Be Creative! Pitch to Win
Win one of 50 grants of up to £500 with free bespoke sales training
Calling London creative companies and sole-traders!
We want to help you find international buyers. Tell us how
you would use our grants to secure a sale from overseas,
and you could be on your way to your chosen tradeshow,
event, or meeting with help from DIT.
What do you need to do?
Click and Pitch. We will review all pitches and select the winners. If
your pitch is successful, you will be invited to attend a half-day training
event, at the end of which, all companies attending will each get a letter
confirming their grant*.
How will we help your company?
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Grants awarded will be either £200 for European sales activity or £500
for rest of world
DIT free-of-charge, half-day training event to help you negotiate and
win business overseas
A telephone 1-2-1 with a DIT International Trade Adviser to discuss
your successful pitch
Who is this opportunity for?
London-based small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) from the Creative
and Media sector that are enthusiastic about finding new buyers overseas,
and have a plan of what they want to do in the next 8 months to gain new
sales.
We are keen to hear from companies that are either:
• New to Export (i.e. Not exported before, not in 12 months, or reactive
exports without an export plan)
• Exporters whose export turnover accounts for less than 10%, or are
currently exporting in 3 markets or less
*Terms and Conditions apply.
Date: 20 July 2017
Training Venue
DIT London Region
140 Aldersgate Street
London, EC1A 4HY
Use of Grant
Grants can be used to win business
in various ways, e.g. exhibiting at
an overseas tradeshow; visit to a
country for a prospecting activity or
contract closing; attending events,
etc.
All grants must be claimed by 19
February 2018 and are payable
upon return, after completing a
post visit questionnaire.
Please explain how you intend to
use the grant in your pitch.
To pitch, please click below
PITCH HERE
Or contact
E: [email protected]
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gov.uk/dit
twitter.com/ tradegovuk_LSE
linkedin.com (International Trade with the UK - London)