Success Stories
Real client experiences, captured on video — from international trade missions and EU-funded innovation projects to business-accelerator matchmaking events.
Kick off your journey in international markets — EEN Yorkshire success story
Challenge: Taking the first confident steps into international markets.
YouGlobal’s role: Partnered with the Enterprise Europe Network (Yorkshire & Humber).
Actions: Guidance and support for a business exploring international markets for the first time.
Result: A confident first step abroad — the client tells the story in their own words below.
Country / Programme: Enterprise Europe Network (Yorkshire & Humber).
Case Study: Pro Sport Support
Challenge: Entering the Chinese market — a new territory calling for local knowledge and the right connections.
YouGlobal’s role: Guided the company’s market-entry strategy for China.
Actions: Market research, identification of local opportunities and practical guidance through the steps of entering the market.
Result: A structured path into the Chinese market — see the client’s own account in the video below.
Country / Programme: China — market entry.
UK Global Business Accelerator matchmaking event — Singapore
Challenge: Exploring a new market and building connections abroad.
YouGlobal’s role: Organised participation in a UK trade mission and business-matchmaking accelerator programme.
Actions: A market visit and matchmaking meetings as part of the accelerator programme.
Result: New connections and firsthand market insight — see the full account in the video below.
Country / Programme: Singapore — UK trade mission / business accelerator.
Case Study: Top Screen Media, I2S ERDF
Challenge: Strengthening how the company manages innovation, from generating new ideas to bringing them to market.
YouGlobal’s role: Delivered under the I2S programme (ERDF-funded), supporting the company’s innovation management.
Actions: Structuring innovation processes and building internal capacity to manage new ideas through to delivery.
Result: A more structured approach to innovation management — full details in the video below.
Country / Programme: I2S programme (ERDF-funded).
Case Study: Blueprint Product Design, I2S ERDF
Challenge: Securing funding and innovation support to move a new product forward.
YouGlobal’s role: Delivered under the I2S programme (ERDF-funded), supporting the company’s funding and innovation needs.
Actions: Identifying funding opportunities and providing innovation support for the project.
Result: Funding and innovation support secured to help move the project forward — details in the video below.
Country / Programme: I2S programme (ERDF-funded).
Case Study: EnergyNET — capacity building for universities in the energy sector
Challenge: Building research skills and technical capacity for universities in the energy sector across African countries.
YouGlobal’s role: Supported a capacity-building programme focused on renewable energy technology in higher education.
Actions: Development of master’s programmes and research capacity in renewable energy, with a focus on small-scale off-grid systems for heating and cooling, including hybrid systems with heat storage to reduce reliance on firewood for cooking.
Result: Broadened technical capacity and a path from laboratory research toward field testing, involving PhD candidates across multiple African universities in Solar Thermal, Solar PV, Refrigeration and Hybrid Systems.
Country / Programme: Sub-Saharan Africa — capacity building in higher education and research for the energy sector.
