Acumen

The Acumen programme aims to help SMEs to grow their business on the island of Ireland by targeting new cross-border markets.

Acumen has provided assistance to over 300 companies and secured more than €58/£50m in sales since it was rolled out across the island in 2003.

The Acumen programme can help if you are:

• A manufacturing or internationally tradable service company with an annual turnover below €50m/£40 million
• A company that employs less than 250 people
• An indigenous company (not multinational or foreign owned)
• Committed to the development of new products or markets and with job creation potential. 

You should also have: 

• An established relationship with a mainstream development agency
• A satisfactory track record in your home market 
• Less than 30% of total business in the target cross-border market
• The capacity (human, financial & production) to deliver the project
• A sufficiently unique product that does not displace existing products in the marketplace
• A project that can demonstrate that it may not happen without support (additionality)

Support

Acumen offers four support options:
 
1. Consultancy
2. Sales Salary
3. Prospector
4. Graduate
 
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