Kick Start 2 Programme

What is the Kick Start 2 Programme? Kick Start 2 forms part of the Innovating Business Growth Programme. The core aim of Kick Start 2 is to provide practical and developmental assistance to local businesses in infancy and support them to enhance survival rates. The FREE  Programme works to help participants develop the skills, confidence and momentum…

FODC Sales Academy Programme

This programme offers support to businesses located within the Fermanagh Omagh District Council area who have been trading for more than 12 months and employ less than 50 people. Participants will receive 21 hours of one-to-one bespoke mentoring with an experienced consultant who is allocated based on the businesses area of support needed. Participants will…

Economic Recovery Innovation Grant

A new £4 million innovation grant for SMEs opens for applications Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) has launched the Economic Recovery Innovation Grant (ERIG) to support small and medium-sized businesses to develop and implement innovative projects. ERIG will provide up to £5,000 to help businesses develop new, or improve existing products, services or processes through…

Digital Marketing for Business Start Ups

Webinar & Topic Audience/ Target Market – Identifying your audience/customer persona – Selling to your target audience – Branding and Business Image Creating Content – Tour around Instagram and Facebook and all their features – Creating quality content (images and video) with your phone camera – How to create designs in Canva (graphic design) and…

Northern Ireland Industry Market Access Programme

Support programme for tourism businesses in Northern Ireland Tourism Northern Ireland and Tourism Ireland have partnered to support Northern Ireland tourism business to secure international business for future years. The Northern Ireland Industry Market Access Programme (NI IMAP) is funded through the Tourism Recovery Action Plan and will operate on a pilot basis from 4 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.…

New £4million innovation grant for SMEs

Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today announced a new grant to support local businesses to develop and implement innovative projects. The £4million Economic Recovery Innovation Grant (ERIG) will provide up to £5,000 of support to SMEs develop new, or improve existing, products, services or processes through innovation. ERIG is a new scheme developed by Invest Northern…

Young Enterprise NI Online Challenge

Global Enterprise Week 2021 To celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 8 -14 November, Young Enteprise NI launched an exciting business challenge on behalf of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area! Students were set the challenge to ‘Come up with a new purpose for an empty unit in their local town within the council area! The winning students and…

What is social enterprise?

Global Enterprise Week 2021 Interested in setting up a Social Enterprise to enhance your local community? Join Social Enterprise NI to learn how to establish a Social Enterprise and hear from two local Social Enterprises who successfully set up Social Enterprises in their areas – Fermanagh House & Arc Healthy Living. Register here. Date: Friday 12…