Department for Business and Trade

Vicki Sutton, CEO Wales Netball tells us how the Women’s Sport Investment Accelerator has benefited the organisation and what’s next for the sector ☝️ Read more here 👉 https://ow.ly/2cot50UeIh5

A little bit of slush didn't stop 9,000+ founders and VCs gathering in Finland last week 👇 Alongside Slush festival itself, we supported several side events at the British Embassy in Helsinki, from a panel with London & Partners on scaling sustainable business to an evening with investors and founders from the gaming industry. We ended with a breakfast with Innovate UK, where we heard pitches from 17 founders with inspiring tech solutions ✅ How is your business using tech for good? #slush2024

Rockit are making life easier for exhausted parents all over the planet 🚀 The award-winning company and their portable sleep aid products have helped over 300,000 babies all over the world sleep better 💤 Since joining the UK Export Academy, the business has rocketed to new heights. Join them and thousands of other businesses expanding their exporting knowledge 👉 https://ow.ly/T05v50Ub3AP

What makes the UK creative industries so exciting for international investors? We put the question to those in the know this week at Slush festival, as we invited founders, experts and investors to a panel event discussing investor sentiment around the UK and European video games sector 👇 Freya Shaw | Michael French | Spike Laurie | Film London | Slush | Chris Barton CMG | Adrian Walewski #slush2024

Exporting is a key driver of employment, innovation and economic growth in the UK – the East Midlands is at the heart of that growth. East Midlands Airport is one of the UK’s leading airports for express air cargo, facilitating seamless global trade. Find out more on starting your export journey by visiting 👉 https://ow.ly/5ESa50Ub4zI Claire Ward | East Midlands Airport

📣 NEWS: we’re teaming up with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, The Growth Company and Greater Manchester Chamber, UK to enhance international trade support that will help SMEs export worldwide. 🚢 This initiative brings together national and regional support to provide a bespoke service that will guide new exporters and help them trade globally 🌍 Read more 👉https://lnkd.in/dWJaZM2m

"To grow, small businesses need three main things: a network of industry veterans and mentors, we need capital - to scale our technologies, and finally, we need business support." - Lisa Stafford, CEO and Founder, TAZAAR That's exactly why Innovate UK's Global Business Innovation Programme brought a delegation of 17 small creative tech businesses to Finland's iconic Slush festival this week. Today's breakfast at the British Embassy in Helsinki was just one of a series of events by DBT and partners, to introduce the UK's most innovative small businesses to exciting new investment opportunities, and connecting VCs with just the founders they're looking for. 20 Photos | DeepReel | ElectricSheepAI | Filmily | Happaning | HyperTribe | Immersion Sound Studio | Juice Immersive. | Loud Parade | Lybertine MagicBeans Ltd 🔜 Slush | Red Nought | Seamless Source | Vasarik Ltd | Voxelo.ai | Artlume | Louise Hooker | Adele Reynolds | Alina Cameron

Maximise your business opportunities with the Women’s International Networking Programme 🌍 Bringing together a collective of inspirational female entrepreneurs, the programme is poised to revolutionise the business landscape and bridge the influence gap. Are you ready to embrace your WINning mindset? Apply today👇 https://lnkd.in/ev6FhcgH #WomenInBusiness I #FemaleEntrepenuers I #WomenInLeadership

As Helsinki's Slush festival brings together 9,000 founders and VCs this week, we asked two VCs what exactly it is they're looking for in their next investment 👀 London & Partners | Venla Väänänen | Maki.vc | Mike Smeed | InMotion Ventures | Chris Barton CMG

🚨 Big news dropping on Monday 25th November... 🚨  Since launching the Invest in Women Taskforce, we’ve been unwavering in our mission: to make the UK the best place in the world to be a female entrepreneur.   Currently, just 11% of senior investment committee members are women. And just 1.8% of equity capital goes to fully female-founded businesses. We’re here to change that.   From March to now, we’ve been laying the groundwork for transformation – and we’re just getting started.   Stay tuned for our big announcement on Monday 25th November – you don’t want to miss it! 📽 Hannah Bernard OBE, Debbie Wosskow, OBE, Grace Beverley, Ayaan Mohamed Ali, Louis Taylor, Alex Seddon and Department for Business and Trade