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If the Department for International Trade (DIT) is to drive £1 trillion of exports in the next 4 years, it is going to have to do things better online. Historically, the Department has been incredibly effective at supporting and marketing …

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, …

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 …

Let's face it: it's not every day that you get the opportunity in government to be part of something that is truly global and transformational. We're looking for experienced people who can join the Department for International Trade digital team to work …

UKTI is undergoing transformation and part of that process is making sure the organisation knows how content is commissioned, created, distributed and managed once it’s live. A content strategy is the piece of work that pulls this information together, and …

Sitting within UKTI’s awesome digital team is the IdeasLab. Between us we have expertise in social research, service design, user research, comms, and straight-up policy: we’re a bit of a motley crew, and we think that’s what makes us so …

What is the concern? UKTI have a number of internal systems which support staff in their work. One of these, the People Finder on the extranet, has been reviewed following concerns raised by staff about the completeness and accuracy of …

At UKTI we are passionate about our staff. We believe the best way to ensure we consistently offer great support to business is to provide our staff with the right tools, information and networks to do their job well. Whether …

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 …

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 …