UK Tradeshow Programme

(asked on 20th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many small and medium-sized businesses made use of the UK Tradeshow Access Programme in each year of that programme's existence; and what was the cost of that programme in each year.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 7th March 2023

The Tradeshow Access Programme begin in 2006 and ceased in March 2021.

The table shows the volume of businesses supported, and the overall programme costs, for each year of its existence.

Year

Supported Businesses

Programme Spend

2006/07

4,390

£10.5m

2007/08

3,500

£8.5m

2008/09

3,600

£7.7m

2009/10

4,100

£8.4m

2010/11

4,100

£8.4m

2011/12

3,200

£6.7m

2012/13

5,796

£8.7m

2013/14

9,427

£16.2m

2014/15

8,769

£11.0m

2015/16

5,837

£9.1m

2016/17

3,913

£7.6m

2017/18

3,292

£6.5m

2018/19

3,258

£6.3m

2019/20

2,538

£5.0m

2020/21*

35

£0.5m

* Most international travel was suspended due to COVID-19.

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