EMERGING EUROPE hits the Road – the start of a nationwide UK tour

Good afternoon and a great big welcome to UK Global Export week. This is a massive push to get the UK exporting. Great news – Emerging Europe hits the road today on a nationwide tour of the UK to promote our region – 9 countries of strategic opportunity which last year topped the UK rankings along with China, India and Russia in terms of growth – 2 billion pounds worth of growth to be precise!

However there’s a lot more opportunity. We are behind our EU competitors in exports to Emerging Europe and we want to change that. Our Emerging Europe roadshow headed up by HMA Robin Barnett and a team of Ambassadors and UKTI Directors from the region takes in the North West, 13th November; Scotland, 14th November and the South East, 15th November. Hot on the heels of Emerging Europe at the CBI last week this is the biggest, greatest campaign ever to promote our region. Where’s all the opportunity in the region then?

I thought I would take this opportunity to give you a link to our ‘all new’ Emerging Europe Trade and Investment Compendium which provides a detailed briefing on the region, attractive sectors of opportunity and also key contacts – who you need to get in touch with to engage with the region – just click here; this takes you through to our Emerging Europe landing page, complete with business opportunity and background information on countries in the region. Once on the home page click on ‘Emerging Europe Publication’.

We are seeing huge interest in our campaign. Over the course of the week we will be engaging with companies all over the UK who are keen to grow their exports. There’s lots of potential. If you can’t make one of the conferences please do take the time to get in touch by clicking on our website and then getting in touch by e mail or phone.

EMERGING EUROPE – Going for Growth Roadshow 2012