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Business: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to businesses in Slough to increase levels of exports of (a) goods and (b) services.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 18 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 20 Nov 2024
Answer: 26 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to businesses in Slough to increase levels of exports of (a) goods and (b) services.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2024
Answer published
DBT supports companies like Montmartre Patisserie in Slough to export to locations such as Japan, Singapore and Spain. UK businesses, including those in Slough, can access DBT’s wealth of export support via Great.gov.uk. This comprises an online support o...

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