Exports will boost UK business profits but many global opportunities still untapped

Posted on 24 May 2021 by Tom Lane

Manufactured goods accounted for over half of UK total exports at the end of 2019 bringing in £687bn for UK plc, but many smaller companies are still missing out on the global expansion opportunities available to them, unsure of how to make those first tentative steps into new markets.

Any size of business making a product can export their goods and the expansion of e-commerce and the recent switch to virtual meetings as the ‘new normal’ brought about by  the Covid pandemic, has made it easier than ever to connect with new customers anywhere around the world. However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach, and…

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