"Any business can export, as long as there is demand and you can fulfil that demand, you should just go for it!" – Rachel Jones, Totseat

Watch this video to learn how Totseat , an SME with just three staff, have successfully developed a global business through support from Smart Exporter. Sixty-five percent of their trade is now exported.

You're never too small to export.

Smart Exporter offers a range of products and services suitable for all sizes of business.

Whether you're considering exporting, already exporting or whether your business is in the advanced stages of international trade, we have knowledge and training services to suit your needs.

"The importance of international markets gives you an insurance policy operating in many countries that you wouldn't otherwise have operating in only one country" – Charles Stewart, Chairman and CEO, Holland & Sherry

Watch this video to learn how Scottish textiles company, Holland & Sherry benefited greatly from Smart Exporter support to help expand their international business.

The weak pound and difficult market conditions at home emphasise the importance of investing overseas. Risk can be minimised by avoiding fluctuations in market conditions by operating across many countries where growth potential is highest.

Smart Exporter support will help you eliminate any risk from the outset by adequately preparing your business for international development. 

No. Done with the right level of support the returns on your global trade investment will be highly cost-effective.

Free support

Smart Exporter support will help you develop your international business development skills whilst keeping your training costs to a minimum. That's why we offer most of our support services to ambitious Scottish-based companies free or subsidised. 

Global economies all have their cultural differences and ways of doing businesses.

It is good to know how best to manage these differences and expectations prior to starting a global business.

Smart Exporter provides a number of products and services which can help you familiarise yourself with local customs and ways of doing business in difference markets, including:

Market awareness events

Opportunity to hire an international business manager with specialist local knowledge

22 global offices in 15 countries with direct contacts

GlobalScot network – over 600 outstanding business professional worldwide who have a wealth of local market experience.

By offering their time and advice freely, our GlobalScot members can help your company with practical advice needed to break into new markets.

The changeover of goods and products abroad can often result in confusion in relation to the exchange rate across any sales made and their monetary values. Smart Exporter helps prepare you through services such as our one-to-one specialist technical support and our preparing to export programme.

Contact us for further details about our support services

Yes. We have a suite of strategic support that not only identifies the market with the highest potential for your business, but can also pinpoint where your company has a competitive advantage internationally thus helping set strategic objectives.

When researching new markets we recommend that you include a cultural, monetary and logistic analysis prior to launching your products or services into new overseas markets.

Smart Exporter can support you to develop a strategic global business plan for effective market planning.

Watch this video to learn how S3 Interactive, a mobile phone recycling company benefited through behaviour change help from Smart Exporter.

Getting companywide buy-in is key to the pursuit of global business development.

Help your business manage the behaviour change needed, among staff for operational efficiency across new global markets.

Read more about our preparing to export programme for advice on developing an international culture