Boost for export firms

AN Bord Trachtala has assisted 208 Irish companies to begin exporting to Britain over the past two years

AN Bord Trachtala has assisted 208 Irish companies to begin exporting to Britain over the past two years. In that period those companies have achieved sales of £26 million, according to figures issued yesterday. ABT's five-year programme is targeting 400 new companies to start exporting products by 1999, identifying potential sales of around £100 million.

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