Suzanne Hill Managing Director of Handel Export Consulting will be speaking at an Invest NI event to encourage companies in the Architectural and Engineering Services industry to look at generating new business in export markets. The event will take place on Thursday 26^th November at Invest NI Headquarters in Bedford Square, Belfast.

The current economic downturn has had a significant impact on the local market for many Service Subsectors including Architectural and Engineering Services. Invest NI aims to strengthen the economy by helping businesses to develop and increase their sales in export markets. Over recent years the Services Sector has become an increasingly important part of the Northern Ireland economy and Invest NI is committed to providing the appropriate support for those service businesses that have the potential to trade in export markets.

Handel Export has a strong track record of working with many companies in the Architectural and Engineering Services sector, helping them to successfully enter new export markets. Handel Export has worked with many companies in the sector providing a range of export consultancy assistance including, helping them to refine their service offering, to spot opportunities for individual companies according to their niche areas of expertise, to find partners in their target markets, to help them to market and promote their services in the export market, and also to establish overseas offices.

During the seminar, Suzanne Hill of Handel Export will outline opportunities in this sector in key markets in Central Europe such as Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia. The seminar will include details on the requirements for becoming an Invest NI client, and an overview of the Invest NI Trade Services that have been developed to help businesses gain entry to export markets, including Trade Missions to key markets in 2010.

The event agenda is as follows:

08.30     Registration for the event and buffet breakfast

09.00     Introduction and overview of Invest NI – George McKinney, Invest NI

09.10     Export opportunities in the construction sector – Noel Johnston, Invest NI

09.30     Successful entry to export markets – Eleanor Butterwick, Invest NI

09.40     Opportunities in Central European markets – Suzanne Hill, Handel Export

10.00     Case study – Edward Quigg, Quigg Golden Limited

10.20     Questions & Answers, next steps – George McKinney

You can book a place at this event by clicking here

This seminar will be of interest to any company in the Architectural and Engineering Services Sector who would like to explore opportunities in markets outside the UK and Ireland.