Enterprise Ireland backs export markets post-Brexit

Enterprise Ireland has launched an initiative aimed at broadening Irish companies’ range of export markets ahead of Britain’s formal exit from the EU.

In the last 10 years the percentage of Irish exports from Enterprise Ireland client firms going directly to the UK has fallen from 45% to 37% and the agency is hopeful of further reducing that in favour of a broader range of locations.

The agency launched its 2016 International Markets Week yesterday along with its new Global Ambition awareness and mentoring campaign with a survey which showed nearly 90% of Irish firms plan to expand into new global markets in 2017.