To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support her Department is providing to businesses in Essex to increase the export of goods and services.

Businesses in Essex and across the UK can access the Department for Business and Trade’s wealth of export support through great.gov.uk. This includes our self-serve digital offer, the Export Support Service, which includes our network of International Trade Advisers, International Markets in overseas regions and the Export Academy.

In addition, British businesses can benefit from access to, and support from, DBT Export Champions, 9 of which are Essex based, like Wilkin & Sons.

UK Export Finance also has a network of export finance managers based all around the country, including one covering Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk.