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Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the UK government department responsible for inward investment, export promotion, trade policy and export finance.
We secure UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment and championing free trade. For international partners, we are your front door to the UK.
As the UK’s international economic department, DBT is responsible for:
- Bringing together policy, promotion and financial expertise to break down barriers to trade and investment, and to help businesses succeed.
- Delivering a new trade policy framework for the UK.
- Promoting British trade and investment across the world.
- Building the global appetite for British goods and services.
- We work through our dedicated and talented teams in the UK and in overseas posts, based at embassies and consulates in more than 100 international markets.
- We promote trade and help to open up markets for exporters and to increase UK exports. We are developing the new trade policy framework for the UK
Through UK Export Finance, we offer products to exporters and overseas buyers to ensure that no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance. - We are your expert guides on your journey to invest in the UK. We offer free and confidential advice and services to inward investors. We give new investors the confidence to invest in the UK, and we help existing inward investors to expand and grow in the UK and to use the UK as your gateway to the world.
Confederation of Indian Industry
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering Industry, Government and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes.
For more than 125 years, CII has been engaged in shaping India’s development journey and works proactively on transforming Indian Industry’s engagement in national development. With its extensive network across the country and the world, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
As India strategizes for the next 25 years to India@100, Indian industry must scale the competitiveness ladder to drive growth. CII, with the Theme for 2023-24 as ‘Towards a Competitive and Sustainable India@100: Growth, Inclusiveness, Globalisation, Building Trust’ has prioritized 6 action themes that will catalyze the journey of the country towards the vision of India@100.
Indian Green Building Council
The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in the year 2001. The vision of the council is, “To enable a sustainable built environment for all and facilitate India to be one of the global leaders in the sustainable built environment by 2025”.
The council offers a wide array of services which include developing new green building rating programmes, certification services and green building training programmes. The council also organises Green Building Congress, its annual flagship event on green buildings.
The council is committee-based, member-driven and consensus-focused. All the stakeholders of construction industry comprising of architects, developers, product manufacturers, corporate, Government, academia and nodal agencies participate in the council activities through local chapters. The council also closely works with several State Governments, Central Government, World Green Building Council, bilateral multi-lateral agencies in promoting green building concepts in the country.
Supporting Partners
INNOVATE UK
Innovate UK is the government’s innovation agency. We drive productivity and growth by supporting businesses to identify and realise the potential in new technologies and to turn them into the new products, processes and services that will significantly grow the UK economy. We have succeeded in helping industry for the last 10 years, and in so doing created over 55 000 jobs in over 7500 business we have supported.
We do that by providing the funding to help businesses to develop the new products, processes and services that will meet or define the markets of the future. We also connect businesses with the right partners, expertise, facilities, financiers and influencers that can help them bring their ideas to market. This includes internationalisation.
