Devolved Administrations
This section lists the devolved adminstrations relating to international trade development in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland
Invest Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland’s economic development agency. Their overall goal is to help create wealth for the benefit of the whole community by strengthening the economy and helping it grow.
INI do this by supporting business development, helping to increase export levels, attracting high quality inward investment, and stimulating a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Specifically INI want to increase business productivity and boost Northern Ireland’s Gross Value Added (GVA) per employee, which is around 20 per cent lower that the UK average. GVA is the contribution each employee makes to the economy, and increasing it will help to generate wealth for the benefit of the whole community.
INI offers the Northern Ireland business community a single organisation providing high-quality services, programmes, support and expert advice.
INI principally support businesses in the manufacturing and tradeable services sectors.
Scottish Development International
SDI’s aim is to broaden Scotland's international appeal as a first choice source of knowledge and to assist the growth of the Scottish economy, by encouraging inward investment and helping Scottish-based companies develop international trade.
SDI provide a full package of overseas business services to help companies think globally and broaden Scotland’s appeal as they do so.
Scotland has key strengths in knowledge, high level skills, technology and innovation that can be exploited as Scottish companies look to explore new markets across the world. Our overseas business services facilitate the growth of Scotland’s economy by helping companies build on these strengths as they develop international trade.
To date around 1,500 leading global companies, including Amazon, 02, Dell, and Wyeth, have invested in Scotland.
Wales Trade International
International Business Wales (IBW), part of the Welsh Assembly Government, is 100% behind ambitious businesses ready to enter global markets and have developed a suite of flexible services to support Welsh Companies.
IBW experienced advisors can help with:
• Identifying and researching potential overseas markets
• Identifying and meeting potential foreign partners
• Managing international projects
• Developing a bespoke export strategy
• Information about the industrial, political and legal situation in a targeted country
The IBW support network is global and helps unearth new opportunities and convert them into real business.
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