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City for business
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:
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.
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.
We can outline sector-specific support, citywide skills academies, upcoming career fairs, plus access to third party training providers.
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.
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
Belfast is an accessible city with flexible innovative workspaces. You can also receive tailored induction support at our Innovation Factory.
Belfast is a fantastic city to invest in – here’s a snapshot of the key facts and figures to help inform your decision - office costs, major current developments, education, employment and enterprise, key growth sectors, quality of life and connectivity. This document is written in both English and Mandarin.
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).
Complete an online form (link opens in new window) about your business support needs. We will assess your information and contact you within three working days to outline the support available.
Belfast City Council is the Data Controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the personal data it gathers for the purposes of sending regular Economic Development Unit emails from Belfast City Council.
The council accepts that you are providing your personal data on the basis of consent and are positively agreeing for the council to hold and further use it.
The personal data may be shared internally within the council with staff who are involved in providing this service and where necessary, between internal departments with the purpose of supporting an effective delivery of service.
Your personal data will not be shared or disclosed to any other organisation without your consent, unless the law permits or places an obligation on the council to do so.
The personal data is held and stored by the council in a safe and secure manner and in compliance with Data Protection legislation and in line with the council’s Records Retention and Disposal Schedule.
If you have any queries regarding the processing of your personal data or wish to withdraw your consent to the processing of it, please contact the Economic Development Unit on 028 9027 0482.
If you wish to contact the council’s Data Protection Officer, please write to:
Belfast City Council,
City Hall Belfast,
BT1 5GS
or email records@belfastcity.gov.uk.
Please read our privacy policy for further information.
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