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Architectural & Engineering Service – Export Marketing Breakfast Seminar
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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 26th 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.
Launch of Northern Ireland branch of Ireland Poland Business Association
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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.
Polish regions – Discover new places for doing business and for recreation
Posted by: | CommentsThe Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Polish Embassy in Dublin and the Ireland Poland Business Association, together with the Polish Nation Tourist Office present the Conference – ‘Polish regions – Discover new places for doing business and for recreation. The conference will take place on Thursday 21st May at the Ballsbridge Court Hotel in Dublin from 9.30am – 4pm.
Poland is the largest new European Union member with great business opportunities created by the size of the Polish market, the low labour costs, perspectives for economic growth and the availability of well educated personnel. Poland is divided into 16 voivodships. Each of these regions has its own specific character and offers different business opportunities. Poland benefits from the largest amount of EU Funds of any beneficiary EU member state: over €67 billion is available for the development of its infrastructure and workforce until 2013.
Northern Ireland construction delegation wins success in Polish market
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Handel Export led a delegation of 14 Northern Irish construction companies to Poland from 18th – 22nd January along with its partner, the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce (NICC). The trade visit was the 6th such project undertaken by Handel Export and NICC in the last few years. Poland remains an attractive market for Northern Irish companies, many of whom have significant numbers of Polish staff at all levels of their organisations. Feedback on the visit and perceptions of opportunities in the Polish market were very positive, with many of the companies already committed to carrying out follow up visits in the next few weeks and months. Participation in a group market visit such as this also enables the companies to exchange contacts and views on the market. The visit was organised to coincide with the BUDMA construction exhibition in Poznan, giving companies another opportunity to see what companies, products and innovations are currently trading in the Polish market.
