{"id":55458,"date":"2015-03-19T15:17:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=78bfcc3a1cced78092f4f030007a55c7"},"modified":"2015-03-19T15:17:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:17:41","slug":"news-story-ukti-holds-first-summit-for-medium-sized-businesses-in-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=55458","title":{"rendered":"News story: UKTI holds first summit for medium sized businesses in Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The summit was the first of its kind and was attended by over 100 of the region\u2019s most influential companies. The event took place on 18 March 2015.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ongoing-support-for-msbs\">Ongoing support for <abbr title=\"Medium-Sized Businesses\">MSBs<\/abbr><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>UK Trade and Investment\u2019s (<abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/medium-sized-business\"><abbr title=\"Medium-Sized Business\">MSB<\/abbr> Programme<\/a> assesses companies export capability, either to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>get started in international trade<\/li>\n<li>develop existing export operations further<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This month it was revealed that over 500 <abbr title=\"Medium-Sized Businesses\">MSBs<\/abbr> in the Midlands are now receiving government support to break into new markets overseas.  <\/p>\n<p>Nationally <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> has increased the number of <abbr title=\"Medium-Sized Businesses\">MSBs<\/abbr> receiving export help from 1,000 to 3,000 in the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Helping <abbr title=\"Medium-Sized Businesses\">MSBs<\/abbr> export will also benefit small UK companies. 70% of <abbr title=\"Medium-Sized Business\">MSB<\/abbr> suppliers come from our domestic economy.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-days-activities\">The day\u2019s activities<\/h2>\n<p>The event took place at the Hilton at St George\u2019s Park in Burton-upon-Trent. It was chaired by global news correspondent Tanya Beckett.<br \/>\n<abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> East and West Midlands pulled together a huge range of contributors from their networks to show local <abbr title=\"Medium-Sized Businesses\">MSBs<\/abbr> how much information and support is available.<\/p>\n<p>The morning saw keynote speeches by former Mercedes Petronas CEO Nick Fry, G\u00fc Founder James Averdieck and Times columnist Louise Cooper.<br \/>\nThis was followed by introductions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/high-value-opportunities\">High Value opportunities<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/export-control-organisation\">Export Control Organisation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One-on-one workshops were held in the afternoon with 17 commercial experts. These included a number of <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> specialists and heads of trade.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Find out how <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> can help you export, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbusiness.gov.uk\/ukti\/?utm_source=casestudy&amp;utm_medium=GOVUK&amp;utm_campaign=EIG\">contact an International Trade Advisor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"international trade conference - people networking\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/37807\/midlands_2.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"east-and-west\">East and West<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> regional directors Ian Harrison and Paul Noon from the East and West Midlands, respectively, commented on the success of the event. They were keen to show local companies the support that is available to them \u2013 allowing them not just to trade abroad, but to thrive there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midland&#8217;s Medium-Sized Businesses (MSBs) attended a special international trade conference organised by UKTI.<\/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\/55458"}],"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=55458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}