Select Committee

Loughborough University

ELG0047 - Export-led growth

Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: Export-led growth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: ELG0047 - Export-led growth Loughborough University Written Evidence

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Written Question

Foreign Investment and Overseas Trade: Birmingham

Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Tahir Ali (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is making to promote (a) international trade and (b) investment opportunities for businesses based in Birmingham.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Department for Business and Trade’s export promotion campaign ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ is tailored regionally, and in March 2024 Lord Offord, Minister for Exports held the ‘Made in the Midlands’ Roadshow in the region

The International Trade Advisory Service has staff in Birmingham supporting businesses to export. The Export Academy provides online educational support and the Export Digital Enquiry Service answers specific international trade queries

The Government has provided £160M for the creation of a West Midlands Investment Zone. The West Midlands Combined Authority estimate that this may bring up to £5.5B investment and 30,000 new jobs by 2034.

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Written Question

UK Defence and Security Exports: Trade Fairs

Wednesday 24th April 2024

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps UK Defence and Security Exports is taking to help encourage SMEs to attend UK Defence and Security Exports supported (a) domestic and (b) overseas events.

Answered by Alan Mak - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (jointly with the Cabinet Office)

UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) encourages SME’s to attend UKDSE supported events, domestic and overseas, by:

• Advertising events on the UK Export Faculty Website and newsletters
• Creating webinars on event participation
• Informing International Trade Advisors of events for promotion to their contacts
• Hosting networking events and activities prior to major domestic exhibitions
• 1-2-1 communication with Industry
• Promotion on the UKDSE gov.uk page
• Promotion through Desk Officers, Embassy colleagues, other relevant Civil Servants and UKDSE Capability Advisors
• Promotion through Trade Associations

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Written Question

Arms Trade: Exports

Wednesday 24th April 2024

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to provide information to domestic defence firms on the services provided by her Department's regional international trade advisers.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

The Department for Business and Trade’s ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ export promotion campaign showcases the support available to businesses, including our International Trade Adviser service. In addition, support is provided through the Export Support Service (ESS), a first point of contact service for any businesses seeking to trade internationally. Through the ESS, businesses can access support from DBT’s overseas network, UK Export Finance, UK Export Academy and our international events programme. Businesses can access digital support via great.gov.uk. We work with partners across all sectors, including Defence, to raise awareness of the support available.

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Written Statements
Export Statistics Update - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) confirm that no such overseas fossil fuel projects have received financial funding or support from UK Export - Speech Link

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Select Committee

German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Japan External Trade Organization, and Loughborough University

Oral Evidence Mar. 05 2024

Inquiry: Export-led growth
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Japan External Trade Organization, and Loughborough University

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Select Committee

Smith School, University of Oxford, Smith School, University of Oxford, and Smith School, University of Oxford

NZT0018 - Net zero and trade

Written Evidence May. 08 2024

Inquiry: Net zero and trade
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee

Found: NZT0018 - Net zero and trade Smith School, University of Oxford, Smith School, University of Oxford,

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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 02 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) trade advisers, who help about 6,000 SMEs each year; and 388 export champions, across every part of - Speech Link
2: Andrew Jones (Con - Harrogate and Knaresborough) export more of their products and services? - Speech Link
3: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) We have a network of 160 international trade advisers and our export support services. - Speech Link
4: Kemi Badenoch (Con - Saffron Walden) The UK Export Academy is one of them, along with the export support service, as I mentioned, and the - Speech Link
5: Alan Mak (Con - Havant) As part of this vote of confidence in the UK civil space sector, our trade missions and trade promotion - Speech Link

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