To find advice about how and where to start exporting, great.gov.uk provides:
- Guidance on how to create an export plan
- Things you need to consider when starting
- An opportunity to create a free business profile to promote your business overseas – great.gov.uk/find-a-buyer
- Information about demands for British goods and services at great.gov.uk/export-opportunities
- The latest guides on intellectual property, understanding risk and avoiding corruption – great.gov.uk/advice/manage-legal-and-ethical-compliance
For more information about how to sell online:
- E-commerce support is available at www.gov.uk/guidance/e-exporting
- The Selling Online Overseas Tool will help you to identify and apply to sell with global marketplaces relevant to your business and benefit from special deals with some of our partner marketplaces at great.gov.uk/selling-online-overseas
For financial support to start or scale up exporting, information is provided by UK Export Finance (UKEF)
- UKEF can be contacted at customer.service@ukexportfinance.gov.uk
- UKEF aims to ensure that no viable export fails for lack of finance or insurance. Their Export Finance Managers can help you decide what type of financial support you need. They can also help you to complete your application.
- For more options, visit great.gov.uk/advice/get-export-finance-and-funding/get-export-finance for more options.
Information about Department of International Trade events in available online:
- Visit events.great.gov.uk for details of major trade fairs, missions and exhibitors, webinars and local events.
- Financial help may be available to help you attend a trade show overseas www.gov.uk/guidance/tradeshow-access-programme
Local support
Local support is available. Find your local trade office at great.gov.uk/contact/office-finder and see what export support might be available to you locally if you are a VAT registered business and have a product/service to export. Speak to an international trade adviser, who can offer one-to-one, bespoke, impartial advice.
Your local trade team can also put you in touch with trade specialists who can give advice on sectors and local markets; supports during overseas visits; identifying possible business partners; preparation for exhibitions and events.