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InternationalTrade Find an expert to help you export Contact info: Simon Andrews Marketing & Relationship Manager UKTI Yorkshire and the Humber Exporting can be an intimidating prospect, even for firms already familiar with trading overseas. UK Trade & Investment Mob: [phone] Language barriers, foreign business culture, taxes and duties and the sheer volume of regulation can make exporting seem daunting. However, there is a wealth of assistance and expertise for local firms to E-mail: [email protected] tap into for guidance, advice, funding or support. That’s why MY Export Hub is developing a new site to help exporting medium to interact with UKTI staff from all corners of the organisation with a diverse range of personnel interacting on a daily basis. In addition, UKTI also maintains its own export centric social community, Open2Export, allowing users to share knowledge and experience relating to international business through this peer-to-peer network. For both Twitter and LinkedIn services, image hosting is handled by Flickr, with galleries of UKTI events, activities and trade missions available for perusal. These galleries are linked to relevant discussions on other social media platforms, as well as targeted e-shots from across UKTI. Video content is hosted within UKTI’s YouTube account, with new content appearing almost daily. YouTube allows ‘playlisting’ of select videos to streamline content browsing, allowing videos to be grouped such as the ‘Britain is GREAT’ campaign and the ‘Our Export Challenge’ case study series. Content can be linked to or embedded to web pages for convenient browsing. Each exporter’s interaction with UKTI on all of our platforms is seamless, with dedicated personnel on hand to help and support those interested. We look forward to building upon our already strong social media presence and invite you to join us on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube/Google+, Flickr and beyond. companies access this local support. Bringing together the many export support providers in our Chamber’s membership and across the region, it will provide a single point of entry for exporting firms to a wide range of expert assistance. From help with everything from your export strategy to language expertise and from finance to freight, our new directory will provide you with the expert advice and support you need through every stage of your export journey. Our new site will be launching in the first quarter of next year and listings on the site will be free for all Chamber members who provide support or advice to exporting firms. Look out for more information in the coming months, or call Samuel Lewis, export and policy adviser to discuss on 01924 311 613. Winter 2013 CLOSEUP 13