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Growth in SME sector holding in second quarter - monitor

Two in five small and medium-sized enterprises reported growth during the second quarter of the year, the highest level in over two years.

Ireland • 11 Sep

Martin Robinson, InterTradeIreland's Director of Strategy

1/3 of SMEs say global & trade uncertainties top concerns

A third of business owners across the island of Ireland have identified global politics and trade uncertainties among the top 3 concerns for businesses

Business • 12 Jun

Margaret Hearty, Chief Executive of InterTradeIreland, Peter Burke, Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and Dr Paul Byrnes, Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Mavarick.

Entries open for InterTradeIreland competition

InterTradeIreland is now accepting entries for its Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition.

Business • 25 Mar

Martin Robinson, Director of Strategy, InterTradeIreland

Will business in NI benefit in EU/US trade war?

InterTradeIreland has said it is difficult to speculate on what opportunities will emerge for businesses in Northern Ireland, when the US imposes tariffs on the EU and not the UK.

Business • 14 Mar

Alison Currie, IntertradeIreland's Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Colin McCabrey, Director of Trade; Margaret Hearty, InterTradeIreland's CEO; Martin Agnew, Director of Corporate Services and Martin Robinson, Director of Strategy

InterTradeIreland's Venture Capital conference next month

InterTradeIreland's All-Island Venture Capital Conference returns to Dublin next month.

Business • 17 Feb

InterTradeIreland marks its 25th anniversary

All-island economic development agency InterTradeIreland said it has directly assisted more than 60,000 businesses across the island since it was founded 25 years ago.

Business • 05 Dec 24

The report highlights a number of challenges facing companies - with the high cost of energy and other overheads top of the list.

Costs and lack of skills impacting business growth plans

High costs and a lack of skilled workers are impacting the growth plans of many companies, new research shows.

Business • 21 Nov 24

Bruce Murphy, Chief Scientific Officer at Plio Surgical, Cristina Purtill, CEO of Plio Surgical, Richard Kennedy, Chairman InterTradeIreland & Stephen Johnson Barker, Engineer at Plio Surgical.

Plio Surgical wins InterTradeIreland Seedcorn competition

Plio Surgical is the overall winner of the InterTradeIreland all-island Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition.

Business • 08 Nov 24

56% of the 750 companies surveyed said they are stable, while one third are growing.

One in three companies struggling to find skilled staff

One in three companies are struggling to find staff with the right skills, new research shows.

Business • 05 Sep 24

Aidan Doherty, Managing Director MOAT Consultants, Caroline Sweeney, Trade Manager InterTradeIreland, Siobhan Caulfield, Project Manager InterTradeIreland, Margaret Dineen, CEO & founder Blue Sky Food Consulting, Aidan Farnan, Director MOAT Consultants

InterTradeIreland to provide new supply chain supports

InterTradeIreland, the all-island economic development agency, is offering a new support for busiesses operating in the food, manufacturing and engineering sectors designed to boost their supply chain resilience.

Business • 22 Aug 24

Martin Robinson, Director of Strategy at InterTradeIreland.

Cross-border traders outperforming others

Businesses that trade across the border are performing better than those that don't, new data shows.

Business • 28 May 24

Business optimism rises amid increased profitability

Optimism among businesses is rising amid increased profitability, new research shows.

Business • 29 Feb 24

Business landscape becoming 'increasingly competitive'

The business landscape is becoming increasingly competitive, according to a new report by the cross-border body InterTradeIreland.

Business • 16 Nov 23

Pictured l-r: Lorraine Acheson, Women in Business NI; Alison Currie, InterTradeIreland; Emma Early Murphy, Network Ireland and Roisin McDermott, Women in Busienss NI

All-island programme launched for women entrepreneurs

A new all-island growth programme targeted at women entrepreneurs has been announced.

Business • 25 Oct 23

HBAN angels invest record-breaking €33m in start-ups

The Halo Business Angel Network has reported its best ever year after it invested a record-breaking €33m in 78 companies on the island of Ireland last year.

Business • 28 Mar 23

Access to more customers was helping to boost sales at firms selling across the border, according to Martin Robinson, director of strategy at IntertradeIreland

Cross-border firms doing better than others - survey

Companies that trade across the border are performing better than those that don't, according to the latest Business Monitor from Intertrade Ireland.

Business • 15 Aug 22

Rising costs begin to impact profitability of SMEs

A new survey shows that energy bills are now the biggest concern facing SMEs on the island of Ireland with 86% citing it as an issue, followed closely by overheads at 84% as the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 decreases.

Business • 23 May 22

Covid-19 continues to be a problem for businesses, InterTradeIreland found

Covid continues to challenge two thirds of firms

Two thirds of firms in the Republic of Ireland and the north say they continue to be concerned about the impact of Covid-19, a new survey from InterTradeIreland has found.

Business • 28 Feb 22

Richard Kennedy is chief executive of Belfast-based agri-tech company Devenish

InterTradeIreland names Kennedy as new chairman

Cross-border trade and economic development body InterTradeIreland has named Richard Kennedy as its new Chairman.

Business • 24 Jan 22

Gasgon Medical named InterTradeIreland Seedcorn winner

Cork-based med-tech firm Gasgon Medical has been named the overall winner of the InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition, pocketing a cash prize of €100,000.

Business • 26 Nov 21

InterTradeIreland's new Business Monitor shows that the wider economy is within touching distance of recovering to pre-Covid levels

Economic recovery on track despite challenges - survey

A new survey shows that 46% of SMEs that trade across the border are reporting higher sales in the third quarter of this year compared to 35% of their non-exporting peers.

Business • 01 Nov 21

The monitor shows that an up-lift in sales is visible across all sectors and size of firms

Three quarters of all businesses now operational

Most companies on both sides of the border are firmly in recovery mode as Covid-19 restrictions ease, according to InterTradeIreland's latest quarterly business monitor.

Business • 09 Aug 21

Intertrade Ireland's Shane O'Hanlon and Connor Sweeney

€300,000 prize fund for budding start-ups

InterTradeIreland's Seedcorn Investor Readiness competition, the largest business competition of its kind, is offering start-up and early stage companies a record total cash prize fund of €300,000.

Business • 04 May 21

Cross-border trade reached an all-time high of €7.4 billion last year

Cross-border trade hits new high - InterTradeIreland

Cross-border trade reached an all-time high of €7.4 billion in 2019 despite uncertainty around Brexit, new figures from InterTradeIreland show today.

Business • 17 Feb 20

IntertradeIreland's Director of Strategy and Policy Aidan Gough

37% of all-island firms say Brexit having negative hit

Brexit remains the single biggest challenge facing SMEs with over one third of firms on the island of Ireland saying that the UK's planned exit from the European Union is having a negative impact on their business.

Business • 04 Nov 19

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