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  • Home > Growing Overseas

Growing Overseas

Launching your business in overseas markets has never been easier or more appealing. There’s a world of opportunities out there for ambitious businesses to take advantage of global potential and, thanks to new financial technology products and a wealth of support, growing overseas is becoming increasingly accessible, no matter what growth-stage your business is at.

But no business is the same, and no market is the same; global expansion requires shrewd planning and a comprehensive understanding of the territories you plan on entering.

Growing Business has advice on where and how to grow a company through overseas trading, whether opening offices in overseas markets or simply doing business internationally . Here you will find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about international growth alongside our case studies of some particularly exciting foreign opportunities, to help you tackle common challenges and achieve global success.

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    Looking to take your business global?
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    Google’s 10 top tips to grow your business internationally
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    10 things we learnt from growing Joseph Joseph’s export sales

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Secrets to international success: Fast-growth brands lift the lid

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Get ready to export with your free ebook showing you how CEOs and founders behind businesses such as graze.com and Nails Inc. scaled an initial start-up idea into a global empire…

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The hottest export markets for small businesses – and start-up exporters to learn from

With advice from PROPERCORN, Pip & Nut and The Profs, get your free ebook to learn how to do business in different currencies minus the hassle…

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Why trading internationally isn’t just for big businesses

Think your e-commerce business is too small to trade overseas? We share the services and solutions helping your start-up to unlock its global potential……

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4 essential lessons for start-ups raising Series A for international growth

Global ambition requires serious funding - are you ready to raise? Two high-growth start-ups reveal what they've learnt from successful funding rounds…

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How to successfully expand your small business to the US

You have customers, revenue coming in, and things are going well. What happens next? Expansion, as Lobster founder Olga Egorsheva explains…

How my start-up cracked the international market

How my start-up cracked the international market

Appointedd founder Leah Hutcheon shares the story of how saying 'yes' to a client's difficult request propelled her business to global expansion...…

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Why go on an international trade mission?

Having joined Sadiq Khan on a mission to New York, Pavegen's Laurence Kemball-Cook explains how trade events can really help your business grow...…

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Looking to take your business global?

Looking to take your business global?

Follow these tips to help you on your way to international expansion.…

Your brand’s flying off foreign shelves? Start worrying…

Your brand’s flying off foreign shelves? Start worrying…

Judy Naaké famously turned St Tropez into a household name in Britain. But expanding the self-tan brand to Europe nearly ruined her business……

Google’s 10 top tips to grow your business internationally

Google’s 10 top tips to grow your business internationally

Peter Fitzgerald, Google UK country sales director, looks at how online businesses can maximise global e-commerce opportunities…

In Growth strategies

Business tonic: How challenger brand Fever-Tree took on Schweppes

Business tonic: How challenger brand Fever-Tree took on Schweppes

Charles Rolls, founder of premium mixer brand Fever-Tree reveals how a chance encounter turned his and Tim Warrillow’s business vision into reality…

10 things we learnt from growing Joseph Joseph’s export sales

10 things we learnt from growing Joseph Joseph’s export sales

Richard Joseph, co-founder of designer kitchenware brand Joseph Joseph, reveals the mishaps and experiences that shaped international success…

10 mistakes to avoid when doing business in India – and how to get it right!

If prime minister David Cameron’s trade mission to India opens the floodgates to British businesses, will you be ready?…

How do UK entrepreneurs gain visas to relocate to the US?

A look at how British entrepreneurs with US ambitions can gain all-important visas to relocate there…

How do I protect my business from exchange rate movements?

Planning, managing and reviewing a foreign exchange strategy to counter risk and boost bottom line profit…

Doing business in Vietnam

Doing business in Vietnam

The V of ‘CIVETS’ – some of the world’s fastest emerging markets – we look at what Vietnam has for British businesses…

Doing business in Columbia

Doing business in Columbia

The C of 'CIVETS' – Columbia is set for fast growth. Here's why your business should be looking to export there…

Export story: Fever Tree

Co-founder Tim Warrillow explains how the international market got a taste for Fever Tree's soft drinks…

Export story: Penderyn Distillery

How exporting is boosting sales for Wales's only whisky distillery…

What licenses and documents do you need for exporting goods?

All the forms you need to know about…

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