International Trade Business Hub
Testing the waters in new trade markets
More than 50 Midlands companies hoping to expand into new markets or who are looking to start trading globally are closer to achieving their ambitions after attending a ‘Future Markets’ event. The event at iCentrum, Birmingham
Innovation Campus, saw export advisers from 20 countries offering advice to businesses that are keen to broaden their export markets. Regions represented included
China, India, USA, South Korea, North Africa and Latin America. Organised by the Department for
International Trade (DIT) West Midlands with Barclays Bank and Innovation Birmingham, the Midlands Engine-funded event attracted representatives from 53 companies across a wide range of sectors, such as healthcare, advanced engineering, and fashion and creative industries.
More than 200 one-to-one meetings took place
during the day, providing the catalyst for many attendees to begin exploring export opportunities in the countries they were interested in, or to test the waters in new markets. Christine Hamilton, interim regional
director of the Department for International Trade West Midlands (pictured), said: “More businesses are now looking at non-EU export markets and this event gave many of them the impetus they needed to start the exploring further the options open to them. We are delighted with the
feedback from both the export advisers and the
companies who attended. “Organising events such as this is part of the
comprehensive support that we offer any business that wants to start trading overseas – from advice on accessing markets to providing detailed reports and insight into their target sectors.”
To register interest in the event, email
marketvisits@uktiem.co.uk or contact Department for International Trade (formerly UKTI) East Midlands on 0345 052 4001 for further information.
T: 0121 450 4205 E:
ibh@birmingham-chamber.com
Delegation visits
a healthy market A trade delegation from the Midlands Engine is to visit Arab Health, the largest healthcare event in the Middle East, in early 2017. The event is being held at the Dubai
International Convention and the Midlands visit will take place between 29 January and 2 February. The visit offers a platform on which to
build relationships within the healthcare industry, and the event itself will showcase progress and achievement in the sector. The 2016 event featured more than
4,000 exhibitors, and there were more than 75,000 healthcare professionals visiting from 70 countries around the world.
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