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The Diplomatic Advisory Hub: business support

The Diplomatic Advisory Hub is a support programme offering advice and overseas business contacts for small and medium-sized businesses across the UK that export or want to start exporting. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by British Chambers of Commerce, The Diplomatic Advisory Hub · funded by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

A support hub offering British SMEs strategic insight and connections to help them feel more confident doing business overseas, led by a former UK Ambassador.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Open to all UK businesses, mainly small and medium enterprises who export or are looking to export.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Use the 'contact us' page to ask questions of the Diplomatic Hub experts, or visit the provider website for information on how to apply.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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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

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Things we could not confirm

  • The text does not give a deadline or amount of support; the page says further information, including how to apply, is on the provider website.
  • The text does not say whether the hub is free.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (britishchambers.org.uk) on 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 31 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with British Chambers of Commerce before you apply.

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