Business
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is here to welcome the opportunities and challenges that globalisation offers - and to rise to them. We do this by working to support UK-based businesses to hunt out and seize opportunities overseas. We also encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.
Are you looking to export?
Our range of expert services is tailored to the needs of individual businesses, aiming to maximise their international success. The Help for UK Companies pages will give you access to all the knowledge, advice and practical support that UKTI can offer your company.
Do you want to invest in the UK?
UKTI helps overseas companies bring high quality investment to the UK’s vibrant economy – acknowledged as Europe’s best place from which to succeed in global business. Our Business Investment in the UK pages provide support and advice to investors at all stages of their business decision-making.
FCO country updates
Subscribe to reports by Foreign Office staff on South Afrca's key economic and political issues. Visit the FCO country updates page hosted by UK Trade & Investment.
Trade and Investment News
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Minister for Europe opens UK-Spain business roundtable
(07/02/2010)
Minister for Europe, Chris Bryant delivered opening remarks at a roundtable event for business leaders in the UK and Spain. -
Minister for Europe delivers keynote speech at LSE
(04/02/2010)
In a speech delivered at LSE on the 4 February, Minister for Europe Chris Bryant argued that Britain, with the support of the EU, should adopt a more ambitious approach to trade with emerging economies -
UK issues guidance on settlement produce
(11/12/2009)
The government has published advice to help provide clarity to traders and retailers who want to offer their consumers more information about the origin of produce from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. -
Emerging Financial Stability
(01/07/2009)
Foreign Office Minister, Ivan Lewis, attended an event hosted by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on 1 July and spoke about opportunities that Islamic finance brings to the UK. -
Overseas Security Information for Business
(12/06/2009)
Foreign Office Minister Chris Bryant commented on the role of the Overseas Security Information for Business (OSIB) service during a statement on Friday 12 June.