Export Academy

What is the Export Academy?

The Export Academy from the Department for International Trade will help you grow your business by showing you how to sell to new customers around the world.

The course is free, and you’ll learn directly from experts in international trade who are on hand to provide support across a range of sectors and businesses, from selling children’s clothes to Spain, to providing PR services for clients in the US.

The programme is designed for owners and senior managers of businesses with a turnover of up to £500,000 and are located in either:

  • North of England
  • Midlands
  • South West

What does the programme include?

You will graduate from the programme with a completed export action plan, enabling you to take your business direct to international customers. This plan will be the culmination of everything you have learnt on the programme, from online events including:

  • Webinars
  • Round tables
  • Mentoring sessions 

Registration Process:

Step 1: Apply via the register button, selecting your relevant region

Step 2: Complete sign up questions and short questionnaire

Step 3: Eligible applications will be notified, and event details will be provided via email

To register please click here

Please note this event is only open to registered businesses based in North East, North West, Yorkshire, the Humber, South West, East Midlands and West Midlands who have a product or service that they are interested in selling internationally. You may be contacted prior to the event to assess eligibility.

On registering for this programme, the information you have provided will be processed and shared within the Department for International Trade (DIT) and with selected third parties for purposes connected with DIT performing a task in the public interest or to fulfil an official function and the task or function has a clear basis in law. DIT takes your privacy very seriously. Your personal data shall be processed according to the Department for International Trade’s Fair Processing Notice available here.