Search results
The challenges of sourcing overseas
Understand the challenges of sourcing overseas, such as varying trade restrictions, language, cultural and legal differences, and business practices.
How to find an overseas supplier
Carry out due diligence to research suitable countries and individual overseas suppliers before agreeing a deal.
How to choose an overseas supplier
Price, quality and reliability are critical factors when choosing a supplier overseas.
Advantages of sourcing overseas
Understand the benefits of sourcing your products and materials overseas, and the issues that can arise when purchasing internationally.
Contract negotiation strategies
Find the right strategy for your supplier contract negotiation and prepare to win the best deals for your business.
Negotiation tips for dealing with suppliers
Practical tips and tactics to help you conduct successful supplier contract negotiations.
Negotiate a supplier price
How to negotiate a supplier price and use strategies like counter-offers and discounts to secure a deal that offers good value for money.
Agree supplier contract terms
Tips on drawing up a contract with your supplier to protect your interests and agree standards of service.
Working with international suppliers
Common problems associated with international purchasing and using overseas suppliers, and how to avoid them.
Working with overseas suppliers
Importance of building a strong relationship with your overseas suppliers, managing quality and carrying out performance reviews.
Paying overseas suppliers
How to pay international invoices and overseas suppliers - common payment methods, their pros and cons, and foreign currency issues.
Overseas supplier contracts
Overseas supplier agreements should cover pricing and trading terms in great detail, to ensure they offer the best way of avoiding disputes.
Cluster sequencing for carbon capture, usage and storage Track-2
The Track-2 process will establish two new clusters as part of the further development of CCUS.
Open Networks Ecosystem Competition
Apply for up to £80 million of funding to support the development of open network solutions.
Battery manufacturing training initiative
Apply for a share of up to £2 million to establish at least one training initiative for battery manufacturing.
UK Battery Industrialisation Centre SME Credit Round 1
Apply for a share of up to £1.5 million to increase and facilitate your engagement with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre.
CR&D resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing competition
Apply for a share of up to £12 million to support UK materials and manufacturing organisations to improve resource efficiency.
Construction: Go Digital, Improve Productivity & Strive to Net-Zero event
Hear about how your business can improve competitiveness at a time of volatility, escalating energy, material and labour costs.
Mobility Pathfinder Innovation Programme 2023
Funding for personal mobility solutions to better support a rapidly ageing population to stay connected, active, and independent.
Small grants for innovative local road safety projects
Funding for innovative projects with a practical focus that show a proposed link to reducing road casualties.