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Department for Business and Trade

The time is right to invest with confidence.

The UK has always been a prime location for investment. Global businesses invest here for many reasons such as stability, commercial openness, and financial services credentials. With the UK’s renewed status as an independent trading nation, our offer is stronger than ever. Invest in the UK and join the world’s fifth-largest economy with over 67 million potential customers, a top-calibre workforce of around 32 million, and per capita consumer spending that outstrips the rest of Europe by 30%.

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The UK has always been a prime location for investment. Global businesses invest here for many reasons such as stability, commercial openness, and financial services credentials. With the UK’s renewed status as an independent trading nation, our offer is stronger than ever. Invest in the UK and join the world’s fifth-largest economy with over 67 million potential customers, a top-calibre workforce of around 32 million, and per capita consumer spending that outstrips the rest of Europe by 30%.

We are an international economic department responsible for:

  • Supporting and encouraging UK business to drive sustainable international growth.
  • Ensuring the UK remains a leading destination for international investment.
  • Opening markets, moulding the trade environment with new and existing partners which is free and fair.
  • Using trade and investment to underpin the governments agenda for a Global Britain and its ambitions for prosperity, stability, and security worldwide.

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There are abundant benefits of investing in green sectors in the UK, which are being supported by policies outlined in the Net Zero Strategy and British Energy Security Strategy. Foreign investment in the UK’s green economy will be supported as the government will help to maintain up to 480,000 jobs in 2030. Allied with an easy-to-navigate pathway to creating collaborative, active partnerships with the UK Government, the time is right to invest with confidence.

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As the world goes green, the UK’s Clean Growth ambition is to be at the forefront of the global clean revolution. UK businesses have the proven solutions and expertise in green technology, and services to meet global decarbonisation challenges. The UK has long been at the forefront of tackling climate change and decarbonising its economy.

Contact Details

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade

Address

Old Admiralty Building,
Admiralty Place,
London,
SW1A 2DY,
United Kingdom

Phone

+44 (0) 20 4551 0011

Regional Offices

Address

Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY
United Kingdom

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade

Phone

+44 (0) 20 4551 0011