Department for Business and Trade

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What we do

We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.

DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 19 agencies and public bodies.

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Our ministers

Our management

Permanent Secretary
Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser
Director General, Business Group
Director General, Trade Negotiations
Chief Operating Officer
Director General, Strategy and Investment
Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare)
Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare)
Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports
Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR)
Non-executive director

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Find export support for UK-based businesses

Resolve an immediate challenge or find the information to get your exports moving. If you have a specific question and can't find an answer, you can also contact the Export Support Service.

Find out how to set up or do business in the UK

Department for Business and Trade

Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 (0) 20 4551 0011

Use our online contact form to ask general questions about trade and investment. We cannot reply promptly to correspondence sent by post at the moment.

Media enquiries

The DBT Press Office only deals with enquiries from the media.

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Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place, London
SW1A 2DY
United Kingdom

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