From Survival to Growth. Omagh Businesses Benefiting From Support.
The Survive & Thrive programme has been offering business mentoring to Omagh and Fermanagh based businesses since 2010 with the second phase of the programme being delivered during 2014. To date the programme has assisted 200 businesses with increasing their sales, creating new jobs and sustaining numerous jobs. Survive & Thrive II is now entering the last six months of opera¬tions and a final call for businesses to apply to the programme has been issued.
Survive and Thrive II is a business support programme being delivered by Omagh and Fermanagh District Councils and is part funded by Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Sustainable Competitiveness Programme for Northern Ireland.
Businesses on the programme can avail of 10 sessions of mentoring which can range from sales generation, branding, financial planning, information technology and general business support.
Mentors provide guidance, advice and access to a wide range of support which can help to facilitate the growth of businesses
Former Omagh businesses have commented on past mentoring:
“I am very impressed. For a system that costs nothing to me but my time and commitment,
the mentoring has exceeded my expectations.”
“My mentor was very nice and very interested in my business. It was good to talk to
someone who had good contacts and it gave me a push in the right direction”
To apply for Survive & Thrive II mentoring support contact Noelle: 07872424246 or noelle.mcaloon@fermanagh.gov.uk.
