Digitalisation Solutions
- Invest NI
- Northern Ireland
Advisory support helping Northern Ireland businesses adopt digital systems such as ERP, MIS and CRM.
- Digital manufacturing
- Digital & Automation
Growth Hub
Invest NI
Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency, providing businesses with a single source of services, programmes, support and advice to operate efficiently and compete.
Northern Ireland
How they can help
Northern Ireland's regional economic development agency, providing businesses with a single source of services, programmes, support and advice to operate efficiently and compete.
Relevance to manufacturers
High
Support and programmes
Advice & guidance Grant scheme Funding for Innovation and Research and Development
- Invest NI
- Northern Ireland
Support and funding routes for Northern Ireland businesses undertaking innovation and research and development.
- Funding & Grants
- Innovation & R&D
Programme Resource Matching Service Northern Ireland
- Invest NI
- Northern Ireland
Free support connects NI businesses to reuse or repurpose waste, by-products, energy, equipment and underused resources, with workshops and carbon/cost savings support.
- Energy & net zero
- Net Zero & Sustainability
Funding opportunities
Grant Invest NI Grant for R&D
Invest NI
Discretionary R&D grant from Invest NI for Northern Ireland-based businesses undertaking industrial research or experimental development. Intervention rates and award sizes set case-by-case under UK subsidy control rules. Relationship-led: most successful applicants engage with an Invest NI client executive before applying.
View fundingGrant Invest NI Selective Financial Assistance
Invest NI
Invest NI Selective Financial Assistance (SFA) is a discretionary capital grant for projects in Northern Ireland that create or safeguard quality jobs, typically tied to capex, R&D or productivity investment. Amount and intensity are negotiated case-by-case and depend on additionality, job quality, location and projected GVA. Best suited to NI-based manufacturers and tradeable-services companies committing to significant matched investment. Most SFA-supported projects follow earlier Invest NI R&D, voucher or advisory engagement.
View fundingGrant Invest NI Skills Growth Programme
Invest NI
Invest NI co-funding for skills development tied to a NI business growth plan. Co-investment programme supporting NI businesses to grow capability through training and skills development linked to growth plans. It is aimed at NI businesses investing in capability uplift to support growth. Eligibility typically requires Northern Ireland businesses with a credible growth plan and committed training investment. Application: Via an Invest NI client executive.
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