Info_Newsletter_Winter2021

What’s next? We are developing ‘Place Shaping Plans’ for Enniskillen and Omagh with our partners. These plans, which will be unique to each town, will help to create places where people want to live, work, visit and invest. Remember to support your local town centre this festive season. 10 in-FO in Fermanagh & Omagh | Winter 2021 11 www. fermanaghomagh .com Support Local Supporting our town centres New improvements Connect Works to better connect Enniskillen and Omagh town centres with other key areas in both towns. Buttermarket, Enniskillen New paving to improve accessibility Urban Garden, Omagh Transforming a grey space into a green social space Our town centres are vital to our local economy and our social and cultural life. Over the past year we have worked with partner organisations to help to revitalise our town centres and recover from the impacts of Covid-19. These capital projects were made possible with funding from the Department for Communities, the Department for Infrastructure and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. Administering over £442,000 of recovery funding to businesses We are also progressing the Mid South West Regional Economic Strategy with partners. This Strategy sets out investment priorities and interventions to boost productivity and drive inclusive sustainable growth for the region over the next 10-15 years. Key support over the past year has included: Business support, training and mentoring programmes Improving town centre experience with public art, additional planting and cleansing Events to encourage people to visit and support town centres Marketing campaign to showcase Enniskillen and Omagh as a place to love, live, work and invest in Physical improvements to our town centres to support them as economic, social, accessible and sustainable places The Council’s Economic Development team continues to support local businesses through a range of free mentoring support programmes and regular topical and engaging webinars. requirements. Our expert advisors are there to offer businesses practical advice and support where needed. Support covers a wide range of topics including marketing and social media; writing winning tenders; understanding customs; tariffs and taxation; exploring new customer markets or getting started if you have a new business idea. If you are a business based within the district and would like to request free, customised mentoring support get in touch with our team today. Business Support To keep up-to-date with business support available please visit the Council website and search for ‘free business support’ to register for our weekly newsletter. Alternatively email businesssupport@fermanaghomagh.com for further information and to request a call back from the Economic Development team. i Mentoring is tailored to meet the business needs and delivered on a one-to-one basis by qualified, experienced business mentors to help local businesses survive, develop, and grow through these challenging and uncertain times. Our team will partner a dedicated mentor to a business to help address their specific business In 2020-21, the Council provided support to 362 businesses ✓ delivering 632 mentoring days ✓ supporting 30 businesses to develop a new website for their business Business mentoring available This project is part funded by Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the Investment for Growth & Jobs Northern Ireland (2014-2020) Programme. Business support programmes include: Go for It ❙ Innovating Business Growth ❙ Advancing Business Growth ❙ Tender for Success Digital Support ❙ Website Development ❙ First Stop Shop ❙ Social Economy ❙ Tourism Excellence