Step By Step Guides To Exporting

Step by step guides to using if you are thinking about exporting. These include Reaching customers and Pricing and getting paid.

Department for Business and Trade - Digital Exporting Programme

Assist UK companies in reaching consumers overseas through e-marketplaces.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - UK Defence and Security Exports

UK Defence and Security Exports helps UK businesses in the Defence and Security sector to export their products and services internationally.

Open To Export - Getting Started

Information and guidance on starting to export for the first time.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - International Market Guides

Guides to exporting in specific countries.

The Windsor Framework

Guidance on what the arrangements are when trading goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

International Business Opportunities

Free service linking companies with overseas tender opportunities.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Export Opportunities

An online portal that helps UK businesses find overseas contracts, tenders and projects.

Export Control Joint Unit (incl. SPIRE)

Part of the Department for Business and Trade, the ECJU are responsible for the control of the exporting of 'strategic' goods which require a licence.

Export Control Joint Unit - Training Courses

Courses, seminars and workshops to increase understanding of the UK’s strategic export controls.

DBT - Export Support Team

Service for pre-start-up and trading UK businesses with questions about exporting to Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia plus trading with Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

GREAT.gov.uk (DBT Portal for Exporters)

Is your business looking for further opportunities to export internationally?

HMRC videos, webinars and email alerts

HMRC offers webinars, alerts, e-learning guides and videos if you are looking for information on running a business.

Selling overseas via Amazon - Amazon European Expansion Accelerator

Online tool for businesses selling goods via the Amazon website.

Support for small businesses – BT

BT offers support from cyber-security to tech support with an extensive range of help for small businesses.

Freeports

Special areas within the UK’s borders where different economic regulations apply

Making Business Finance Work for You guide

Amazon Small Business Accelerator

The upgraded Accelerator is now available on Amazon and offers a suite of free-to-use resources for all startups, entrepreneurs and small or medium-sized businesses.

Open To Export

Open to Export is a not for profit social enterprise dedicated to helping UK companies grow through export.

Open To Export - Export Bootcamp

Export Bootcamp to learn the essentials of international trade in bite-size webinars.

International Trade Guides

Doing Business Guides' are designed to advise and assist UK companies when looking to trade with and invest in opportunity-rich overseas markets.

Open To Export - Export Action Plan

Free and easy to use online planning tool for small businesses planning to sell overseas.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Report a Trade Barrier

A way to report and look for resolutions to new trade barriers or an issue with an existing trade barrier.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Find a Buyer Profile

A online platform allowing you to showcase your business to international buyers.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Preparing to Export

A range of resources for companies starting to sell overseas.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS)

Find overseas customers and export opportunities.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Events Portal

Events calendar of events updated regularly with both UK and overseas events as well as overseas missions.

Department for Business and Trade (previously DIT) - Aid Funded Business

Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.