Department for International Trade: Expenditure

(asked on 7th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Government transparency data entitled DIT: spending over £25,000 for November 2022, for what purpose her Department spent £29,011 on marketing and media at Tradefairs UK on 2 November 2022.


Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 16th March 2023

Tradefairs UK is the UK agent for the Gulfood Trade Show in Dubai. The payment to Tradefairs UK allowed for a 27 sq m exhibition stand in the shared UK Pavilion at Gulfood in February 2023 which enabled 30 food and drink suppliers from across Southern England to meet face-to-face with buyers from over 120 countries. This level of direct engagement with over 4,000 suppliers and potential buyers not only resulted in multiple orders being secured during the event but will generate further international sales for the participants, leveraging lucrative trade opportunities for UK businesses.

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