The UK's Department of Business and Trade (DBT) supports UK businesses to grow and scale nationally and globally. DBT is the driver for inward and outward investment and to promote the UK at the forefront of tech innovation for start-ups, scale-ups and access to overseas markets. DBT also helps navigate market access barriers, negotiates free trade agreements and secures international trade deals. DBT is an international economic department responsible for:
- Supporting and encouraging UK companies to drive sustainable international growth
- Ensure the UK remains an leading destination for international investment
- Opening new markets, developing existing markets and building a trade framework with new and existing partners for international fair trade
- Using trade and investment to underpin the government's agenda for a Global Britain to promote prosperity, quality of life, stability and security worldwide.
