Billions in exports and investment deals secured as PM concludes visit to China
First PM visit to China in eight years ends with £2.2 billion in export deals, around £2.3 billion in market access wins and hundreds of millions of investments secured Whisky tariffs cut from 10% to 5% in market access boost for iconic distilleries Investment wins demonstrate clear economic benefits of pragmatic, clear-eyed relationship with China Billions of pounds worth […]
Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain’s energy
Record 8.4GW of offshore wind secured in Europe’s biggest ever offshore wind auction – enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of over 12 million homes as Britain races to cut bills and meet growing energy demand, price for offshore wind agreed at 40% lower than the cost of building and operating a new gas power plant puts the country firmly on […]
Thousands of British jobs secured as billions of pounds worth of aero deals announced at Dubai Airshow
Major Airbus aircraft orders including from Etihad and Emirates at Dubai Airshow worth billions to the UK economy. Deals secure thousands of UK manufacturing and engineering jobs in Derby, Wales and Bristol in latest vote of confidence in UK’s modern Industrial Strategy. UK Export Finance backs £2.7 billion package to help British firms win contracts […]