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About the Trade Accelerator Grant

Invest Northern Ireland’s Trade Accelerator Grant (TAG) is available to eligible Invest NI customers as part of a package to help businesses explore new markets outside Northern Ireland.

What’s covered by the Trade Accelerator Grant?

Expenditure supported by the grant, include:

  • Market research* (outside Northern Ireland)
  • Attending/participating in trade fairs, conference and trade missions*
  • Product demonstrations - Product launches/open days
  • Non-digital advertising*
  • Digital consultancy**
  • Packaging design
  • Market/technical intelligence
  • Business development consultancy fees/expenses

*outside Northern Ireland

** Digital Promotion & Social Media Marketing Consultancy costs (excludes software licensing, ecommerce / transactional website development or pay-per-click advertising costs e.g. Google, Facebook, Bing, etc.)

What financial support is available?

Financial support is available for 50% of the eligible costs, up to a maximum of £10,000.

What to do next?

f you already have a TAG Letter of Offer and need advice on making a claim, further information can be found on our claims page.

All requests are subject to eligibility criteria. Contact your Client Executive to ensure you meet the criteria before applying.