OpenInvest Northern Ireland (Invest NI)

Trade Accelerator Grant (TAG)

Ref: GRT-DWQUBH59

Funding Available

Up to £10,000 (50% of eligible costs)

Match funding required (50%)
Location

UK Wide

Industry

All Sectors

Deadline

Not specified

Type

Grants & Funding

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About This Grant

A grant designed to help businesses explore and enter new markets outside of Northern Ireland. It supports activities such as market research, trade fair participation, and business development consultancy.

What Can It Fund?

  • Market research (outside NI)
  • Attending trade fairs
  • conferences and trade missions
  • Product demonstrations
  • Product launches/open days
  • Non-digital advertising (outside NI)
  • Digital consultancy
  • Packaging design
  • Market/technical intelligence
  • Business development consultancy.

Eligible Costs

  • -Consultancy fees and expenses
  • -exhibition costs
  • -travel and subsistence related to market exploration
  • -digital promotion and social media marketing consultancy.

Ineligible Costs

  • -Software licensing
  • -ecommerce or transactional website development
  • -pay-per-click advertising costs (e.g.
  • -Google
  • -Facebook
  • -Bing).

Funding Source

Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI)

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Last verified: 29/04/2026