Export 2012 Seminar: Opportunities in new EU member states
FIRMS looking to capitalise on new overseas marketing opportunities should look to the new EU member states, such as Croatia, the Government has said.
It said UK businesses had seen exports rise by almost 100% amongst new member states – more than double the rate for the EU as a whole. UK trade with Poland has trebled to £5.7bn since it joined the EU in 2004.
Innovation minister David Willetts said: “The Government is absolutely committed to supporting British businesses looking to export or win business in Europe. The single market has benefited the UK economy by removing barriers and new technology means the opportunities for business to sell in Europe are greater than ever.”
Opportunities to grow via overseas trading is the subject of the Export 2012 Seminar being staged by Barclays and TheBusinessDesk.com on Friday November 30.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) adviser Robbie Beak is the latest confirmed speaker at the seminar.
Birmingham-based Beak will talk about what UKTI can do to help local firms get on the export trail and will provide details of some of the initiatives that are in place to help SMEs to trade abroad.
He will be joining fellow speakers, Black Country Metals chairman and managing director Peter Mathews and Adrian Bailey, Labour MP for West Bromwich West, at the breakfast event.
Mathews, who has been trading metals internationally since the early 1970s, is private sector lead on international trade at the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership and president of the Midlands World Trade Forum.
Bailey is a keen supporter of Midlands manufacturing and is chairman of the parliamentary Business, Innovations and Skills Committee.
He has held key government positions in the ministries of defence and work and pensions.
The seminar is aimed at firms who are not currently trading their goods and services internationally or those who are but would like to do more.
The event, which will be chaired by TheBusinessDesk.com editor Andy Coyne, will be held at the Latitude Club in the One Snowhill building in central Birmingham and will be an 8am for 8.30 am start. It is expected to finish at around 10.15am.
If you would like to attend the export seminar please send an email to Lisa Kennedy at Barclays at lisa.kennedy@barclays.com
