British business has always looked overseas for opportunities to expand and grow. The European Union provides marketing and sales opportunities too good to miss - including unrestricted access to more than 450 million consumers – and rapidly growing and emerging markets such as India and China and Brazil and the Middle East offer exciting opportunities.

As British companies increasingly compete globally, SMEs are often faced with the daunting proposition that they are no longer just competing with rivals from their region and locality but with businesses from around the world.
The voice of export businesses in the UK is a vital one, and the BCC ensures it is heard clearly by all relevant Government departments and private bodies to ensure exporters’ needs are met - today and tomorrow.

The BCC supports and advises businesses in all areas of International Trade development and intelligent exporting, and with a worldwide network of Bilateral and International Chambers of Commerce the BCC can provide UK exporters with a unique added dimension far beyond the existing role of Embassy Post.