Tradelinks mentor programme - call for interested businesses

Sligo County Enterprise Board are seeking suitable Sligo businesses to register their interest for Tradelinks 2012. Tradelinks is a business development programme, delivered by Enterprise NI & its network of Local Enterprise Agencies and the Border County Enterprise Boards, designed to assist the micro-enterprise sector across Northern Ireland and the Border counties of Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal in developing their ability to undertake or expand their cross-border trade.

Tradelinks hopes to deliver a third tranche of the programme beginning in mid-2012. Tradelinks are seeking expressions of interest from businesses who believe this programme would be of benefit.

The programme is a mentoring type programme that is funded through cross-border funds and participants can receive up to €5,500 worth of professional help in developing and expanding their business which will include:

• Initial assessment of your business and a Business Improvement Plan to help you focus on the issues you should be addressing
• Market Entry Support (a marketing plan to assess potential target markets)
• Business Support Mentoring (Can include for example a mix of Marketing, Finance, IT and E-commerce, Systems and procedures, Market Research, Exporting etc.)
• Linkage Support (support to help you develop sales pitches and get face to face meetings with potential customer(s) in Northern Ireland)

As places will be limited on the 2012 programme, please e-mail your expression of interest to Sligo County Enterprise Board at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by Friday 9th December 2011. Companies expressing an interest will be retained on a waiting list and will be contacted at programme commencement.