{"id":92896,"date":"2018-06-18T09:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T09:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=cba0b7f7bd701fb7231240cd2d12146d"},"modified":"2018-06-18T09:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T09:25:42","slug":"press-release-british-gift-exports-in-high-demand-on-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=92896","title":{"rendered":"Press release: British gift exports in high demand on Father\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>UK exports increased by 8.2 % in the year to May 2018<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>tech gadgets are top of the list in most Father\u2019s Day wish lists<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>there is global demand for quality British goods, with companies such as Mo Bros and Extreme Fliers seeing a rise in their international business since joining the Department for International Trade\u2019s (<abbr title=\"Department for International Trade\">DIT<\/abbr>) exporting programmes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The value of UK goods exports increased by 8.2 % in the year to May 2018, recent <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr> data shows.<\/p>\n<p>Making the most of international demand, Leicester-based Mo Bros are now exporting their beard care goods to 78 countries, providing the latest facial fashion to fathers everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>After embarking on the challenge to \u2018grow a mo\u2019 for charity in 2014, brothers Keval, Kunal and Savan Dattani identified a gap in the market for grooming products which catered for all beard types \u2013 and so Mo Bros was born. Sourcing the finest British ingredients, the brothers produce a beard care range, exporting over 250,000 products to men around the world in the last 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>Kunal Dattani, co-founder of Mo Bro\u2019s, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Since working with <abbr title=\"Department for International Trade\">DIT<\/abbr>, we\u2019ve found that there is huge international appetite for our products. The quality of British-stamped products is appreciated around the world meaning the possibilities for exporting is huge \u2013 if we can do it, so can other businesses.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tech gadgets are at the top of most Father\u2019s Day wish lists this year, and Extreme Fliers \u2013 the designers and manufacturers of personal Micro Drone technology &#8211; have seen significant export growth in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Vernon Kerswell founded the company 4 years ago and now has a team of 12 inventors, designers and engineers. Since joining <abbr title=\"Department for International Trade\">DIT<\/abbr>\u2019s E-Exporting programme in 2017, the company has rapidly increased online sales through US tech e-marketplace Newegg.<\/p>\n<p>Vernon Kerswell, CEO, Extreme Fliers said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Out of our small design studio in South London, we have built one of the UK\u2019s leading drone technology companies. By combining the best high-tech engineering with global supply chains, we are able to develop products and scale very fast. With the <abbr title=\"Department for International Trade\">DIT<\/abbr>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/e-exporting\">E-Exporting programme<\/a> our products can quickly reach exciting new markets and customers around the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>International Trade Minister Graham Stuart MP said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s great to see companies such as Mo Bros and Extreme Fliers making the most of an ever-growing global demand for British goods and services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The Department for International Trade offers a wide range of export support services to assist British businesses to take advantage of these global opportunities. This support includes our <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contactus.trade.gov.uk\/office-finder\/\">international trade advisers<\/a>, a comprehensive list of <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.great.gov.uk\/export-opportunities\/\">export opportunities<\/a> on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.great.gov.uk\/\">great.gov.uk<\/a> and our award-winning export credit agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/uk-export-finance\">UK Export Finance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recent figures released by <abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC<\/abbr> show the number of businesses exporting goods in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is at 109,000 \u2013 a rise of 4.1 % from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>In the first months of 2018, the average value of goods exported per business was \u00a3750,000.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"for-further-information\">For further information<\/h2>\n<p>Contact the <abbr title=\"Department for International Trade\">DIT<\/abbr> Media Team on 020 7215 2000 or email <a href=\"mailto:newsdesk@trade.gov.uk\">newsdesk@trade.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us: <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tradegovuk\">@tradegovuk<\/a>,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/dit\">gov.uk\/dit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The demand for British goods has never been higher, with children around the world buying British on Father\u2019s Day.<\/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\/92896"}],"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=92896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}