Introduction According to the July 2025 Trade Confidence Outlook by the British Chambers of Commerce Insights Unit, 24% of UK SME exporters reported an increase in export sales in Q2 of 2025, 26% experienced a decrease and 50% reported no change to trading conditions. This signifies significantly worse export trading sentiment for SMEs when compared with … Read more
Introduction According to the January 2025 Business Insights and Conditions Survey published by the Office for National Statistics, around 1 in 5 (21%) of UK businesses with 10 or more employees reported that they had exported goods or services in the last 12 months. 18% of these exporting businesses reported they exported more in December … Read more
Introduction According to the latest annual research survey by the Department for Business and Trade on exporting, 28% of UK businesses surveyed admitted that their exporting knowledge was very low, which is up from 24% in the previous year. Research has suggested that there is a growing knowledge gap among exporting businesses following Brexit and … Read more
What Is Overseas Market Development Funding? Overseas market development grants can help businesses who want to broaden their horizons and expand into potential foreign countries with activities including trade visits, access to export finance and translation services. An overseas market development funding injection can help businesses look into exporting their products and services into new … Read more