UK Trade & Investment
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the UK government's business development agency, advises and assists UK companies in trading abroad (Trade) and foreign companies in investing in the UK (Investment).
UK Trade & Investment is based in London; the organization has offices and / or British consulates in around 200 countries around the world. In Germany, UK Trade & Investment has its own branches in the British Embassy in Berlin and the Consulates General in Düsseldorf and Munich. UK Trade & Investment employs around 2,300 people across the network. The annual budget for 2009/10 was £ 270 million
UK Trade & Investment brings together the tasks of the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the British Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). UK Trade & Investment uses its own financing base, and funds are also available from both ministries.
UK Trade & Investment is the annual publication of the numbers of foreign direct investment in the United Kingdom responsible.
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literature
- Wolfgang Ramsteck: "Structural reforms of German and British foreign trade promotion in times of globalization: The role of state and social influencing factors", in: Aussenwirtschaft , Vol. 64, No. 3, 2009, pp. 223-251