Supporting Your Business
Innovation Support
Guaranteed to help your business innovate, compete and grow.
Our approach is straightforward. We work with you to identify areas that need support to grow and improve. Our specialist innovation team will tailor support to meet your needs and help you to take your ideas forward; be that through technical mentoring, design and innovation modelling, research and development or consultancy. We help you access appropriate, funded support by matching your requirements to one or more of our programmes currently available.
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InnovateUs provides up to 60 hours of one-to-one mentoring from a SRC industry specialist to enhance your skills and develop innovation within your business. This programme offers help with new product, service or process development. It is open to all industries and funded by the Department for the Economy.
Innovation Vouchers
The project offers up to 62 hours of technical expertise from the Business Support team to support innovation activity and bring a new product to market. The project is open to all industries, except transport and agriculture and is funded by InvestNI.
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Extensive nutritional profiling of dog food to improve process development and efficiencies.
Innovation Boost (Fusion)
Product development and innovation is at the heart of growth but often needs costly technology support. Innovation Boost can be the solution. Within this partnership, you can get the support needed. This project acts as a partnership between cross border companies, the College and graduates and is worth up to £56,000/€67,900. It will provide your business with a full-time graduate for up to 18 months with weekly support from SRC.
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SRC mentored a graduate to design and develop of mobile crusher for use in construction industries that was compact, mobile and easy to transport without specialist equipment.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Get a full-time graduate employee in your business for one to three years, plus weekly assistance from SRC. Streamline your manufacturing process, develop your business or marketing strategy or develop that new product or service.
Masterclasses
Each YouTube masterclass offers an introduction into your chosen sector from our experts. We share our experiences and lessons to unpack key points. Get in touch to delve in deeper.
Resources
Meet our Industry Innovation Specialists and get in touch today.
Support Programme Information Leaflets
Let us help you accelerate your business with funded support. Contact us today to discuss your requirements.
Skills Support
Upskilling opportunities for you and your team. Meet changing demands with focus led business courses.
Here at the Business Support and Innovation Centre we can identify training solutions to help take your business to the next level. At SRC we have the following training options available
Skills Focus
Get support to develop the skills of your existing workforce with qualifications at level 2 and above. 75% of training under Skills Focus programmes is subsidised. To qualify, your business must have less than 250 employees and you must be based in Northern Ireland. Depending on the type of course you need, training can be delivered online, on campus or at your premises.
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Upskilling staff and increasing morale with custom built training.
Skill Up - Free Training
Skill Up courses are available to individuals who want to increase their chances of promotion or learn a new skill. There are a variety of accredited courses on offer which are available online, free and delivered in the evening to fit around your lifestyle.
Courses range in ability from level 2 to level 5 and will be running at various times throughout the year.
We have courses in the areas of:
- Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering