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About the Supply Chain Solutions programme
Our Supply Chain Solutions support can help businesses improve their supply chain resilience and competitiveness.
Supply Chain Solutions is open to manufacturers and internationally tradeable services businesses who manage a supply chain as part of their business, or who are involved in the extended supply chain.
What benefits does the Supply Chain Solutions programme offer?
Supply Chain Solutions will provide a 3-step graduated framework of support. A team of supply chain professionals will provide specialist advisory support to help businesses identify supply chain risks and appropriate mitigations, reduce costs, improve competitiveness, identify supply chain opportunities and develop supply chain capability.
As part of Step 3, financial assistance towards the salary costs of an employee dedicated to supply chain may also be available depending on a business’ circumstances.
Read the Supply Chain Solutions - Guidance Notes (PDF) for full details on the support available under each step.
Who is eligible for the Supply Chain Solutions programme?
Supply Chain Solutions support is open is open to any business in Northern Ireland that 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 two financial years
- Is able to demonstrate how your supply chain has been adversely impacted due to a disruption in the production, sale, or distribution of products
- 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 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
- Businesses owned by Invest NI staff members
How to apply
Invest Northern Ireland client companies can apply to the Supply Chain Solutions programme at any time. For further information, please contact your Client Executive. If you would like more information on becoming a client, see How we support business.
Any eligible business in Northern Ireland can apply to the programme during the three open calls per year. Application call dates for 2025/26 are:
- Monday 16 June 2025 to 3pm Friday 04 July 2025
- Monday 06 October 2025 to 3pm Friday 24 October 2025
- Monday 02 February 2026 to 3pm Friday 20 February 2026
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Siobhan Winston, General Manager at Titanic Distillers, highlights the positive impact of our Supply Chain Solutions support in driving operational efficiency and business growth.
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