Busting the myth’s on international exporting challenges for SMEs

International markets offer huge opportunities for UK businesses. Selling internationally is very complex but – as with most things – easy with help and appropriate training.

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Emerging Pakistan

Pakistan   is   an   emerging   market   of   207   million   enterprising   people. With vast natural resources and young population, Pakistan is a dynamic and rising economy that is brimming with potential. Manufacturing of quality textile, leather, sports goods, cutlery / surgical products and agricultural / food products give Pakistan competitive advantage in…

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Latvia and the Baltic Sea region: market opportunities

Latvia is member of the EU and NATO since 2004, Eurozone since 2014, OECD since 2016 and is part of the Schengen area. The country has one of the best infrastructures for the digital economy in the world, it is globally well connected and it host an increasing numbers of…

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Doing business in Italy

A review of interesting investing opportunities for Scottish companies. Scotland and Italy have always had a very close relationship, started in the nineteenth century when several Italians left their country to look for work in Scotland. It is estimated that nowadays around 20,000 Scots have Italian origins and that more…

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Why Slovenia is attracting British investors

British companies are showing a greater interest in Slovenia than ever before.

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Call for evidence to identify UK interest in existing EU trade remedy measures

DIT is preparing a UK trade remedies framework in readiness for the UK leaving the EU.

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UK Export Finance appointed a new Manager for Eastern Scotland

UK Export Finance is here to ensure you have the funds and insurance you need to sell your goods and services worldwide.

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The Edinburgh – Copenhagen Urban Challenge

The Edinburgh-Copenhagen Urban Challenge is a joint programme led by the University of Edinburgh Business School together with its strategic European partner: Copenhagen Business School, and is offered to postgraduate students from both universities. Both institutions won EU (Erasmus+) funding to run the programme, which has enabled greater access for…

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Visit of the Georgian Ambassador

On the 20th of September we welcomed Ms Tamar Beruchashvili, the Georgian Ambassador based in London. This meeting focused on exploring areas of collaborations and investment opportunities in Georgia. The country enjoys a strategical position between Europe, Asia and the Middle East and offers an attractive climate to businesses thanks…

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China Foreign Trade Centre delegation visit

On the 4th of September, we were pleased to host a delegation from the China Foreign Trade Centre. The discussion focused on finding areas of collaborations and learning more about the business opportunities, for Scottish businesses, provided by the Canton Fair.

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