UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) annual report and accounts, published this week, reveal almost £7.5 million of support for Welsh exporters, resulting in over £64 million worth of overseas sales. One of the Welsh companies benefiting from UKEF support this year was Carpenter and Paterson, a specialist manufacturer of pipe suspension equipment based in Welshpool. By working with overseas buyer Reliance India, UKEF helped to ensure over 100 construction and supply contracts on Reliance’s project in Jamnagar India went to UK…

Records have been set in 2015 for inbound visits with strong growth from Britain’s major inbound markets including the US and Europe and double digit growth from newer markets China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show stellar growth from China with visits up 46 per cent on 2014 to 270,000, and spend up 18% to £586 million, moving China into the UK’s top 10 most valuable inbound markets. Visits from…