First-class export advice World-class business growth

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) works with

UK-based businesses of all sizes, providing

advice, expertise and support to ensure their

success within international markets.

About UKTI Export Services

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UK Trade & Investment

(UKTI) works with UK-based businesses to ensure their

SUCCESS IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

We encourage the best overseas

companies to look to the UK as

their global partner of choice.

We provide UK businesses with

first-class export advice and guidance, designed to help

GROW YOUR BUSINESS

IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

Support can be tailored to your

needs, whether you’re a new or

experienced export business.

Services are delivered through

a network of industry experts

in the UK and across

100+ INTERNATIONAL MARKETS

To date, UKTI has helped

thousands of businesses to

achieve global growth.

Now with our support, it could be

YOUR TURN

First Time Exporter support

Please find details overleaf on a suite of UKTI export services available to you

that support your international business growth aspirations.

Information is provided on the following UKTI services.

If you have any questions on any of these services or would like to find out

more, please visit www.gov.uk/ukti or contact me directly.

First Time Exporter support including:

Passport to Export

e-Exporting Programme

ExportSavvy

Export Insight Visits

youtube.com/UKTIWeb

twitter.com/UKTI

bit.ly/UKTILinkedin

ukti.blog.gov.uk

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Andrew Mapstone

International Trade Adviser, UKTI

Phone: 01372 450 669

Email:

andrew.mapstone@uktisoutheast.com

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First Time Exporter support

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Find out more on UKTI’s support for first time exporters overleaf.

Passport to Export

If you’re a new or relatively inexperienced exporting SME and would like expert, first-hand

support you’ll benefit from Passport to Export

e-Exporting Programme

Retailers and brands who want to take advantage of digital opportunities to accelerate

their global export potential

ExportSavvy

Fast track to international growth

Export Insight Visits

Encouraging businesses to go international

Passport to Export

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If you’re a new or relatively inexperienced exporting SME and would like

EXPERT, FIRST-HAND SUPPORT you’ll benefit from Passport to Export.

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Passport to Export will pair you with an

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PREPARE YOUR

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YOUR INDUSTRY

AND WILL ASSESS

YOUR COMPANY’S

EXPORT READINESS

ACTION PLAN

assisting you to write a bespoke

to improve your business’s export capabilities.

who’s successfully taken businesses into international markets.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADVISER

A detailed assessment of your

company’s readiness to export

from an International Trade

Adviser, highlighting areas for

improvement

12-month face-to-face

interactive training introducing

the key stages to successful

exporting

Market research and market

selection assistance

Visits to your key overseas

markets

Introductions to relevant

networking and tradeshow

opportunities

The UKTI international

contact network and new

business opportunities

Introductions to potential

sources of funding*

Signposting to relevant

complementary services.

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WITH PASSPORT TO EXPORT YOU’LL HAVE ACCESS TO:

DISCOVER HOW PASSPORT TO EXPORT CAN ASSIST YOU AT: www.gov.uk/passport-to-export-service

*see website for details and eligibility criteria

e-Exporting Programme

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Retailers and brands who want to take advantage of digital opportunities to

ACCELERATE THEIR GLOBAL EXPORT POTENTIAL

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DISCOVER HOW TO e-EXPORT AT: www.gov.uk/e-exporting

Digital trade advisers available across UKTI’s network, available to meet with UK companies

THE e-EXPORTING PROGRAMME PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING

SUPPORT FOR RETAILERS AND BRANDS TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF e-COMMERCE AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES:

Bespoke events, both online and face to face – find out more about our events at events.ukti.gov.uk

Practical support and advice to ensure that your online presence is maximised for trading internationally

e-Commerce advice available on gov.uk/ukti, youtube.com/uktiweb and on opentoexport.com

Online retail news and insights available @UKTIRetail on Twitter

Support to fast track brands onto the world’s leading e-marketplaces.

