Exporting can be a great way to improve your businesses performance. There is a wealth of information and business support available for you which you should take advantage of before making a decision to export.
If you plan to start exporting or importing, you should undertake checks and actions to make sure you comply with the rules and regulations governing exporting and customs for businesses.
You can use a commercial agent (export agent or overseas distributor) or a freight forwarder (freight forwarding is a service industry that involves moving goods around the world on behalf of importers and exporters) if you don’t want to deal with export procedures yourself.
If you are already exporting and would like to increase your export income there is tailored advice available and you can talk to an international trade expert adviser.
British Chambers of Commerce International Trade | Every Accredited Chamber provides local businesses with access to a range of services to support businesses to trade internationally. See British Chambers International Trade Hub
Business support programmes
DIT | UK Tradeshow Programme
Devon
Business exporting, or thinking of exporting from the UK can attend UK Tradeshow Programme's selection of supported overseas tradeshows and conferences, and potentially receive grants to offset some costs. The UK Tradeshow Programme provides all successful applicants with training, both about tradeshows in general and also specifically about the event that they applied for.
The Department for International Trade has launched the Internationalisation Fund. Eligible businesses in England could benefit from match-funded grants of between £1,000 and £9,000.
Department for International Trade (DIT) is a Government Department which helps companies in the UK export their products abroad as well as encouraging foreign investment into the country. DIT has a qualified team of experienced international trade advisers that can work with you to help you realise your export potential.
Innovate Edge UK is the Innovation Agency's resource for innovative SME's from any sector who are ambitious to grow further and scale. It complements Innovate UK project funding with intensive, specialist-led support for ambitious businesses.
The Growth Hub have licenced access to thousands of practical, factual and digestible reports, guides, factsheets and reference resources for businesses.
We use cookies to optimise our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.