Are you eligible?
What Are the Aims of a Export Communications Review
- To assist companies to develop effective communication strategies for overseas markets
- To improve the international competitiveness of UK companies.
Are You Eligible to apply for this support?
The support is open to companies who:
- are UK based and have been trading for a minimum of 2 years
- currently export or have plans in place to start exporting;
- export goods or services that are mainly of UK origin.
Financial support is available to companies with fewer than 250 employees.
How does the service work?
The BCC maintains a register of consultants (Accredited Export Communications Consultants) who are experienced in the language and cultural needs of international trade and who have been specially trained in the skills of export communications review. The consultants are also competent to advise on the resources and facilities that are available to companies to improve their language and cultural capabilities. Companies seeking assistance under the scheme will be allocated an accredited consultant, by the BCC, and the consultant will be commissioned to conduct a review to meet the needs of the company.
The consultant will carry out an export communications review at the company's premises. Within 10 working days, they will submit a report with recommendations.
What is an export communications review?
An export communications review provides companies with impartial and objective advice about addressing language and cultural barriers when trading with overseas markets.
In the review, a company learns where they are strong, where they are weak and where they can improve their current systems for dealing with the issues that arise when trading with different languages and cultures (letters, faxes, phone calls, packaging, exhibitions, representation, literature, websites etc).
Depending upon the size of company and the extent of its product range and export activity, a review may involve up to 3 visits by the consultant.