market place.
• Sole traders and partnerships that satisfy the eligibility criteria are also welcome to apply.

How do I apply?

To find out more about Elevate and to download an application form visit www.intertradeireland.com/elevate or contact the InterTradeIreland trade team on 028 3083 4145 (048 from Ireland).

Spaces are limited so get your application in early!

*Funding will be based on the euro equivalent of £5,000 at the time of application