Debate contribution: Go Succeed
Debate contribution by Mr Conor Murphy on .
- MLA
- Mr Conor Murphy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 12 November 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Go Succeed
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4658550
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Go Succeed comes from a funding stream that was provided directly from London. Given our challenged financial circumstances, it was important that that funding stream would continue to support that, because a significant chunk of what Invest NI and regional balance seek to do is to secure start-ups and business growth across the whole region and to provide advice and support to businesses to allow them to grow, improve productivity, create good jobs and achieve more regional balance. In the first instance, we will look to continue that programme. The outworking of that will be aligned with the priorities that we have set, and with Invest NI's priorities. The idea is that partnerships, supported by councils, will come together to decide their own economic priorities. I have no doubt that start-ups, business support and support for growth will be very much part of every area's regional prioritisation of where they want to go with the economy. It will continue to be an important programme, and, of course, we will try to align it with our priorities for regional balance.
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