SME Resource, a Swindon-based company offering advice and solutions to help UK start-ups and SMEs increase their revenues and profits, has launched its international trade support service, the Export Department. The service is designed to allow small and medium sized companies to effectively outsource elements of, or in deed all their exporting activity, leaving them …
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Whether you voted “remain” or “leave”, Brexit is a reality, and in many respects, it constitutes a valuable opportunity for UK SMEs. Less than 20% of UK-based SMEs currently export their goods and services, in fact the South West region is the 4th lowest region in the UK for exporting activity, followed only by Northern …
Export growth beyond the US and Europe for UK SMEs Read More »
Anyone who has ever spoken to me about international trade, will know that I am a huge champion of fast growing, emerging markets, and with good reason – research by HSBC this year predicted that approx. 70% of future world growth will come from emerging economies. The Export Department works with micros and SMEs, and …
OPPORTUNITIES FOR UK EXPORTERS: Emerging markets and the economic landscape in 2030 Read More »
So, with the European Referendum hanging over the heads of small businesses across the UK like a big, black cloud, just what will unfold post 23rd June 2016 if we vote to “Leave” the EU? No-one seems to be able to tell us, and this uncertainty is what is keeping small business owners awake at …
Today the Export Department launches its Brexit Impact Assessment, a unique framework designed to help UK-based SMEs identify and reduce or mitigate the risks their businesses face as a result of the Brexit process. The UK government and its EU counterparts are almost half way through the two-year negotiation phase that will result in the UK’s …