{"id":49444,"date":"2014-10-29T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0f07955e0cbe1611fe4837e6b232dee7"},"modified":"2014-10-29T15:28:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:28:00","slug":"press-release-uk-export-finance-strengthens-regional-team-to-support-uks-export-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49444","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK Export Finance strengthens regional team to support UK\u2019s export businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The new additions to <abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr>\u2019s team will provide businesses that export, or want to export, with local access to specialist information on solving the financial challenges involved in selling overseas, including issues such as obtaining credit insurance to protect their business while they take advantage of international sales opportunities.  Export finance advisers are also the primary point of contact for exporters seeking to access <abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr>\u2019s range of government -backed guarantees and insurance products.<\/p>\n<p>Joining <abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr>\u2019s team are six export finance advisers, together with an additional three advisers who will specialise in providing information to medium-sized businesses (MSBs). Team members all combine their understanding of local businesses with specialist knowledge of the financial challenges facing UK exporters. The new recruits bring the number of <abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr> advisers to 23 of the planned expansion to 24 embarked upon earlier in the year. They are:<\/p>\n<p>Export finance advisers:   <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#KEaW\">James Bowker<\/a>: East Sussex, Kent &amp; West Sussex<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#S\">Carol Harvey<\/a>: Scotland<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#HWSaT\">Anne Lockett<\/a>: the Black Country, Herefordhshire, Shropshire &amp; Worcestershire<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#N\">Johanna McSweeney<\/a>: Northamptonshire<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#LW\">Archana Singh<\/a>: London West<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#NWaE\">Paul Wright<\/a>: East Greater Manchester, N. Yorkshire &amp; W.Yorkshire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MSBs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#SMSB\">Jon Boyce<\/a>, <abbr title=\"medium-sized businesses\">MSB<\/abbr> adviser North <\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#SMSB\">Paul Callin<\/a>, <abbr title=\"medium-sized businesses\">MSB<\/abbr> adviser, Midlands, West &amp; Wales <\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors#SMSB\">Ian Wallace<\/a>, <abbr title=\"medium-sized businesses\">MSB<\/abbr> adviser, South <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Commenting on the expansion of its regional network, <abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr>\u2019s Paul Croucher, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We support businesses of all sizes and supplement the financial support available to exporters from the commercial sector. Having that specialist understanding locally based, where growing businesses can quickly access it is what can help make exports happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2013\tENDS \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Notes for Editors<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>UK Export Finance \u2013 https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/uk-export-finance \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr> has a regional network of Export Finance Advisers supporting export businesses: https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/uk-regional-export-finance-advisors <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><abbr title=\"UK Export Finance\">UKEF<\/abbr> supports exporters with a range of products that include: <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Bond insurance policy<\/li>\n<li>Bond support scheme<\/li>\n<li>Buyer &amp; supplier credit financing facility<\/li>\n<li>Direct lending facility<\/li>\n<li>Export insurance policy<\/li>\n<li>Export refinancing facility<\/li>\n<li>Export working capital scheme<\/li>\n<li>Letter of credit guarantee scheme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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              07812 667321 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 (UKEF), the UK\u2019s export credit agency, has strengthened its regional team of specialist export finance advisers with the addition of nine key appointments.<\/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\/49444"}],"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=49444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}