The WSTA is delighted to have taken part in Labour’s SME Export Task Force, chaired by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The published report particularly focuses on five priorities:
- A cross-Whitehall approach to policy: Embedding trade across all relevant government departments.
- An open relationship with business: An open, honest, and two-way approach to shaping legislation and trade deals and delivering Government guidance effectively.
- Global leadership on digital trade: Leading the way on delivering the benefits of paperless trading across the whole supply chain.
- Open to export from day one: Delivering a robust export support offering that meets SME needs and tackling attitudinal barriers to trade.
- Addressing the finance gap: Improving SME access to trade finance and reducing the financial barriers to trade.
By tackling these five priorities, the WSTA hopes that many more SMEs, both within the wine and spirit sector and across the UK economy, can be empowered to start or increase their trade activity.
