Supply Chain Solutions

Supply Chain Solutions support is open to any manufacturing or tradable service business which meets the following criteria:

• Is based, and operating, in Northern Ireland.
• Manufactures products or provides internationally traded services.
• Has a total supply chain spend of at least £100,000 in one of the previous 2 financial years.
• Experienced supply chain disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU Exit and current global environment.
• Has or will reach a turnover of £250,000 per annum in the next five years, and achieve at least 25% of those sales outside of Northern Ireland; or be an existing Invest NI customer.
• Be able to complete a State Aid declaration in the event that financial support for a new key supply chain worker is determined.

The following businesses are not eligible to apply:

• Businesses already in receipt or intending to gain other government support for the project.
• Businesses that do not provide commercial products and/or services.
• Businesses with a minimum total supply chain spend of a least £100,000 in one of the previous 2 financial years.
• Businesses that cannot demonstrate they are a viable business.
• Businesses involved in activities that Invest NI considers as ineligible or as involving an unacceptable reputational risk, such as gambling, adult entertainment, tobacco products and cannabis-based products which are not authorised as medicines.