Department for Business and Trade (DBT) sponsorship
Sponsoring DBT or wider government events and campaigns can help drive brand awareness and grow your business in the UK and overseas.
Government Commercial Sponsorship Team
The Government Commercial Sponsorship Team is a cross-government sponsorship centre of expertise. The team raises and manages sponsorship of the government’s major events and campaigns in the UK and around the world. This includes:
- the Great campaign
- COP climate summits
- world expos
- investment summits
- DBT tradeshows
The team supports colleagues across government on sponsorship via regional and sector business partners and through access to a Sponsorship Advisory Service.
It has provided sponsorship support and advice for government departments including:
- Home Office
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Transport
- Department for Education
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The team also works with arm’s length bodies such as The British Council.
Benefits of sponsoring UK government events and programmes
Sponsoring UK government events and programmes can provide a host of opportunities from brand awareness to networking, as well as targeting new and hard-to-reach audiences.
Sponsoring major events such as COP and investment summits allows businesses the opportunity to:
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network with, promote their brand and showcase their products to relevant businesses, investors and senior government officials
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position themselves as industry leaders and key partners of government
Further information
Find out more information on about current opportunities and events.
Contact
To get in touch with the team please email: commercialsponsorship@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Updates to this page
Published 26 May 2016Last updated 25 November 2024 + show all updates
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Email address updated to: commercialsponsorship@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
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References to 'Department for International Trade' (DIT) updated to 'Department for Business and Trade' (DBT). Email address updated to: sponsorship@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
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First published.