City for investment

Opening doors for investors to do business in Belfast

As a leading council, we offer a broad range of support for businesses or people, expanding their operations in Belfast or considering our city as an investment destination. Through our ‘soft landing service’, we proactively work with investors, providing professional and personal connections to help them do business in our city.

Our soft landing service includes:

• a welcome service and access to networks

  We'll assist with a familiarisation visit of local businesses, housing, schools, colleges and universities, as well as providing an insight into Belfast’s social and cultural energy. 

• planning service

  We can advise on pre-planning application discussions, planning performance agreements and local development plans, as well as introducing you to development engagement managers in our planning service.    

• sector specific support and skills academies

  We can outline sector-specific support, citywide skills academies, upcoming career fairs, plus access to third party training providers.

• supplier and supply chain opportunities

  We can give you access to meet-the-buyer events and local supply chain opportunities, as well as providing support on corporate social responsibility with neighbouring communities.

• internationalisation and export opportunities

  We're proud of our ongoing Sister Cities relationships with Boston, Nashville and Shenyang, and continue to proactively develop these links.

Find out more at investinbelfast.com

Why invest in Belfast?

• Top 10 reasons to invest in Belfast

Belfast is an accessible city with flexible innovative workspaces. You can also receive tailored induction support at our Innovation Factory.

Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor

We are a partner in the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor. We are working to link north and south, the universities, business clusters and resources, and to collaborate on an inclusive growth plan which will boost productivity, create new and better jobs and benefit the whole region.

For more information, go to Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor (link opens in a new window).

Assessing your business needs

Complete a short questionnaire about your business support needs. Our team will assess your information and contact you within three working days to outline the support available to you.