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Content designers make international trade easier for users
Content Lead Jennifer Staves shares why it’s great to work in content design at the Department for International Trade.
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In Product or Project Delivery? Become a Service Owner
Dan, service owner at DIT, offers an insight into the most interesting aspects of his job.
UK government emerging as international data and tech thought leader
The Department for International Trade (DIT) and a group of private sector innovators joined the world’s biggest names in the tech industry at SxSW Conference in Austin, Texas recently. The department, which is noted as industry-leading in its aspirational use …
Improving export licensing - calling new exporters
SPIRE, the faithful old system used to apply for export licences for controlled goods, software and technology, is reaching the end of its lifetime. And for the last few months a team in Westminster has been working on its replacement, …
Starting out in digital trade
After starting at what was UK Trade & Investment a few weeks ago, with the remit of improving exporting content, I didn’t really know what to expect. With several new staff starting around me, though, I knew we could work …
Researching export - what we've learnt so far
We’re just over halfway through our research into how digital services could help UK businesses export. Following GDS guidelines, this phase is known as Discovery, when you find out what your users need, what to measure and what your constraints …
Talking to businesses at Export Week
In November, some of our team went to Export Week, armed with a sketch of what we think a future UKTI export service might look like. We wanted to talk to real exporters and find out what they thought. Twice …
Making exports easier
There’s lots of opportunity for UK businesses to export, but exporting for the first time can be challenging. How do you make contacts in companies in other countries? What rules do you have to obey for exporting from the UK? …
Good morning, global business
What can government do to help British businesses grow internationally? What should we do to help companies bring their business to the UK?