Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose that Department spent £85,207.73 on marketing and media at Omnicom Media Group UK Ltd T/A Manning Gottlieb OMD on 30 November 2022.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with Manning Gottlieb OMD to provide media buying services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such media buying services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of media space in regional, national and international channels.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose that Department spent £27,419.65 on marketing and media at Omnicom Media Group UK Ltd T/A Manning Gottlieb OMD on 30 November 2022.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with Manning Gottlieb OMD to provide media buying services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such media buying services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of media space in regional, national and international channels.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for October 2022, for what purpose her Department spent £35,144.97 on marketing and media with M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd on 20 October 2022, transaction reference 465987.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with M&C Saatchi to provide creative development services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such creative development services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of creative development to allow advertising and associated marketing assets to be created.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose that Department twice spent £20,200 on marketing and media at M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd on 17 November 2022.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with M&C Saatchi to provide creative development services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such creative development services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of creative development to allow advertising and associated marketing assets to be created.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose that Department spent £64,311.75 on marketing and media at M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd on 15 November 2022.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with M&C Saatchi to provide creative development services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such creative development services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of creative development to allow advertising and associated marketing assets to be created.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022 for what purpose that Department spent £45,643.49 on marketing and media at M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd on 21 November 2022.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with M&C Saatchi to provide creative development services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such creative development services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of creative development to allow advertising and associated marketing assets to be created.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose her Department spent £25,361.1 on marketing and media at M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd on 29 November 2022.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with M&C Saatchi to provide creative development services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such creative development services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of creative development to allow advertising and associated marketing assets to be created.
Asked by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose her Department spent £69,104.2 on marketing and media at M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd on 24 November 2022.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade has contracts with M&C Saatchi to provide creative development services to support our export and investment promotion, as part of the GREAT Britain campaign, both in the UK and internationally.
All the payments listed are for such creative development services. Paid marketing campaigns require the purchase of creative development to allow advertising and associated marketing assets to be created.
Asked by: Alberto Costa (Conservative - South Leicestershire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help support and increase the export of locally produced beer and gin to overseas markets.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business & Trade provides bespoke export advice and support to our distilleries and breweries across the UK through our network of international trade advisers and dedicated sector resource in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The Department has a dedicated workplan of export promotion activities including a strong UK presence at tradeshows such as Prowein in Germany in March, educational webinars and inward buyer visits.
We work in close partnership with trade associations such as the Wine and Spirits Trade Association and the British Beer and Pub Association to help drinks exporters to capitalise on the enormous global demand for British food and drink whilst we work to open new markets for their products.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what grants and programmes exist to help video games studios export their games.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Business and Trade, working with industry partners, delivers a trade promotion programme for UK video games firms at major international video games trade shows to support their exporting journey. An example of this support is the video games trade mission this department is taking to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco in March 2023. We also deliver a dedicated campaign programme ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ which encourages new exporters, including those from the video games sector, to pursue export opportunities. Video games firms can also access the Creative Industries Faculty of the Export Academy, which builds their export capability through a programme of online learning.