UK Business Opportunities for Cork SMEs

Coventry / West Midlands business owners will visit Cork on April 29^th and are seeking Irish SMEs to participate in business meetings, with the ultimate scope of engaging in new business. Visiting businesses include:

• AG Cranes is a UK manufacturer of overhead gantry cranes who buy, sell, broker, service, test and repair new and used overhead cranes, chain hoists, a-frame gantries, pillar and swing jib cranes. AG Cranes seeks primarily end-user customers but it would consider distributors and Original Equipment Manufacturers.
• Reliance Textiles is a UK clothing manufacturer specialising in technical work-wear fit for a variety of industries and suppliers. Reliance Textiles offers a wide range of personalised work-wear and personalised protective equipment (PPE) direct to industries seeks customers in the rail, utilities, chemical, petro chemical, airport and trackside industries. Reliance Textiles offers a fully bespoke service for both manufacture and supply of work-wear and PPE.
• Worldview Learning provides high quality energy awareness campaigns and 3D interactive e-Learning.  Its full awareness campaign ‘in a box’ is designed to help organisations save time, resources and ultimately energy and carbon by combining regular learning, reporting and configurable content together in one, cloud-based solution. Worldview Learning seeks partnership opportunities with facilities / building management companies and low carbon consultancies / training providers.
• Coventry Business Managers Ltd / National Autorax supplies accessories for light commercial vehicles and utility cars; including special purpose equipment, roof racks, ladder loading systems, pipe carriers, internal racking and shelving, mobile workshops and general van conversions. National Autorax seeks fleet customers, sales agents and/or distributors.
• PackSealer specialises in heat-sealing equipment and it offers the UK’s widest range of hand-operated plastic bag heat sealers and foot pedal operated heat sealers to meet a wide range of applications. Typical customers are those who pack products into plastic bags. Coffee retailers, for example, are a major sector for PackSealer. PackSealer provides a range of impulse sealer and heat sealers.  PackSealer seeks an Irish partner who could stock and dispatch sealers, along with handling local customer enquiries.
• Mike Owen Media provides professional services in the media, entertainment and event industries.   Mike Owen Media has produced many major events and is involved in radio training and bringing high profile UK pop artists to venues across Europe.    Mike Owen Media is experienced in the field of large scale events with innovative approaches to promotion and production and has had involvement in media across the UK, Europe and the US. Mike Owen Media seeks Irish partners in cultural and arts innovation, venue and event management cultural training.
• The Debt Recovery Bureau provides debt recovery, credit control and related services to businesses in the UK and worldwide. Utilising bespoke systems, it has developed efficient debt-recovery strategies that ensure its clients recover their money in the most efficient way. The Debt Recovery Bureau offers debt recovery services to Irish businesses trading in the UK and seeks meetings whilst in Cork with Irish businesses, accountants and solicitors and business advisers.

Business Partnership Opportunities

• A Finnish company, with over twenty years’ experience of operating in the field of sales representation of high technology products (electronics, semiconductor, telecommunications etc.) throughout Finland, the Baltic States and Scandinavia, offers trade intermediary services and sales and marketing related consultation services to Irish companies who wish to enter the Nordic markets. For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie 
• A Lithuanian furniture manufacturer, already manufacturing cabinet furniture for major UK and European high street players, seeks Irish agents, representatives and distributors. Its bespoke furniture range is made from premium quality oak, birch and ash timber from sustainable forests. For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie.
• A Lithuanian manufacturer of premium high fashion womenswear seeks a partnership with Irish agents, distributors, department stores, shops and boutiques. It has a branded clothing range and under this range, it produces two ready-to-wear collections per year. With over 70 years’ experience, the company can also offer its services for subcontracting activities and has subcontracted its services to major UK high street chains. For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie  
• A Latvian manufacturer of eco-friendly wooden toys seeks to extend its distribution and sales network to the Irish market. The company strives to provide children with natural and educationally beneficial toys that are produced in an environmentally-friendly way. The company already has a global presence which spans throughout Europe and beyond but it does not currently have a presence on the Irish market. For further information about this profile, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie.
  

To see a full list of overseas opportunities available through the Enterprise Europe Network, please consult our database. For more information about inserting a profile in our database, please contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie

Business Growth in UK Markets

Register now for the Liverpool International Festival of Business (registration is free) and access your business to the festival’s International Hub where you can meet with other key businesses, network and create new contacts/partnerships. The festival also offers a Business Brokering system that will help you to identify distribution partners, joint venture partners and suppliers. Register at: IFB Business Club. For further information about this event, contact liz@corkchamber.ie.