The craft sector in Northern Ireland is on the brink of major expansion. With a fast developing, highly-skilled, hard working community of practitioners creating a diverse range of product from jewellery to furniture and using every channel of distribution at their disposal, this is a sector ripe for development.

The craft sector is poised for further development. The current sectoral turnover is estimated to be around £8million annually. With the assistance of appropriate interventions it is anticipated that the turnover could rise to over £23 million. This will require sectoral leadership, a coherent vision and strategy and ‘buy-in’ by the agencies involved in development.