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ACCA research report on SMP’s assisting SME’s
 

•  Introducing report
•  How SMPs can unlock international ambitions for the SME clients

Aidan Clifford, ACCA Ireland

 Providing advice and sources of advice 

• Capacity building
• Research on international markets
• Establishing international operations
• Establishing customers

Eoghan Hanrahan, Enterprise Ireland

Accountants - Are you optimising your marketing efforts? 
 

• Foundations of marketing in professional services
• Understanding your audience
• Elements to consider when building your marketing plan
• Examples

Mary Cloonan, Marketing Clever 

How SMEs can position themselves to successfully access public procurement opportunities
 

• What is procurement?
• The procurement model of the Irish State
• Overview of how to access opportunities
• Good bidding practices
• Common mistakes to avoid when bidding
• Case studies from public procurement contests
• Supports in place for micro, small and medium-sized businesses

Speaker TBC

Customs & duty (non EU) 
 

• Checking the duty and customs rates
• Practical information on forms and paperwork
• Initial registration
• Actual exporting and common issues

Peter Donnelly, BDO 

Foreign exchange risk management for first time importers or exporters
 

• Basic FX management
•  Risk management when purchasing from pacific rim and non-euro countries
• Advanced techniques and putting in place a firm wide policy on FX risk mitigation
• Natural hedging and other advanced techniques for members and SMPs advising business and larger business who might need to up their FX game

Conor Haugh, Bank of Ireland