Exporting is Good for Britain: Market Barriers
It is often claimed that growth of the UK’s export sector is held back by a focus on ‘traditional’ or ‘mature’ markets at the expense of larger and faster-growing ones - especially in Asia. This surve...
Exporting is Good for Britain: Transport Connections
Businesses across the UK perceive both the cost and quality of transport connections to be barriers to export. The two are connected: time is money, and goods held up in supply chains because of slow ...
DHL/BCC Trade Confidence Index Q1 2012
The Q4 2011 DHL/BCC Trade Confidence Index was published during a period of huge uncertainty surrounding the eurozone sovereign debt crisis and its impact on UK firms. But the beginning of 2012 saw so...
Exporting is Good for Britain: Skills
Over one in five businesses believe they lack the in-house skills, managerial capacity and / or knowledge to export. This perception can act as a barrier to exporting for the first time or expanding e...
Exporting is Good for Britain: Social Connections
The BCC’s latest evidence demonstrates that international social connections and networks positively support trade. Businesses that export have stronger social connections with their overseas markets,...
Quarterly Economic Survey Q1 2012
The BCC’s Quarterly Economic Survey is the largest and most representative independent business survey of its kind in the UK....
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