Did you know it is export week in November?
Date published: 25 October 2012
UK Trade & Investment are holding events up and down the country during the week commencing 12 November to encourage small and medium sized businesses to consider exporting as a way of growing and developing their business.
How can UK Trade & Investment can help you?
- On average, firms helped by UKTI, 90% of which are small and medium-sized, go on to win additional sales of £100,000 within 18 months.
- Most UKTI customers go on to win additional sales of £600,000 within two years.
- Companies that export are more competitive, more innovative, more likely to engage in R&D.
- UKTI can give advice on whether a firm is ready to export. UKTI can help with an export plan, counsel on the right markets and the right people to deal with in those markets, advise on grants for trade missions or overseas trade fairs, set up meetings, and generally help to make business happen.
- UK Export Finance has a range of schemes to help exporters obtain relevant funding such as insurance against non-payment and guaranteeing bank loans overseas.
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