CAFRE and Invest NI Innovation Voucher Workshop

Wednesday 5th April, 9:30am
Loughry Campus, Cookstown

Funding Innovation for Food Businesses with CAFRE and Invest NI – Innovation Voucher Workshop

What could a £5,000 Innovation Voucher do for your business?

• Do you have an innovation project that could lead to the development of a new or improved food product, service, business model, or process?
• Will it create value in your business, produce new profits or help grow the business?
• If so, then an Innovation Voucher could help support this.
• How can an Innovation Voucher help my business?

£5K Innovation Vouchers allow businesses or potential entrepreneurs to get expertise from a public sector knowledge provider, such as CAFRE for your innovation project.

Attend the Innovation Voucher Workshop at CAFRE, Loughry Campus for more information!

Agenda

09.30 Case studies – Our Innovation Journey with Spear and Arrow Bone Broth and Chestnutt Farms

10.30 Innovation application process and other funding opportunities SME`s – Paula Falconer, Invest NI

11.00 Market opportunities – Nancy Bloomer, The Consumer Insights Team Invest NI

11.30 Workshop – One to one advice on applying for a voucher

Who is the workshop suitable for?

Innovation Vouchers are open to Northern Ireland based small and medium sized enterprises, social enterprises and third sector organisations. This includes sole traders, partnerships, limited companies, new start-ups and those businesses at pre-trading stage.

Small – a business, or if part of a group, a group of companies in which the total number of full-time employees in the company, or the entire group, is less than 50 and has either an annual turnover and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding €10m.

Medium – a business, or if part of a group, a group of companies in which the total number of full-time employees in the company, or the entire group, is between 50 and 250 and has either an annual turnover not exceeding €50m or balance sheet total not exceeding €43m.