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Major northern England delegation to India to tap into FTA benefits
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....ajor northern England delegation to India to tap into FTA benefits<BR>Customs & Trade<BR>Dated:- 11-9-2026<BR>PTI<BR>London, Sep 11 (PTI) The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) and HSBC UK on Friday announced a strategic partnership to support a major northern England delegation to India, aimed at tapping into the long-term investment opportunities created by the India-UK FTA. The Great North Ma....
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....yor Mission, taking place between October 12 and 16, will bring together mayors, businesses, universities and civic institutions from across the north of England for a first-of-its-kind joint delegation to India. It comes three months on from the implementation of the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which is aimed at least doubling bilateral trade from its current an....
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....nual levels of 47.9 billion pounds. "Signing a trade agreement creates opportunity; turning it into investment, jobs and business growth requires action," said Kishore Jayaraman, Group CEO of UKIBC. “The UK’s regions have an increasingly important part to play in that. The Great North is a powerful example. There is enormous collective scale across the North, but also very different stre....
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....ngths and opportunities within each region. "Our role is to bring UKIBC’s knowledge, networks and presence in India alongside that ambition and help turn it into practical opportunities and lasting relationships,” he said. The Great North brings together mayors from across northern England and Combined regional authorities behind a shared ambition to raise the profile of the country’s ....
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....North, attract investment and build stronger economic relationships internationally. The mission next month will open with a collective programme in Delhi, before individual regions pursue activity shaped around their own economic strengths, priorities and relationships. “India is one of the UK’s most important economic partners, and the UK-India free trade agreement creates real momentu....
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....m to deepen that relationship," said Stephanie Betant, HSBC UK’s Head of Global Trade Solutions. “By bringing together a northern economy worth over 340 billion pounds, representing 16 million people and 1.1 million businesses, this mission will help turn ambition into practical outcomes — new trade links, stronger investment pipelines and long-term partnerships that deliver jobs and grow....
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....th across the North,” she said. UKIBC said it is working with northern England regions to identify where they have the strongest proposition in India, develop market strategies and engagement plans, build relationships with Indian businesses and institutions, and translate those plans into practical programmes on the ground. It is also geared towards bringing the different regional programmes....
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.... together into a “coherent Northern mission”, ensuring that the collective strength of the North is matched by targeted activity reflecting the priorities of individual places. UKIBC is supporting work across the North East, Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region and Cheshire and Warrington, alongside its programme-wide role with the Great North, the trade facilitation body stated. The Great N....
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....orth mission will be delivered in partnership with the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The shared strengths cover advanced manufacturing, life sciences, digital technology, clean energy, financial and professional services, and creative industries. PTI AK AMS =============<BR> News - Press release - PIB....