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Doing business with the UK

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

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Trade and Investment News

  • 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.
  • Good governance and the global economy (27/05/2009)
    Foreign Office Minister, Bill Rammell, delivered a speech at the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) during a regional visit to Cambodia and Vietnam.
  • Yorkshire & Humber companies took part in International Business Network in Prague (18/05/2009)
    Nineteen export-minded businesses from across the region were making a concentrated bid for business in the Czech Republic.
  • Invest Iraq conference (30/04/2009)
    Following his meeting with Gordon Brown Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, met UK Government and international business leaders to discuss investment opportunities in Iraq.

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