Business Development

Business Development provides regional business planning & development support to enable seafood companies to plan their businesses and identify market opportunities. Business Development is the first point of contact for a company wishing to access BDI services:

• Business Snapshot is a survey which determines a company’s strengths and weaknesses and acts as a guide to linking the company with appropriate BDI services.
  
  
• Business Essentials - development companies can participate on the programme and benefit from workshops on market research, finance, customer service and one-to-one mentoring to align their business process to market opportunities.
  
  
• Making Plans That Matter – companies with high growth potential can avail of a key account management service where the key areas of sales, NPD & innovation, process & people are analyzed to deliver a focused business plan to target profitable growth opportunities.
  
  
• Business Horizons is an industry partnership programme which supports the long term competitive positioning of the seafood sector through key strategic projects focusing on the route to market, consolidation, collaboration and external investment.