Take the Stepinto the Eurozone

When it comes to Brexit and your business, it’s critical to ensure that your exports are sufficiently diversified. Choosing the right international opportunities and how to address them will be key success factors in your export strategy — and Enterprise Ireland is here to help. Speak to your Development Advisor today.

Here are the five key steps you need to take and how Enterprise Ireland can support you at each stage of your journey into the Eurozone:

1.Scope

Using available resources, identify the opportunities for your company in Eurozone markets including The Market Research Centre, Ambition Workshops and Going Global Guides.

2.Assessment

Assess the opportunities in the Eurozone for your business through speaking with your Enterprise Ireland Development Advisor or online through the Exporter Development Scorecard.

3.Validation

Based on the outcomes of your research, make an informed decision as to which market will be your focus. Enterprise Ireland’s Market Discovery Fund is designed to support ambitious companies to develop a viable and sustainable strategy.

4.Entry

As you prepare to enter a new market, determining the people and skills you need is a crucial pillar of success. Enterprise Ireland’s GradStart programme can help with salary support for graduate talent.

5.Scale

Enterprise Ireland offers customised supports to assist companies as they scale and compete globally such as the Enter the Eurozone programme and the Excel at Market Intelligence series of workshops.

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Supports

Market Research Centre

Enterprise Ireland’s Market Research Centre assists client companies with access to premium global business intelligence databases to help them make more informed business decisions around market identification, assessment and validation.

Market Research Centre

Market Discovery Fund

Designed to help ambitious client companies of all sizes to enter new markets by providing up to €150,000 in funding. The Market Discovery Fund supports companies in developing a viable and sustainable market entry strategy.

Market Discovery Fund

Enter The Eurozone

Delivered by the European School of Management and Technology ESMT GmbH, Enter the Eurozone programme helps Irish businesses not currently exporting into the Eurozone to develop a market entry plan. Companies address their chosen market’s critical challenges and target a first significant Eurozone contract to win.

Enter the Eurozone

GradStart Programme

This 24-month placement provides salary support of up to 70% for the employment of graduate talent to assist client companies when expanding into new markets.

Read how Dmac Media attracted fresh talent with GradStart or click below to learn more about the programme.

GradStart Programme

Ambition Events

Ambition events can help you learn more about exporting by hearing from other client companies and sectoral experts on the opportunities and challenges specific to certain markets.

Ambition Events

Excel @ Market Intelligence

This online programme, supported by Business Growth Advisors, helps Irish businesses gain a competitive edge in the global marketplace. Companies learn best-practice techniques for ethically gathering essential information and data from which they can draw insights about their market and competitors.

Excel @ Market Intelligence