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Award-winning Hampshire-based ship outfitter secures government-backed funding from Lloyds Bank as it meets growing post-pandemic demand.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

The UK’s export credit agency has completed its first transaction in support of overseas offshore oil and gas decommissioning.

• Updated: 1 May 2024

The government department outlines new ambitions for supporting UK business with the publication of its new business plan.

• Updated: 30 April 2024

A letter from the Minister for Exports to UK Export Finance’s Chief Executive on UKEF’s annual priorities.

• Updated: 30 April 2024

The heads of G7 Export Credit Agencies met in Tokyo, Japan to discuss international trade.

• Updated: 19 April 2024

Leicester business Unimed Procurement Services secured government-backed financing to help it deliver life-saving medical equipment around the world.

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Memorandum of understanding signed at CERAWeek energy conference signals closer cooperation on joint financing for clean energy projects.

• Updated: 19 March 2024

Benin’s Minister of Economy, Finance and Denationalization Programs, Romuald Wadagni, signs Memorandum of Understanding with CEO of UK Export Finance, Tim Reid, in presence of Harriet Thompson, Non-Resident Ambassador to Ben…

• Updated: 8 March 2024

The export credit agency’s support for overseas infrastructure projects has created major new trading opportunities for UK suppliers like Severfield plc.

• Updated: 8 March 2024

Supported by a government scheme for UK exporters, a renewable energy developer from Romsey has secured a new Santander guarantee to help it deliver new overseas projects.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Robert Gillespie joins the UK’s export credit agency as its Board Chairman.

• Updated: 1 March 2024

Skiwear firebrand OOSC Clothing will grow its exports across the piste with a major HSBC UK financing package secured by UK Export Finance.

• Updated: 29 February 2024

The UK government’s export credit agency has helped a County Down tech business secure landmark financing to grow and meet demand from Silicon Valley buyers.

• Updated: 1 February 2024

Workshop supports dynamic women in senior leadership positions in private companies, particularly SMEs, that export or aim to export products internationally.

• Updated: 24 January 2024

UKEF has partnered with other export credit agencies and MUFG as sole Mandated Lead Arranger to secure over €1.2 billion in financing for a sustainable railway project.

• Updated: 8 January 2024

The UK’s export credit agency has guaranteed an Islamic Murabaha financing facility for the development of Six Flags Qiddiya City near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Updated: 3 January 2024

UK Export Finance (UKEF) and Export Finance Australia (EFA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) deepening co-operation in areas of mutual interest.

• Updated: 21 December 2023

A small manufacturer trusted by scientists across six continents receives new export funding.

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Support from UK Export Finance means that British firms have secured contracts to upgrade critical infrastructure in Benguela Province and protect the region against future flooding.

• Updated: 6 December 2023

The UK’s export credit agency (ECA) has become a founding member of a partnership convened by the UN to help export finance reach net zero emissions by 2050.

• Updated: 4 December 2023