The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards for UK businesses. Winning an Award offers a business multiple benefits including global recognition, increasing growth and boosting staff morale. In 2020 only 3 companies from South Yorkshire won an Award, which is very disappointing and a poor reflection on...
Our affiliate member and Asia specialist, Mosaic International, share their thoughts on making the leap from the Sheffield City Region (SCR) to the Southeast Asia Region (SEA). Southeast Asia (SEA) is a region about half the size of Europe but with nearly 80% of its population. It lies strategically in...
Our affiliate member, and resident expert on the ASEAN region, Mosiac International, shares research highlighting the growth in Asia over the next 4 years. With the World Bank and IMF predicting that by 2024 Asia will have four of the top five largest economies in the world (see graph below), have you...
In 2019 Jenny Lawson from the Enterprise Europe Network spoke to our members about Switzerland and the potential it holds as an export market. Here you can download her slides with the key points and summary. Switzerland features: Central location Population 8.42m (2017) GDP per capita c. $80,200 (2017) – 2nd highest...
In 2018 Jenny Lawson from the Enterprise Europe Network spoke to our members about the Czech Republic and the potential it holds as an export market. Here you can download her slides with the key points and summary. The Czech Republic features: Reasonable sized market (10.6m people) Central location Good...
In 2018 the International Trade Forum led a market visit of its members to Thailand, which incoroporated the Metalex trade show in Bangkok. Metalex is the ASEAN region’s largest show for Machine Tools and Metalworking Technologies. Here you can download the presentation given to our members about the exhibition prior...
Incoterms are the International Commercial Terms which are widely used around the world to standardise commercial agreements about movement of goods. They are published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and 2020 saw an update to their definitions. Our partners at Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce presented a...
In October 2019, the International Trade Forum held an event to focus on the Irish market as a high potential export market for our members. Here you can download the slides from the event, containing useful market information, advice and contacts. The UK has recorded a trade surplus of £16.4...
Our principal partner BHP has published a key report on trading internationally. Lisa Leighton, managing partner at BHP reports on it. UK businesses looking to international markets for post-COVID bounce, finds research from Kreston International UK businesses are planning for increased international trade over the next 12 months looking for...
Free virtual ‘drop in clinic’ to discuss a range of Foreign Exchange (FX) solutions for your business. As part of our ongoing efforts to help members who trade overseas, we have identified that many small and mid-sized businesses ambitions for growth are being hindered by currency volatility and expensive international...
Freeports will play a significant role in boosting trade and innovation, attracting inward investment, driving productive activity, regenerating towns and cities and creating jobs across the UK.
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