Why Northern Ireland?

Northern Ireland is a fantastic place to live, work and do business.

Doing business with Northern Ireland can help your company grow. Northern Ireland is a great place to grow a business internationally thanks to its highly skilled talent, excellent infrastructure, competitive costs, and supportive, business-friendly environment. It is also home to world-class suppliers with global exporting experience that can fill gaps in your supply chain.

Northern Ireland's Unique Market Access Position following EU Exit

Following the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), Northern Ireland continues to have access to Great Britain (GB) and EU markets for goods. This means that Northern Ireland is a gateway for the sale of goods to two of the world’s largest markets and the only place where businesses can operate free from customs declarations, rules of origin certificates and non-tariff barriers on the sale of goods to both GB and the EU.

This puts Northern Ireland in the highly advantageous position of being the only region in the world able to trade goods freely with both the GB and EU markets. 

By establishing your business in Northern Ireland, you can become much more competitive thanks to unique tariff-free access to two of the biggest markets in the world. 

Read more about Northern Ireland’s Tariff-Free Market Access to GB and the EU.

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Northern Ireland and the MaRS Global Programme

If you're a founder or entrepreneur with bold ambitions, the MaRS Global Programme is your gateway to transformative growth.

Through an exclusive partnership with Invest NI, the MaRS Global Programme provides businesses with the opportunity to explore and capitalise on the North American market.

Through the six-month programme, you will gain access to leading-edge workshops, and one-on-one support to help sharpen your value proposition and perfect your pitch. You’ll also connect with key stakeholders during an immersive, in-market visit to Toronto.*

The programme will be of interest to businesses with innovative solutions to global problems across many fields, but particularly in healthcare, med-tech, clean-tech, clean energy, biotech, fintech, AI, and advanced manufacturing. The programme is for Northern Irish based businesses only.

The application call for the MaRS Global Programme is open from Monday 20 January, 9:00 until Friday 31 January, 12 noon.

* Participants are responsible for covering their own travel expenses (flights, accommodation, meals) during the in-market visit, but all programme-related costs will be covered by Invest NI.

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