THE UK SHARE OF ONLINE RETAILING WAS THE HIGHEST

IN THE WORLD AT 12.1% IN 2013

Retailers and brands adopting an omni- and multi-channel approach can

EASILY ACCESS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS

The value of UK e-commerce is estimated to be

£68bn by 2020, up from £10bn in 2013

Global online retail sales have

INCREASED 17% YEARLY SINCE 2007

Sell directly to a large and rapidly growing online consumer audience

Access a highly efficient route to market

Gather valuable data on consumers’ online behaviour to inform future activity

Combine sales and marketing through a single channel

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BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED TRADE

ExportSavvy

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The service can help your business to: • get started in international trade

• increase export capabilities

• save time and money

ExportSavvy – fast track to international growth

ExportSavvy is a unique learning and information online tool for companies who want to grow their business overseas covering multiple topics. Each 15 minute module is targeted at beginner level exporters within ‘Bitesize’ and ‘Think it Through’ themes. These modules provide you with the expertise to help grow your business outlining the help UKTI provides for new exporters, covering key resources and elements to consider when starting out.

‘Bitesize’ is a library of written briefings covering a wide range of topics designed for easy access reference.

‘Think it Through’ contains a series of learning modules.

Registration provides access to 15 minute modules within the ‘Bitesize’ and ‘Think it Through’ themes hosted online. Each module is designed to focus your business on a particular aspect of your own export planning and stimulate thought about how to approach this.

Modules:

• are video-based

• are 15 minutes long (plus ‘thinking time’)

• feature SME exporters, overseas distributors and advisers discussing issues from experience

• invite you to analyse your own business and develop conclusions and next step actions

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FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON EXPORTSAVVY INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE TEAM VIA www.contactus.ukti.gov.uk OR VISIT www.gov.uk/ukti

Explore your export potential

Choosing a new market

Entering a new market

Finding a partner

Entering a contract

Creating an international proposition

Managing performance

Organising finance and resources

Conducting market research

Finding help and support

Setting out your export plan

Transporting goods

Getting paid

Protecting intellectual property

Explore your export potential

Prepare your business for export

Professional considerations

Partner selection and management

Bitesize Think it Through

TOPICS INCLUDE:

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Export Insight Visits

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Export Insight Visits provide businesses with: • An introduction to UKTI services and how the UK and overseas network

work together to support companies

• Practical information on how to approach the market including cultural and linguistic challenges and market guides

• Case studies of businesses that have been successful in the market or introductions to British companies successful in the market who can share their experiences

• 1-2-1 meetings with the Trade Officers who have knowledge and experience of supporting businesses in your sector within the market

• A networking reception with a range of invited guests from across the in-market networks that the overseas teams can connect companies to

• An opportunity for businesses to learn from one another as they embark on their international journey

Export Insight Visits – encouraging businesses to go international

Export Insight Visits are intended to give companies who have little or no international business experience, insight into the benefits of exporting and the wide range of help and support available to address barriers to doing business internationally.

The visits also provide the opportunity to introduce companies to the help available from UKTI at home and overseas, and the networks that support new exporters.

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TO FIND OUT MORE, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL INTERNATIONAL TRADE TEAM VIA www.contactus.ukti.gov.uk OR VISIT www.gov.uk/ukti

THE EXPORT INSIGHT VISITS WILL RUN

IN A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS

THROUGHOUT 2015/16. THE IN-MARKET PROGRAMME

WILL TYPICALLY LAST FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS.

Export Insight Visits are open to small and medium-sized enterprises (including start-ups and MSBs) with little or no international business experience.

Please note: experienced exporters or companies with existing business in the market to be visited will not be eligible.

Businesses can only participate in one of the Export Insight Visits, and they cannot participate if they have been involved in any previous Export Insight Visit programme.

UK Trade & Investment is the Government department

that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global

economy. We also help overseas companies bring their

high-quality investment to the UKs dynamic economy

acknowledged as Europe’s best place from which to

succeed in global business.

UK Trade & Investment offers expertise and contacts

through its extensive network of specialists in the UK,

and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices

around the world. We provide companies with the tools

they require to be competitive on the world stage.

UKTI is a partner with the Business Growth Service,

bringing together a broad range of government

expertise and services to support firms with the

ambition and capacity to grow.

Whereas every effort has been made to ensure that the

information given in this document is accurate, neither

UK Trade & Investment nor its parent Departments (the

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and the

Foreign & Commonwealth Office) accept liability for any

errors, omissions or misleading statements, and no

warranty is given or responsibility accepted as to the

standing of any individual, firm, company or other

organization mentioned.

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