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InterTrade Ireland Acumen Programme

Accelerate your sales across the border with expert funding and market growth support.

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Accelerate B2B Export Growth

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Accelerate B2B Export Growth

Where Digital Strategy, Creative, and Data Work as One

Partner with LOCOMOTIVE Today

What is the Acumen Programme?

The InterTradeIreland Acumen Programme is an initiative that supports small and medium-sized businesses across the island of Ireland as they expand sales across the border.

Whether you're in Northern Ireland looking to grow in the Republic, or in ROI entering the NI market, the programme can help you hire expert support, reduce risk, and accelerate growth. What’s included:

Funding available up to €21,000 / £18,750
Covers up to 50% of eligible project costs
Ideal for companies growing their cross-border sales
Options to hire a dedicated Sales Executive or access tailored consultancy support

Who’s Eligible for the Programme?

To qualify for Acumen support, companies must:

Be SMEs headquartered in either ROI or NI
Be actively trading and able to demonstrate growth potential
Have the capacity to appoint and manage sales personnel or engage consultants
Be looking to expand sales into the opposite jurisdiction

Not sure if your business qualifies?

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Our Hybrid Approach of Sales and Strategy

Whether you need people, a plan, or both, we’re here to help.

Recruitment & Strategic Sales Management

Find, hire, and manage the right person to lead your cross-border growth. We handle candidate selection, KPI targets, onboarding support, and performance monitoring, so your new hire has the plan and backing to deliver.

Consultancy-Led Market Strategy

Launch smarter with a strategy tailored to your customer, market, and product. From positioning and messaging to digital campaigns, sales enablement, and partner outreach, we give you the structure to scale with clarity.

Step-by-Step: How it Works

Initial Discovery Call

Our team gets to know your business, goals, and target customers, so we can recommend the most impactful approach from day one.

Determine Eligibility

We assess your business against the programme criteria and identify which Acumen support structure (sales, consultancy, or hybrid) fits best.

Application Support

From role briefs to work plans, we handle the paperwork and positioning to ensure your application is clear, compelling, and ready to move forward. uired reporting to keep your funding on track and your results measurable.

Sales & Marketing Execution

Depending on your path, we source and support a sales hire and/or deliver consultancy support through research, messaging, and lead generation.

Review & Report

We track performance, optimise as needed, and help with any required reporting to keep your funding on track and your results measurable.

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