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Andrew Raby, manager, York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub NEW funding is available for businesses keen to expand into new international markets. Small and medium-sized businesses across York and North Yorkshire can now apply for up to £9,000 of matched funding from the new Department for International Trade (DIT) Internationalisation Fund. The fund can be used for help with market research, translation services, international social media/SEO, trade fairs, independent market visits, and co...

Grasmere Gingerbread FREE advice and training are being offered to Cumbrian businesses looking for information about how to export their products and services internationally. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can access a range of resources from Sarah Peak, Cumbria’s export manager, who is working with the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (CLEP). The support includes The Export Academy – a free training programme to help small and micro businesses understand all they ne...

Siobhan Baillie The Stroud MPs weekly column. I had the pleasure last week of hosting a web event for local businesses to learn about exporting alongside Gloucester MP Richard Graham. I am part of the Department of International Trade’s (DIT) Parliamentary Export Programme, which aims to encourage companies to export and to help them gain access to the comprehensive support DIT can offer. The work DIT can do to get people trading across the globe is quite amazing and little known, al...

YOUNG BUSINESSES are being encouraged to make the next step and learn how to trade internationally.