Right Advice Is the Key to Foreign Trade; Growing Businesses Are Increasingly Looking Further Afield to Continue Their Expansion. MARTIN HULLS, Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Ward Hadaway, Looks at Expanding Your Business Overseas

FOR a region with a reputation of looking after its own when it comes to business, the North East is in fact one of the most outward-looking areas of the UK.

The past year has again seen record levels of exports from companies in the region - PS13.5bn worth in 2011, up from PS12bn in 2010 - with the prospect of further growth to come.

While the likes of multinationals such as Nissan are leading the way in the region''s export drive, there is no question that the willingness to look further afield and explore new markets is not just confined to the biggest companies.

As well as export values rising, the number of companies selling North East-made goods and services around the …

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Publication information: Article title: Right Advice Is the Key to Foreign Trade; Growing Businesses Are Increasingly Looking Further Afield to Continue Their Expansion. MARTIN HULLS, Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at Ward Hadaway, Looks at Expanding Your Business Overseas. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: The Journal (Newcastle, England). Publication date: October 17, 2012. Page number: 5. © 2009 MGN Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2012 Gale Group.

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