Archive for Export sales
Export success in Denmark for local kitchen company
Posted by: | CommentsHandel Export client CKOS Kitchens has recently won significant new business and has just appointed 5 new wholesalers in the Danish market to sell their wide range of kitchens. CKOS Kitchens, established just over a year ago, specialises in bespoke kitchens to the wholesale market. Their main customer base is on the UK mainland where they have already secured over 100 wholesalers in their first year of trading.
Winning Sales – Basic Level Training
Posted by: | CommentsThere are still a few places available on the Invest NI ‘Winning Sales – Basic Level’ training course taking place in Cookstown on Thursday 10th September. This interactive workshop delivered by Suzanne Hill of Handel Export and colleague Paul Harding is particularly suitable for people who have limited or no previous knowledge of sales, such as staff working in a technical role who are taking on sales responsibility, or those working in a sales support role who are moving towards a more customer – facing role. The key objectives of the workshop are to:
Handel Export launches trade visit to Poland in October 2009
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- Map of Poland
This week Handel Export is officially launching a new trade development programme to Poland in cooperation with our partners, the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Invest NI. The purpose of the project is to enable Northern Irish companies to gain fast-track access to contacts and business opportunities in the Polish market and to build trading relationships with their Polish counterparts. The Trade development Programme encompasses a market visit to Warsaw which will take place from the 26th – 30th October 2009.
This project will be the 7th such venture that Handel Export and the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce have carried out to Poland in the last several years. Numerous Northern Irish companies have participated, this has facilitated trading relations with Polish partners. Many Northern Ireland companies have established offices in Poland, sourced Polish suppliers, established distribution networks for their products and services and established strategic alliances with Polish partners.
Launch of Northern Ireland branch of Ireland Poland Business Association
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Warsaw old town
The Ireland Poland Business Association (IPBA)is a well-established bilateral trade association whose main objective is to promote trade and business relations between the island of Ireland and Poland. At the invitation of the Honorary Consul for Poland in Northern Ireland, the IBPA has decided to form a branch in Northern Ireland.
The launch of this association will take place on Friday 5th June 2009 at 12.00 noon at the Canal Court Hotel, Merchant’s Quay, Newry. A light lunch will be served at 1.15pm. The event will give participants an overview of the many opportunities available to companies looking for new markets or to grow existing business interests in Poland. Speakers at the event will outline the business opportunities in the Polish market, as well as the benefits of membership of the Northern Ireland Poland Business Association.
How to avoid common exporter mistakes – Part 2
Posted by: | CommentsIn the second part of the series of ‘How to avoid common exporter mistakes’ Handel Export will outline the importance of carrying out sufficient and appropriate market research when approaching a new export market.
Part 2: Failure to carry out sufficient or appropriate market research
Carrying out good market research prior to entering a new market is vital for a number of reasons, not least for saving you time and money through making sure you get it right first time.
