Following the downturn in the UK’s economy and the opportunities offered by overseas markets, UK manufacturers are becoming increasingly reliant on international trade to maintain profitability and growth. This seminar will consider some of the risks and barriers to the growth of a company’s trade internationally and provide an outline of certain legal, accounting, and other practical steps that may be taken to mitigate these risks and barriers. We will also consider the support available from regional government and the availability of secure finance and credit insurance.
The seminar is FREE. It will comprise approximately 2 hours of talks from 6 acclaimed speakers on various subjects followed by 90 minutes of one to one questions and answers with a panel of specialists.
Speakers and Subjects:
| John Sykes Lupton Fawcett |
Protecting brands and securing contracts overseas |
| Peter Kennan Hawsons |
Transfer pricing and other tax issues in relation to trading overseas |
| John Griffiths HM Revenue & Customs |
VAT, customs duties, export control systems, customs warehousing |
| Ken Blackwood Barclays Corporate |
Export risk, credit insurance |
| Simon Muter UKTI |
Export strategy, the work of UKTI’s overseas team |
| Mike Strawson Chamber International |
Services offered by Chamber International |
Biographies
John Sykes, Director and Head of Commercial Law, Lupton Fawcett LLP
John has spent all of his working life helping businesses and innovative individuals protect their intellectual property, advising on technology exploitation and related deals, and the enforcement of patents and other IPRs. John’s knowledge and experience is based on both national and international work in this field. He specialises in intellectual property and competition law. He has written two respected text books on intellectual property, contributes to various other text books, and is currently taking a Master in EC Competition law. He is a member of the Lupton Fawcett strategy board.
Peter Kennan, Head of Tax, Hawsons, Chartered Accountants
Peter is responsible for the firm’s specialist taxation services which encompass corporate and business taxation, personal tax and financial planning, trusts and VAT. He worked for two national firms before joining Hawsons and has been a Tax Partner since 1989.
John Griffiths, HMRC
John is from the Revenue and Customs Business Education and Support Team, which provides businesses and individuals with education and support in matters relating to HMRC. John has over 20 years experience in various areas of International Trade including specialisation in Customs Warehousing, Customs Freight Simplified Procedures and auditing companies International trade systems. He will deliver a brief presentation relating to certain basic import and export procedures such as the importance of classifying and valuing your goods correctly . The presentation will also feature possible ways of reducing costs by adopting Customs reliefs and regimes; such as Customs Warehousing, Inward /Outward Processing relief and EC Import /Export Preference
Ken Blackwood, Director – Trade Finance, Barclays Corporate
Ken has recently completed 30 years with Barclays. Throughout his time with Barclays, Ken has been involved in International Trade, where he was involved in checking documents under letters of credit and issuing bank guarantees, also spending 10 years in Aberdeen working with the Bank’s Oil and Gas Team.
Ken currently looks after clients across South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Humber and North Yorkshire.
Ken holds an ACIB from the Institute of Bankers in Scotland and has recently obtained a Certified International Trade Advisor status from the Institute of Export.
Simon Muter, UKTI
Simon Muter is a Chartered Engineer with PhD in Metallurgy and Executive Business Masters Degree from the University of Sheffield. He has worked in the Engineering sector for over 20 years, running UK business divisions of Global Automotive and Aerospace companies. Simon has experience buying and selling engineering components throughout the world. Since 2007, he has been employed by UK Trade & Investment to help UK companies export their products and services worldwide, with specific focus on the Engineering sector.
Mike Strawson, Chamber International
Mike is one of the most experienced trainers in the UK in the area of International Trade. His International Trade experience spans 50 years. He was the fourth person in the country to receive accreditation under the BCC/OIEx Joint Export training Standards, and one of a handful of accredited trainers who is competent to deliver subjects ranging from creation of a strategy, market selection through to documentation and payments from personal hands on experience in a wide range of industries. He is a member of the Eurochambres Academy.
His direct involvement with the Chamber movement goes back to 1997. He has also worked closely with UKTI (and predecessors) and Business Link. As Training Manager for Chamber International he is closely involved in all aspects of training from standard half and one day open courses to consultancy and bespoke courses.
Timings
- 13:30 – Refreshments
- 14:00 – Talks
- 15:00 – Refreshments
- 15:30 – Talks
- 16:30 – Open questions session / Refreshments / Networking
- 18:30 – Close
