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WeGrow Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for support the WeGrow programme, businesses must:

  • Be based in Ireland or Northern Ireland
  • Have fewer than 250 employees
  • Have a minimum two years trading history
  • Have a minimum annual turnover of £78,732/€90,000 and less than £40m (or euro equivalent)
  • Have a product or service that has potential to gain customers outside their local region
  • Be led by a woman founder or partner/director in the business
  • Be beyond start-up stage, and seeking growth and connections across the island
  • Have a product or service that does not displace existing products or services in the target market
  • Demonstrate commitment to fully participate in the programme, including attending all workshops and completing any pre-work or preparatory tasks.

Sole Traders and Social Enterprises that satisfy the eligibility criteria are welcome to apply.

Where demand exceeds available resources, InterTradeIreland reserves the right to apply additional assessment criteria to the WeGrow Programme. Management decisions are final in these matters.

Sector eligibility

Support is primarily available to businesses developing innovative products, services, systems or processes with clear commercial potential.

Businesses whose core activity is in the following sectors are not normally eligible for support: Wholesale, retail, distribution, tourism, hospitality, primary agriculture, personal services, and professional business services.

However, businesses from these sectors may be eligible where they are developing and seeking to commercialise a new product, service, technology, system or process that goes beyond their core business activity.

Examples (for illustrative purposes only):

  • A hairdressing salon is not eligible for support for its core services; however, a salon developing and selling its own branded haircare products may be eligible.
  • A hotel is not eligible for support for accommodation services; however, a hotel commercialising booking or management software may be eligible.
  • A farm is not eligible for support for primary agricultural activity; however, a farm manufacturing and selling agricultural machinery may be eligible.
  • A solicitor’s practice is not eligible for support for legal services; however, a practice commercialising a productivity or legal-tech solution may be eligible.

Businesses involved in activities associated with gambling, significant health risks, immoral activity, or any activity that could negatively impact the reputation of InterTradeIreland will not be supported.