Source: Insider Media, 17th September 2018 BIG-HITTING LEP CHAIR TO STEP DOWN The big-hitting chair of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced he does not intend to continue in the role after his term of office concludes at the end of…
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Business and education leaders in Sheffield are joining forces on a new hub designed to help build links and generate investment from China. The China UK Business Incubator (CUBI) is a not-for-profit social enterprise, which will be located at the New Era Development, a mixed-use…
Exports of food and drink from Yorkshire and the Humber rose to £1.2bn according to newly-released figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Food and drink exports in the year to June 2018 increased by 7.9 per cent on the previous 12 months. Among the…
Exports from the Northern Powerhouse have grown by more than 16 per cent over the past eight years, reaching almost £15bn in the last quarter, according to new figures. The official figures have revealed that the demand for goods made in the region has grown…
Liam Fox sets out ambitious new plan to make Britain a 21st century exporting superpower
Government sets new ambition to increase exports as a proportion of UK GDP to 35%
Farmers to benefit from new deal as Taiwan prepares to welcome British pork exports for first time.
British farmers and food producers are set to benefit from a valuable new market as Taiwan prepares to welcome British pork exports for the first time.
UK Expands Export Finance appetite in West Africa as first rep in Africa takes up office in Ghana.
Ghana becomes the first West African country to have a representative of the world’s oldest export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF) stationed in-country.
Dr Liam Fox will visit Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates this weekend (26 to 28 May) to promote more than 68 UK projects worth £30 billion to investors.
Department for International Trade (DIT) appoints John Mahon, former Head of Barclays Corporate Bank, as the UK’s new Director General for Exports.
The United States and the United Kingdom held the third meeting of the US-UK Trade and Investment Working Group on 21 to 22 March, and the inaugural meeting of the new US-UK Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Dialogue on 20 March