DfE - LCCC - Sales and Export Trade Development Progranmme for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council and Newry, Mourne, Down District Council

The Sales and Export Trade Development Programme aims to offer support to 200 businesses and provide sales and export development advice to participating businesses to access new opportunities for work. All businesses on the Programme should be primed for growth and have the potential to retain and create additional employment which will result in creating more sustainable and competitive businesses, expanding the private sector and creating a world class business climate in the LCCC and NMDDC areas. The key aims of the programme are to provide one-to-one mentoring, group mentoring and exposure to support the growth of small businesses in generating sales at home and in new markets – ROI and GB; help these businesses understand better the support already available to them and to create new jobs and protect existing ones. The programme will be delivered through three separate but interlinked initiatives.