May. 10 2011
Source Page: Britain open for business: growth through international trade and investment. 45 p.Found: Britain open for business: growth through international trade and investment. 45 p.
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Inquiry: The performance of investment zones and freeports in EnglandFound: PIZ0007 - The performance of investment zones and freeports in England Institute of Export & International
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Net zero and tradeFound: NZT0028 - Net zero and trade Department for Business and Trade Written Evidence
Correspondence May. 09 2024
Committee: International Agreements CommitteeFound: Letter to the Chair from Lord Johnson, UK-Nigeria Enhanced Trade and Investment Partnership, 1 May 2024
Asked by: Tahir Ali (Labour - Birmingham, Hall Green)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is making to promote (a) international trade and (b) investment opportunities for businesses based in Birmingham.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Department for Business and Trade’s export promotion campaign ‘Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ is tailored regionally, and in March 2024 Lord Offord, Minister for Exports held the ‘Made in the Midlands’ Roadshow in the region
The International Trade Advisory Service has staff in Birmingham supporting businesses to export. The Export Academy provides online educational support and the Export Digital Enquiry Service answers specific international trade queries
The Government has provided £160M for the creation of a West Midlands Investment Zone. The West Midlands Combined Authority estimate that this may bring up to £5.5B investment and 30,000 new jobs by 2034.
Asked by: Matheson, Michael (Scottish National Party - Falkirk West)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting Scotland’s interests overseas and boosting inbound and outbound trade and investment missions to secure opportunities for Scottish companies in the international hydrogen market and drive inward investment, as set out in its Hydrogen Action Plan.
Answered by Martin, Gillian - Minister for Energy and the Environment
The Scottish Government and its partners engage with and provide specialist support to companies in Scotland seeking to trade overseas, including help to attend trade shows and establish links with international project developers.
We are working with Scotland’s Enterprise Agencies to develop the Hydrogen Sector Export Plan and this will be informed by the findings of commissioned reports on identifying priority international markets for Scottish companies to target and assesses demand for hydrogen and hydrogen products in North West Europe. We are also supporting Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) work on the Hydrogen Backbone Link project seeking to establish the case for a hydrogen export pipeline from Scotland to mainland Europe.
We have supported several trade delegations including to Dubai Expo and, in January this year, Hyvolution in France, to which it is planned to return next year. We have supported visit programmes of several inward delegations, including from India, Singapore and German States.
Scottish Development International (SDI) has taken a strategic and targeted approach to attracting direct foreign investment to Scotland. It is focused on attracting hydrogen producers, supply chain companies and end users. Our hydrogen opportunity is being promoted internationally by SDI’s overseas offices and by relevant UK Government departments. This has catalysed visits to Scotland by companies, innovation partnerships with universities, a strong project concept pipeline and initial investments.
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Net zero and tradeFound: NZT0005 - Net zero and trade Trade Justice Movement Written Evidence
Correspondence Feb. 21 2024
Committee: International Agreements CommitteeFound: Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and the Government of the United Kingdom on Enhanced Trade
Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: Industrial policyFound: IPO0072 - Industrial policy Department for Business and Trade Written Evidence
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department has taken to encourage international companies to (a) invest and (b) base themselves in Northern Ireland in the last six months.
Answered by Steve Baker - Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
International investment makes an important contribution towards Northern Ireland's prosperity.
The Northern Ireland Investment Summit, led by the Department for Business and Trade in partnership with the Northern Ireland Office and Invest NI, welcomed over 180 global investors to the region in September. The Summit showcased Northern Ireland’s innovation, sector strengths and opportunities for inward investment to a truly global audience.
We are already seeing new international investment in Northern Ireland’s key growth sectors as a result, along with established companies already based in Northern Ireland announcing that they will be expanding their operations in the region.
My Department continues to work closely with the Department for Business and Trade to maximise opportunities to encourage investment. I attended the Global Investment Summit that the UK hosted in November and met with many businesses interested in setting and scaling up in the UK. My clear message to them was that Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom has all of the right ingredients for economic success: exceptional talent, unique opportunities, a tradition of creativity and a healthy spirit of private sector entrepreneurship.
A key factor for international investment is of course business certainty. We thus welcome the restoration of devolved governance in Northern Ireland.