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Grow Your Business Overseas

Grow Your Business Overseas is a free support programme from the Department for Business & Trade to help UK businesses in North East England trade abroad or export for the first time. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Checked against the official page (gov.uk) on 1 Nov 2026.

Free support from the Department for Business & Trade (DBT) North East team to help businesses trade and grow overseas, including tailored market information, market visits and advice from International Trade Advisers.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

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How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Support is for businesses in the UK that are trading overseas or thinking of exporting for the first time; one-to-one support is for eligible businesses outside of London.

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Business size

Any size

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How to apply

For further information about this scheme, including how to apply, visit the provider website; the page links to the Find out more guidance on gov.uk.

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Where it is open: the North East

North East England

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: 12 council areas in North East England.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Page last updated 10 June 2025; no closing date stated.
  • Contact email given as northeast@mobile.trade.gov.uk.
  • Exact application steps not stated on this page.

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Source and last checked

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