{"id":48524,"date":"2014-10-09T14:12:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ec91928183e24763545a528abac35089"},"modified":"2014-10-09T14:12:57","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T14:12:57","slug":"press-release-uk-export-finance-welcomes-new-bcc-international-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=48524","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK Export Finance welcomes new BCC International Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>UK Export Finance (<abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr>), the UK\u2019s export credit agency, today welcomed the announcement that the British Chambers of Commerce (<abbr title=\"British Chambers of Commerce\">BCC<\/abbr>) is to form an International Advisory Council. The Council will bring together a group of senior business leaders to advise the <abbr title=\"British Chambers of Commerce\">BCC<\/abbr> on international trade, with a focus on the export potential available to UK businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"British Chambers of Commerce\">BCC<\/abbr> announcement came ahead of its International Trade Conference, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bccexport.co.uk\/\">Global Network, Global Opportunities<\/a>, on Thursday 9 October, sponsored by UK Export Finance, Barclays, Cisco, DHL Express, EY, Heathrow Airport and Volvo, who will share their experience of exports and international markets.<\/p>\n<p>David Godfrey, Chief Executive of <abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr> and a guest speaker at the International Trade Conference, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We welcome the <abbr title=\"British Chambers of Commerce\">BCC<\/abbr>\u2019s newly formed International Advisory Council. Sharing the knowledge and experience of businesses that have already succeeded in international markets is a positive step that will strengthen the export agenda and we hope it will inform and inspire other UK exporters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"notes-for-editors\">Notes for Editors<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/uk-export-finance\">UK Export Finance<\/a> is the UK\u2019s export credit agency. It supports long term economic growth and competitiveness by complementing the private market with insurance for exporters, loan guarantees to banks, and support for and provision of loans to overseas buyers of UK goods and services.<\/li>\n<li>Sectors in which <abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr> has supported exports include: aerospace, petrochemicals, construction, oil and gas, mining and metals, telecommunications, and transport.<\/li>\n<li>\n<abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr> has a regional network of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors\">Export Finance Advisers<\/a> supporting export businesses.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_1093\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries: Lynda Hardy Maskell, Media Relations Manager<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:Lynda.hardy-maskell@ukef.gsi.gov.uk\">Lynda.hardy-maskell@ukef.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7271 8408 or out-of-hours: 020 7215 3505\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Export Finance today welcomed the announcement that the British Chambers of Commerce is to form an International Advisory Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}