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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...

...did To understand the way in which people find each other across UKTI, the digital and internal communications teams decided to carry out user research to find out just what...

...London HQ, we want to provide the best digital services we can for our most valuable asset; our staff. What did we do Like all good digital teams we started...

...piece of paper through a more tailored view of what online export help could look like to a clickable online journey, providing a practical list of things you’d need to...

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...

...it daunting for newcomers. There’s lots of help available, but it can be tricky to navigate. Through UK Trade & Investment, government offers help for free, or for a modest...