Posted 3 Apr 2020
BExA is calling for changes to international rules to allow export credit agencies (ECAs) to provide 100% insurance cover for trade transactions, helping ease the pressure caused by the global spread of Covid-19.
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Posted 6 Feb 2020
BExA has been featured in a GTR article entitled "Exporters association urges UK gov to rethink rumoured DIT merger".
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Posted 26 Nov 2019
As the 10th anniversary of the UK’s Bribery Act approaches, and with Brexit challenging UK exporters to look beyond the EU for new markets, BExA recently organised a seminar on how UK exporters can manage corruption risk in developing countries.
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Posted 18 Nov 2019
BExA has launched a dedicated helpline for members that are seeking specialist advice on international trade matters.
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Posted 10 Oct 2019
BExA unveiled the winners of its Young Exporter, Young Export Financier and Lifetime Achievement Awards at its Annual Lunch at Mansion House in London on October 8.
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Posted 24 Jun 2019
BExA congratulates UK Export Finance (UKEF) on an impressive set of results to mark their centenary. Whilst the value of support has significantly increased from the previous year, due in the main to the Qatar transaction, the increase in the number
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Posted 22 May 2019
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s export credit agency, has called for views on proposed changes to its Foreign Content Policy, which are designed to recognise the full contribution of the UK supply chain in the transactions UKEF supports.
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Posted 17 May 2019
An Essex-based entrepreneur and member of the British Exporters Association (BExA) has launched a website aimed at helping UK businesses of all sizes to export with clarity and confidence – secure in the knowledge they have ticked the boxes that shou
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Posted 15 May 2019
BExA is calling for nominations to its Lifetime Achievement Award, which seeks to honour and recognise individuals who have made significant contributions to UK exports and the export community over the course of their career.
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Posted 10 Apr 2019
BExA members Sean Ramsden – CEO of Ramsden International, and Mark Abrams – Head of Trade Finance at Trade Finance Global, have been appointed as representatives on the Strategic Trade Advisory Group (STAG) which was established by UK Government earl
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Posted 4 Feb 2019
BExA member Coltraco Ultrasonics, an innovative Somerset-based ultrasonic technology manufacturer for the maritime and naval sectors, has secured a new contract with the Indian Navy, thanks to support from the Department for International Trade (DIT)
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Posted 26 Oct 2018
Following the recent launch of BExA’s 9th Annual UK Export Finance benchmarking paper, member Aon has published an article entitled ‘Government urged not to restrict lending to exporters’.
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Posted 11 Oct 2018
The finalists of the 2018 Young Exporter Award have been recognised at the BExA Annual Lunch which was held at Mansion House on 10th October.
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Posted 21 Aug 2018
BExA is extremely encouraged by the new Export Strategy launched today by the Department for International Trade (DIT). The positive intent it sets for UK exports and the challenging growth targets are welcomed.
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Posted 21 Aug 2018
HMRC has launched the first release of its new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), which is replacing the 25 year old Customs Handing of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system.
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Posted 20 Jun 2018
BExA congratulates UK Export Finance (UKEF) on another solid set of results. Although the numbers of businesses supported and value of support fell from the previous year, the increase in the number of facilities written shows a continued growth in t
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Posted 20 Mar 2018
Following extensive engagement with businesses across the country, Baroness Fairhead, Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion, today issued a final call for businesses to come forward and input into the Government’s forthcoming Export Strate
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Posted 8 Mar 2018
Following a GTR-BExA Young Exporter roundtable event held in January, a follow-up article featuring BExA Co-Chairman, Geoff de Mowbray, and a number of Young Exporter Award winners, runners-up and finalists past and present has been published in the
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Posted 8 Jan 2018
BExA is delighted to announce that Debby Bass of Credit Agricole CA-CIB has been awarded an MBE for services to exporting in the Queen’s New Years Honours.
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Posted 30 Nov 2017
Marcus Dolman, Co-Chairman of BExA, speaks to TXF about the issues behind the Association’s 8th Annual ECA Benchmarking Report ‘Exporting is not the new black’.
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Posted 16 Oct 2017
Congratulations to Alastair White, Deputy Chairman of Biwater International Ltd, on being named GTR-BExA Young Exporter of the Year 2017.
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Posted 25 Jul 2017
UK Export Finance has published its 2016/17 results, showing a 60% increase in finance provided for exports, and its Business Plan for 2017-20, setting out plans for an increase in support.
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Posted 25 Jul 2017
Congratulation to long-standing and active BExA member, Strong & Herd LLP, who have received the prestigious accolade of being voted the Export Controls Consultant of the Year in the 2017 World ECR Awards.
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Posted 16 Mar 2017
BExA Co-Chairman, Marcus Dolman, highlighted the importance of a world class Export Credit Agency to exporters ability to compete on international nuclear power projects.
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