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Get the knowledge and skills to increase export capability and cross-border sales

The First-Time Exporters Accelerator programme from InterTradeIreland is for SMEs who have little or no experience of trading cross-border.

It’s a practical, fully funded programme of 91Ï㽶»ÆÉ«ÊÓƵ including mentoring and training in export strategy development, export market analysis and business networking opportunities.

The First-Time Exporters Accelerator aims to give ambitious business leaders the knowledge and skills to increase export capability and cross-border sales.

Participating businesses will experience a stimulating and fully 91Ï㽶»ÆÉ«ÊÓƵed, training and mentoring programme designed to accelerate cross-border sales.

Your export journey will be centred around the following key steps: identify, research and analyse market segments suitable for selling, develop an actionable export plan and – most of all – focus on profitable sales for your business.

Programme activities

Delivered by experienced export professionals with input from successful cross-border exporters and professional membership bodies, this programme has been designed to:

• Quickly provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need to demystify export success.
• Develop a leadership focus on driving your business to achievable cross-border sales.
• Provide funded 91Ï㽶»ÆÉ«ÊÓƵ to overcome the varied export obstacles faced by SMEs.

What can you expect from the First-Time Exporters Accelerator?

• A series of 4 online and in-person workshops providing clear direction on how to export.
• Personalised one-to-one mentoring to progress you in the right direction with confidence.
• Sales driven market research to identify clear opportunities for your business.
• An actionable cross-border export plan ready for implementation.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, participating businesses must:

• Be an SME with less than 250 staff.
• Have a minimum annual turnover of £100,000 and not exceeding £40 million per annum (or Euro Equivalent).
• Be an indigenous business registered in Ireland or Northern Ireland.
• Be active in the manufacturing or tradable services sectors. By tradable services, InterTradeIreland requires the business service to be delivered in the cross-border market, and not just to attract customers from the cross-border market to their service business in the home market.
• Have a minimum 12 months trading history.
• Have more than 75% of sales in their home market.
• Have cross-border sales in the opposite jurisdiction of less than 7% of company turnover.
• Be able to complete the First-Time Exporters Accelerator project within a maximum 6 months of approval.

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For more information please contact info@fullcircle.eu.com or 028 9069 1027.

First published 29 April 2025