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Written Question
Exports: Small Businesses
Thursday 22nd February 2018

Asked by: Lord Jack of Courance (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

What steps his Department is taking to help small and medium-sized British businesses to export.

Answered by Liam Fox

The great.gov.uk website offers small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) digital tools to start or expand exporting. Companies across the UK can access our overseas network, high-value campaigns and international events programme. In addition, last year UK Export Finance provided £3 billion to 221 UK companies - 79% of which were SMEs.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Sep 2017
Foreign Direct Investment 2016-17

"Although foreign direct investment into Scotland has been increasing, the Scottish National party’s constant pursuit of a second independence referendum creates economic uncertainty, and businesses are loth to go into such an environment. Does my hon. Friend agree that if the SNP were to drop that desire, we would see …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Sep 2017
Foreign Direct Investment 2016-17

"My hon. Friend makes a valid point. When businesses look to relocate, they pay attention to corporation tax, but they also think about the tax that their employees will pay. Does he agree that it is a mistake for Nicola Sturgeon to make Scotland the most overtaxed society in the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Sep 2017
Foreign Direct Investment 2016-17

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Sep 2017
Foreign Direct Investment 2016-17

"The wrecking ball was not the Brexit referendum; in Scotland, where the hon. Lady and I live, the wrecking ball was the independence referendum. Law firms went out of business, conveyancing stopped, the housing market slowed dramatically and businesses stopped moving to and investing in Scotland. I know people who …..."
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