Presenting the findings: from left - Simon Davies, international trade finance director at Bibby Financial Services Lesley Batchelor, director general of the Institute of Export, Margot James MP, chair of the all party parliamentary group and aide to Lord Green, Minister of Trade and Investment and Mark Runiewicz, CEO of Trade and Export Finance Limited (TAEFL).
This year’s International Trade Survey of UK Exporters – spearheaded by Trade & Export Finance Ltd (TAEFL), in conjunction with the Institute of Export - is underway.
The latest in a series of 16 surveys that commenced in 1996, the 2013 survey provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive insight into the performance of UK exporters, the challenges they face and the real successes achieved.
Providing critical understanding for policy-makers, analysts and practitioners, last year’s survey highlighted that that demand for UK products was fuelling export growth with over 70% of businesses boosting their export drive and posting increased turnovers across 2012.
Dare to be Different
By Director General Lesley Batchelor
Our last post outlined what we can learn from a recession and its impact on international trading. Here we examine additional challenges and outline what needs to happen to support businesses aiming to trade their way out of the recession. Continue reading
New Markets & Exporting
As the Eurozone crisis continues to deepen, Germany and France have finally agreed to work together to find a solution. Meanwhile, the consensus in the UK remains that we should focus on new markets and exporting to lead the way out of recession. Continue reading
One of the most crucial decisions to be made when setting up an export channel is, of course, the price of your products. Setting the right price – and getting it – is not a simple task as there are many variables that can turn the opportunity to make a profit into an unmitigated disaster.
Considering the basic costs incurred in supplying the product is a starting point, but how many first-time exporters will have remembered to factor in the cost of actually collecting the money from customers? Continue reading
2011 brought many changes that will bring lasting benefit to the Institute and its members. Chief among these, our registration through OfQual now attracts funded projects to the IOE qualifications, enabling access to colleges and HE programmes. Meanwhile our Foundation Degree with Anglia Ruskin University maximises a vast wealth of practical experience in professional practice in international trade. Continue reading
Selling internationally is very complex but – as with most things – easy with help and appropriate training.
Our five key steps below will help you as a new exporter to get right before you start expanding your horizons. Continue reading
You may have read in the news that we’re passionate at the Institute of Export about encouraging UK businesses to invest in exporting’s next generation
Designed with this goal in mind, we’ve launched a two-year Foundation Degree, in professional practice of international trade. The course offers a practical vocational approach to all aspects of trading internationally and it also helps those with some experience to be both efficient and profitable. Our Director General Lesley Batchelor explains more about the course benefits in the video below. Continue reading
