State: West Midlands

The (UK’s) Department for Business and Trade (DBT) helps businesses export, drives inward and outward investment, negotiates market access and trade deals, and champions free trade. We are an international economic department, responsible for: • supporting and encouraging UK businesses to drive sustainable international growth • ensuring the UK remains a leading destination for international investment • opening markets, moulding the trade environment with new and existing partners which is free and fair • using trade and investment to underpin the government’s agenda for a Global Britain and its ambitions for prosperity, stability and security worldwide. | The UK’s Department for Business and Trade supports international investment into the UK and UK businesses to grow and export. Whether you’re interested in clinical research for innovative products, working with the UK’s world-leading universities, SMEs and spin outs, leveraging our globally-unique datasets or manufacturing complex products at pace and scale, the UK has a strong offer spanning Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and would like to work with you. We are joined by 16 inspired, innovative and international UK co-exhibitors eager to connect with you. | The UK’s Department for Business and Trade supports international investment into the UK and UK businesses to grow and export. Whether you’re interested in clinical research for innovative products, working with the UK’s world-leading universities, SMEs and spin outs, leveraging our globally-unique datasets or manufacturing complex products at pace and scale, the UK has a strong offer spanning Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England and would like to work with you. This year, we are joined by 22 UK co-exhibitors eager to connect with you. | The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is the organisation that pulls together exhibitors on the UK Pavilion who have advanced new technology and are looking for partner organisations to sell to or develop this technology with. The APC exists to ensure the UK remains competitive in the research, development and production of low emission technologies. Through our team of specialists we introduce those with good ideas to those who can take them to market, supporting through mentoring and providing access to funding. We are delivering a 10 year programme, launched in 2013. Born out of the collaboration between UK Government and industry, our organisation aims to save 50 million tonnes of CO2, safeguard or create 30,000 jobs in the UK and make £1 billion of match funding available to research and develop low emission propulsion technologies in the UK. | The Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) collaborates with UK government, the automotive industry, and academia to facilitate driving research and investment in zero-emission vehicle manufacturing. Established in 2013 and jointly funded by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and the automotive industry, the APC accelerates the technologies that support the transition to zero-emission vehicle manufacturing and towards a net-zero automotive supply chain in the UK. With a proven track record, the APC has facilitated funding for 354 low-carbon and zero-emission projects involving 614 partners. Working with companies of all sizes, this funding since 2013 is estimated to have helped create or safeguard over 59,000 jobs in the UK. The technologies and products are projected to save over 425 million tonnes of CO2. The APC is committed to sustaining and enhancing the UK’s long-term automotive capabilities and investments through knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and innovation.