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UKTI to offer intellectual property master class

Fashion brands and designers wondering how Brexit will affect their intellectual property rights can take advantage of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) for a master class in IPR. The class will cover topics including design rights, trademarks, Internet domain names, dispute resolution, and international registration systems. The UK’s exit from...

Fashion Featured

UKTI and CBBC sign deal to support British retailers launching in China

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ShangPin to support British retailers launching in China through Shangpin.com. The announcement comes two months after Arcadia's Topshop joined forces with ShangPin for it's official launch into the Chinese...

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UKFT demands government review plans to cut TAP support

The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) has called for an immediate review of government plans to cut support to the Tradeshow Access Program (TAP) which aids SME businesses at main international trade fairs. “This budget cut completely goes against the announcements previously given by the Prime Minister and will have a harmful effect on...

Business

Government to cut tradeshow funding for fashion businesses

UKTI, the UK's trade and investment body that supports growing fashion businesses by supporting their export success, is to cut its funding for international trade shows. When fashion companies register for international trade shows theycan apply for a grant via TAP, the Tradeshow Access Programme, provided by the UKTI to support SME exporters....

Design

Hema: best newcomer on the British Market

Dutch value retailer Hema was proclaimed as the best newcomer to enter UK market this year, by the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), after opening three stores in London earlier this year. The award is presented annually by the UKTI to companies and retailers which are seen by the trade organization as promising to the UK market. Hema previously...

Fashion

UKTI launches exporting package

UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has launched an exporting package of support to help British retailers and brands “sell while they sleep” to boost their international trade. The ‘e-Exporting Programme’, announced by trade minister LordLivingston at trade show Autumn Fair at Birmingham NEC, has been developed to help businesses of all sizes from...

Brits in Seoul

This week 24 British fashion brands took their collections to South Korea as part if the UKTI's Great Weeks mission. The showcase was aimed to let a selection of men's, women's, leathergoods, shoes and accessories brands exhibit their collections to influential South Korean department stores, independent retailers and press. The British brands...

Fashion

Market Analysis: British fashion in South Korea

The UKTI - the British Trade and Investment unit - is currently on a mission in South Korea to help British fashion companies build relationships with local companies and distributors to export their goods to Seoul and beyond. The UKTI selected a handful of brands to join the mission and introduce their collections to the Korean market, which is...