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Trade News
Connecting local business with
Italy and Turkey
T
wo delegations of local companies are set to visit Italy and Turkey Italy remains one of the largest markets for UK exports. Italian
this Autumn as part of the Northern Ireland Chamber of government policies are increasingly directed at the structural reform of
Commerce’s (NICC) new trade initiative ‘Chamber Connections’. the economy with the liberalisation of key sectors such as energy and
NICC is, by its very nature, part of a global network of chambers and telecommunications. There is growing interest in the concept of public-
seeks to utilise these worldwide connections on behalf of local business. private partnership in the public services, which is providing new
The pilot programme is funded by InvestNI under Passport to Export investment and co-operation opportunities for Northern Ireland
and aims to encourage local companies to look further afield and meet companies.
likeminded companies in other European cities through participation on Sectors of Opportunity
mini-trade missions. • Clothing, footwear and fashion
Italy
• Construction/infrastructure projects
• Creative and media
Salerno in the south west of Italy is the destination for the visit planned • Energy
for the end of October which will coincide with the annual convention
of Italian Chambers abroad and will be organised in collaboration with
• Environment
the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the UK.
• Food and drink
• Healthcare
• ICT
• Security
Turkey
NICC are working with the Turkish British Chamber of Commerce for
the visit scheduled to Istanbul in November. By the year 2050 it is
predicted that Turkey will be one of the world's 10 largest economies
and there exists significant trade and investment opportunities for
Northern Ireland companies, both now and in the long term, in virtually
every sector.
Turkey has a strong foundation to enable recovery from the global
economic slowdown. There are long term developments planned in
transport and energy infrastructure and there is also an ongoing
privatisation programme, including the leading ferry operator and the
gas distributor.
Sectors of opportunity
• Environment
• Water
• Ports
• Agriculture
• Airports
• Financial services
• Education and skills
• ICT
For further information contact Sandra Beattie on 9024 4113 or email
Pictured at the recent launch of the new ‘Chamber Connections’
sandra.beattie@northernirelandchamber.com.
initiative are NICC’s trade development manager Sandra Beattie and
Leo D’Agostino, honorary consul for Italy.
Market information sourced at www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Food for thought
T
he third in the series of six InterTradeIreland Network and Getwork
Construction, environmental and engineering
events took place on September 17 in the Gresham Hotel in Dublin
for the Food and Tourism sector. The event was attended by 40
The Network and Getwork team are now inviting businesses to register
companies in total from all over Ireland.
for the opportunity to attend ‘Meet the Construction, Environmental and
The buying organisations, Musgraves, Carrolls Giftware, Jurys Hotels
Engineering Buyer’ Events to be held in February 2010.
and the Rezidor Group all met on a one to one basis with Northern
We can guarantee that key decision makers from these sectors will be
Ireland companies to explore areas of opportunities for supply in the
attending this event. The participating Network and Getwork companies
future. All the participating companies went through a rigorous selection
will get exclusive time to pitch individually throughout the day and also
process to be part of the day with the buying organisations choosing the
enjoy a lunch and participant to participant networking.
companies they wished to meet with.
The whole event will be designed and crafted to ensure maximum
The next event for food and tourism related products will be in Belfast
results for those taking part. It will facilitate early engagement of
on December 3 2009 and will have some of the biggest names in
suppliers, setting up further business development meetings and making
Northern Ireland food service, retail and Public sector participating. We
sales.
look forward to reporting more success for Northern Ireland companies
To register your interest in participating please contact Eamonn Cavlan:
after this event.
Eamonn.cavlan@northernirelandchamber.com or 9024 4113
For more information visit: www.networkandgetwork.com/
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