EU Exit

The UK has left the EU.

For more information on the current trade rules please click here. 

Check for barriers to trading and investing abroad including things that could slow down, stop or raise costs for UK companies doing business in a specific country

How we Support Local Businesses

Business Resilience Programme

This programme aims to ensure that businesses in the East Midlands are informed and prepared to deal with any challenges that may result from the UK’s departure from the European Union, as well as to help them spot and capitalise upon opportunities that may result.

The Business Resilience programme is now offering a range of workshops and webinars to aid businesses in future resilience and growth. This includes:

• Business resilience webinars - These webinars will address a set of issues related to supporting business resilience (e.g. managing cash flow post-pandemic, managing supply chains, finding good staff) as well as any emergent business development opportunities and needs at a local and/or regional level.
• Business resilience workshops - These workshops will complement the webinars by providing an opportunity to develop both learning and skills development of the owner-managers of small businesses related to supporting business resilience and bringing the future forward (e.g. embedding sustainability in business processes and practices). The workshops will be led by Leigh Sear and Meryl Levington and they involve a combination of facilitated taught input, group activities and self-reflection exercises.
• Building business resilience programme – Creative and cultural cohort. This will involve the delivery of five half-day workshops and one full-day workshop focused on different aspects of business resilience (e.g. personal resilience of the owner-manager, financial and commercial resilience, operational resilience). The workshops will be led by Meryl Levington and Leigh Sear and they will be delivered online.

To find out more please click here to download the PDF

For any further information on the above programme of activities please contact Leigh Sear on 01325 468 017 or leigh.sear@sfedi.co.uk.

For more information please take a look at the dedicated website

The Global Trade Department

The Global Trade Department is a business management consultancy specialising in International Trade, Export, EU Exit Strategy, Business Resilience and Growth.

They are currently offering support on importing and International trade for SMEs. For more information please click here or download the flyer.