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Welsh businesses encouraged to sell Down Under

04 Mar 2024 3 minute read
Village Bakery, Wrexham

Welsh companies have been invited to join a Department for Business and Trade event focused on trading opportunities Down Under.

Businesses in Wales will be told by the Department for Business and Trade ‘not to miss out on new opportunities to sell to Australia and New Zealand’ and to take advantage of the UK’s newly established trade deals.

Roadshow

As part of an Australia and New Zealand Roadshow, businesses will join the Department on 12 March at the Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground in Cardiff.

The event will focus on how the UK’s post-Brexit trade deals, with similar events set to be held in Birmingham, Belfast, London, Manchester and Dundee.

UK Government Minister for Exports Lord Malcolm Offord said: “Our historic trade deals with Australia and New Zealand have unlocked a treasure trove of possibilities for UK businesses – and it’s vital that businesses across the UK, including in Wales, take advantage of these.

“With tariffs on all goods eliminated and unprecedented access for services, it makes it even easier for Welsh businesses to start selling their products into these markets.

“This event will help show businesses here in Wales how they can start or expand their exporting journey into the Indo-Pacific, and grow their businesses further.”

Deals

The day will consist of a mixture of sessions, discussing the opportunities for Welsh businesses in Australia and New Zealand, the support that exists to help them start or expand their exporting journey, and the benefits of taking part in trade missions.

One Welsh business that is already successfully selling their goods to Australia and New Zealand is Jones Village Bakery Ltd, a family owned and run bakery.

Production starts at the new Village Bakery Wrexham; Village Bakery staff celebrate the start of production with (Front right) Projects Director Christien Jones and (Back right) Managing Director Robin Jones. Picture Mandy Jones.

The company has just secured a long-term distributor based in Australia, and the trade deals with Australia and New Zealand will mean their products can now enter the market tariff free.

Commercial Controller at Jones Village Bakery Glen Marriot said: “Both the Australian and New Zealand markets present great opportunities for long term partnerships and growth for UK businesses so I would encourage anyone who has the chance to establish themselves in either country to go for it.”

The trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were the UK’s first trade deals negotiated from scratch since leaving the European Union.

The new deals came into effect at the end of May last year and mean that tariffs on all UK goods exports have been removed, in addition to them providing access for services, with an aim to make it easier for UK professionals to live and work in Australia and New Zealand.


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Jeff
Jeff
8 months ago

22 miles from our coast, nah. Other side of the globe, way to go brexit.

Looking forward to the cheap lamb though.

Last edited 8 months ago by Jeff
Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
8 months ago

Told to do as we are told, without question…

Welsh Ministers; lets list them by their successes, excesses and failures….

Perhaps N.C could make an unbiased appraisal of Drakeford, Cry-Baby Smiles, Double Dealing Gething, Still Waters. Rani Morgan and the rest of these fixtures in our political ferment, Copernicus stood on his head…

Last edited 8 months ago by Mab Meirion
Barry Pandy
Barry Pandy
8 months ago
Reply to  Mab Meirion

“Rani Morgan and the rest of these fixtures in our political ferment, Copernicus stood on his head…”

Has your account been hacked by any chance?

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
8 months ago
Reply to  Barry Pandy

Certainly not…what’s it to you Barry…

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
8 months ago
Reply to  Barry Pandy

Don’t criticise what you don’t understand…

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
8 months ago
Reply to  Mab Meirion

Come gather round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You will be drenched to the bone…

Come Mothers and Fathers
Throughout the Land
And don’t criticise
What you don’t understand…

The Times They are a Changing Bob Dylan 1965

Never use a quote without ref.

Barry Pandy
Barry Pandy
8 months ago
Reply to  Mab Meirion

It just seems like a bizarre comment that’s all, like the sort of comment you get when your account gets hacked.

Steve Woods
Steve Woods
8 months ago

The Department for Business and Trade has never heard of food miles.

Apparently.

Barry Pandy
Barry Pandy
8 months ago

Is this the same trade deal that allows Australia and New Zealand to flood our country with cheap beef and lamb thus undercutting our domestic producers?

Are the farmers protesting against this aforementioned god-awful trade deal?

Don’t be silly: farmers are die hard tories. They’ll wait for a Labour government to be elected in London before they protest.

Bunch of tory hypocrites, I wouldn’t give them the time of day.

the original mark
the original mark
8 months ago
Reply to  Barry Pandy

Not all of us, but unfortunately too many,

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