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Northern Ireland Is The Number One Gateway For ICT Companies Expanding Into Europe
Access To:27 countries500 million people
By Jonathan Curran for a presentation to Invest Northern Ireland, December 2009
Contact: jwcurran@me.com or +44(0) 792 102 2762
What makes Northern Ireland the number one choice for overseas investment in Europe?
Crucial
2. Great people
4. ICT Clusters
6. World class R&D
7. Excellent infrastructure
9. Lowest costs
11. Support by Invest NI
What makes Northern Ireland the number one choice for overseas investment in Europe?
Also important
• Political stability• Security of a leading economy• Well regulated economy• Promote entrepreneurship• Cultural similarity• English speaking• Timezone• Quality of life• US/NI ties• 2012 Olympic games in UK
What makes Northern Ireland the number one choice for overseas investment in Europe?
125% Growth P/A
FTSE 100 Entry | Rentokil/Aggreko $3.6bn value
$850 million
$75 million
What makes Northern Ireland the number one choice for overseas investment in Europe?
“Northern Ireland has become a favoured location for Citi for a
number of reasons including proximity to London, excellent
transport links and telecommunications
infrastructure. However the key factor is the quality of the talent
pool available”
Brian McAreavey, DirectorCitigroup Aug ‘09
“Will you be able to recruit your 90 skilled resources when you need to?”
• The UK & Europe's youngest and fastest growing population (60% under 40)
• The lowest unemployment rates at 6.7% and staff turnover of 5% in Europe
• The UK’s top performing region academically by national A-level results
• Two world class universities – Queen’s University and the University of Ulster
“Will you be able to recruit your 90 skilled resources when you need to?”
• 11,200 currently employed in ICT with sector growth at 15% P/A
• A collaborative approach by government, industry and academia to meet the demands of the global ICT sector
• 24,000 currently in ICT related higher education, 7500 at university
“Will you be able to recruit your 90 skilled resources when you need to?”
“Northern Ireland provides us with a highly skilled workforce
and an ideal base for serving our European customers”
Alan Black, President & CEOIntelliden, USA
Who’s already there in ICT Technology Clusters
• In 2009 Northern Ireland is the leading region in Europe for inward investment in software development and technical support centres
• 35% of overseas investors into the UK choose Northern Ireland
• 723 ICT companies and growing
• 100 international investors
Who’s already there in ICT Technology Clusters
• World class companies now choose Northern Ireland
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Who’s already there in ICT Technology Clusters
• World class companies now choose Northern Ireland
• 75% of which have reinvested in Northern Ireland
• Indian outsourcers choosing Northern Ireland for European base
• ICT clusters including wireless, software & data, security, call centre, nano and financial services technology
Who’s already there in ICT Technology Clusters
“NaviNet looked at various options and locations for our new
R&D centre, but as a result of discussions with Invest Northern
Ireland and our recognition of the many attractions of Northern Ireland as a good place to do
business, notably the workforce, we decided to invest here”
Brad Waugh, President & CEO NaviNet, Boston USA
World Class R&DTesting and developing for the next generation
• Two of Europe’s leading universities
• 13 globally recognised R&D centres including…
ECIT Electronics, Communications and IT Research Institute£50m specialising in advanced digital and communications technology
CSPT Centre for Software Process TechnologiesJV with INI and University of Ulster for software development
Nanotech NI R&D for nanotechnologyJV between INI and Queen’s and Ulster Universities
ISEL Intelligent Systems Engineering LaboratoryR&D into computational intelligence
SAP’s Campus-based Engineering CentreResearch centre of SAP into next gen enterprise service orientated architecture and advanced web technologies
World Class R&DTesting and developing for the next generation
“Northern Ireland has world leading R&D in areas of
technology and talented people highly relevant to major
developments in communications, electronics
and IT”
Professor John McCanny, DirectorECIT, Queen’s University
InfrastructureNo dropped calls, no traffic delays
Europe's leading communications network
• 1st region in UK with 100% broadband coverage
• 1st region in Europe to be upgraded to BT’s 21CN network designed to carry devices of the future
• Northern Ireland’s compact size makes it agreat test bed
InfrastructureNo dropped calls, no traffic delays
Northern Ireland has a world class transport system
• 3 airports connecting to Europe’s main cities
• Daily flights to New York from Belfast
• Flights to London almost every hour
• Dublin/Europe 90 mins by road or train
• Europe’s least congested road network
InfrastructureNo dropped calls, no traffic delays
“Independently conducted research has established that
Northern Ireland’s people, infrastructure and cost base make it the best place in the UK – if not
Europe – to set up a customer contact centre”
Ranjit Narasimham, CEOHCL BPO Services Ltd
CostNorthern Ireland is one of the most cost efficient business locations in Europe
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• -4.8% the cost of living in Northern Ireland within UK
• Lowest corporation tax in G7 at 28%
• Lowest call charges -30% over other main European regions
Support from Invest Northern IrelandAll the way !
Meeting TodayVisit
Scoping& Design
Implementation
OngoingSupport
We’ve helped over 700 businesses and created70,000 jobs for Northern Ireland
You can be operational almost immediately andwill be with you all the way
Support from Invest Northern IrelandAll the way !
Support from Invest Northern IrelandAll the way !
“Working with Invest Northern Ireland, Intune Networks plans to employ 77 people by 2010…Invest
Northern Ireland’s ongoing support and flexibility in dealing
with the unique needs of our project has been instrumental
particularly as we have initially focused on rapidly building a
strong core of team developers to ramp up on R&D activities”
Jim Fritzley, CEOIntune Networks
What our international friends say723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors
“Citi’s experience of Belfast has been very positive. We have
grown over the last four years going beyond the commitment that Citi had originally made in
2005 of 375 jobs by 2009 and now have almost 800 staff”
Brian McAreavey, DirectorCiti Group
What our international friends say723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors
“The capacity to innovate lies at the heart of everything we do and we find Northern Ireland provides
an outstanding environment to promote innovation and tap into
talent in the region”
Geoffrey K Hicks, Vice President of OperationsBroadsoft Inc.
What our international friends say723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors
“The people we have attracted to Cybersource are highly skilled, dedicated and capable
engineers from across Northern Ireland. Based on their performance to date I am confident
that the Belfast team will continue to perform strongly as we move into the next stage of
planned growth”
Bill McKiernan, CEOCybersource
What our international friends say723 ICT companies, 100 are overseas investors
“Our operation in Belfast has exceeded expectation for the delivery of advanced
software solutions for our global clients. The calibre of people combined with Invest
Northern Ireland’s support and the growing financial services and ICT sectors fits
extremely well with our business objectives”
Stanley Young, CEONYSE Technologies
“Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”
and…its not just all work
“Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”
Giant’s Causeway
and…its not just all work
“Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”
Strong links with the people of the USA
and…its not just all work
“Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”
and…its not just all work
Titanic £1bn project
“Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”
and…its not just all work
Two of the world’s top ten golf courses
“Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”
and…its not just all work
Belfast Giants
“Belfast is named as one of the 12 top tourist destinations in 2009”
and…its not just all work
Victoria Square, Belfast
and…its not just all work
“Belfast is a must see world top destination for 2007”
and…its not just all work
“Never discount Northern Ireland until you’ve visited it”
Europe’s number one forICT inward investment