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India Luxury FestivalThe Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is delighted to announce a Luxury Festival in Mumbai in Spring 2025. This mission is aimed at experienced UK exporters or those who wish to grow their presence in India. This mission provides a fantastic platform to showcase your brand.
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Retail & Consumer EventsRetail & Consumer Events and Trade Missions - please visit our landing site for more information on how you can take part.
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UK-India Green Hydrogen HubThe UK-India Green Hydrogen Hub is a coalition of UK and India research groups and innovators that join forces to drive science and innovation, accelerate and enhance the role of hydrogen in the UK and India’s decarbonisation journey. A range of Green Hydrogen Hub events and networking opportunities will create links between the ideas of the future and the funds that can make them happen, and give members access to masterclasses on how UK-India research partnerships can deliver optimal results. Here’s a real opportunity to explore a diverse array of technological innovations and collaboration opportunities through this engagement.
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Global Talent NetworkSign up to get support from the Department for Business and Trade’s ‘Global Talent Network’
The Global Talent Network was launched in 2021 to ensure that people with exceptional talent have access to work opportunities in the UK’s leading Science and Technology sector.
Utilising DBT’s vast overseas network, we have identified and engaged with over X talented individuals across India and the United States who are interested in moving to the UK and working in our AI, quantum technologies and life sciences sector.
If your company is interested in being connected with top international talent, please submit the form below, and a member of the GTN team will be in touch.
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UK Mission to GreenTech 2025The British Embassy in the Hague, Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Science & Technology Network (STN) are seeking expressions of interest from UK Agri and Horti companies to join our mission to GreenTech 2025 in Amsterdam between the dates of June 9th to June 12th, 2025.
GreenTech Amsterdam is the #1 Agri & Horti technology platform in the Netherlands, where industry professionals, governments and academia from around the world come together to connect, network, share knowledge and do business.
More than just a trade show...
Throughout the three days of GreenTech 2025 participants can participate in a broad programme of talks, presentations, networking sessions and panel discussions focused on the key topics, challenges and innovations in the sector. This is an opportunity to hear from a wide selection of key industry figures across, leading academia and influential government representatives and to meet and network with international peers and experts.
Why join the UK mission to GreenTech?
This four-day visit includes an invitation to the official GreenTech 2025 pre-event dinner with more than 300 AgriTech and Hortitech experts, complimentary event access to GreenTech 2025, including the trade show and knowledge programme activities.
In addition to the extensive GreenTech-led activities throughout the week, the British Embassy Netherlands is coordinating and programme of exclusive UK/NL networking sessions with industry, academia and government, joint networking sessions with Dutch and international delegates and UK delegation site visits to the World Horti Center and Wageningen University’s Bleiswijk Greenhouse Horticulture research hub, home to several Agri/Horti innovation and demo centres.
There is no cost or joining fee for UK businesses selected to join the mission. Participation includes free entry to the show (all 3 days) & all official UK mission activities (outlined on the following page). *
*All travel and subsistence costs are the responsibility of mission participants.
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Open Call for Support: GREAT CampaignThe GREAT Britain & Northern Ireland Campaign (GREAT) enhances the UK’s international reputation and drives economic growth across the nation by encouraging an international audience to visit, study, trade and invest in the UK.
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Open Call for Sponsorship: Global AI Impact Summit 2026 – UK PavilionThe Global AI Impact Summit 2026 will be the first major global AI summit hosted in the Global South (India), building on the momentum of the UK‑hosted AI Safety Summit (2023), the Seoul AI Summit (2024), and the Paris Action Summit (2025). It is expected to be the largest and most influential AI convening to date, bringing together governments, multilateral institutions, academia, global industry leaders, and pioneering startups.
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UK - Uzbekistan Infrastructure Conference / Buyuk Britaniya – O‘zbekiston Infratuzilma Konferensiyasi
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DBT Green Finance Skills mission to Viet Nam plus potentially, one other countryThe education mission, which will visit Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hanoi, is timed to coincide with a Green Finance Skills Conference in Viet Nam. It is open to skills and training providers, universities, professional and chartered bodies, language providers, skills-tech suppliers, and awarding organisations who would like to explore the Vietnamese finance skills market. You can express your interest in participating via the link here, by midday Wednesday 11 March. Or please find out more for further information.
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Open Call for Engagement: Free Breakfast Club Programme Food Partnership - Academic Year 26/27The Best Start free breakfast clubs programme supports the government's aims of giving every pupil, regardless of their background, the best start in life. Free breakfast clubs break down barriers to every child achieving and thriving at school and in later life, by ensuring they are ready to learn as well as supporting families with cost of living, and tackling poverty.
The first Best Start free breakfast clubs opened their doors in April 2025, with 750 early adopter schools across the country. Our early adopter schools offer pupils a nutritious breakfast and a supportive start to the school day. National roll out of the programme begins in April 2026, with more than 500 additional schools set to benefit from the Best Start free breakfast clubs.
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Open Call for Sponsorship: Evening Reception (16 March) celebrating UK-Nigeria tradeTo mark the start of the Nigeria State Visit, celebrate strong UK-Nigeria business partnerships, and strengthen ties with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and international investors, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is hosting an evening reception for UK and Nigerian businesses provisionally scheduled for Monday 16th March (18:00 – 21:00pm), based in Central London.
This will be led by the UK’s Minister for International Development and Africa, Baroness Chapman, Nigeria’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, and the UK's Trade Envoy to Nigeria, Florence Eshalomi MP.
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DBT UK Schools India Trade Mission March 2026We have now selected UK delegates for this education mission and will report on outcomes in future editions of this newsletter. India has become a country of increasing interest for schools’ partnerships, and we see opportunity for further growth. The top-level objectives of the mission are to explore opportunities and understand the regulatory processes for establishing branch campuses in India. The mission will aim to:
Please see more for further information.
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2026 Human Capability Initiative, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaThe UK government is currently planning participation at the Education Global Exhibition (EDGEx), and an expression of interest form with further details will be shared very soon. Please find out more for further information.
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DBT Skills Mission, NigeriaThis education mission is driven by the region’s rapid economic growth and increasing need for skilled labour across key sectors such as construction, agriculture, renewable energy, and digital technology. Please find out more for further information.
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AI for Education Summit, The Iconic Palace, for the Republic, Almaty KazakhstanThe ‘AI for Education Summit’ in Almaty, Kazakhstan, taking place April 22-23, 2026 , at the Palace of the Republic , will be a landmark event informing the design of AI strategy , as well as teaching and learning across the Central Asia region. This high-density gathering of academic leaders and public sector decision-makers aims to explore AI's transformational potential. We welcome interest from universities, schools, or AI EdTech businesses wishing to attend, keynote, or present in our Expo. Please find out more for further information. Almaty remaining Find out more |
Greater Together LA, USADBT are hosting a major event in LA to celebrate the creativity and innovation that UK-US partnerships have achieved. The programme will include a launch reception, a two-day thought leadership summit, and roundtables. If you are interested in partnership opportunities around the education space, then please find out more for further information. Los Angeles remaining Find out more |
Open Call for Sponsorship - Greater Together LA 2026Greater Together LA will be an extraordinary 5-day business and cultural Expo, led by senior Government representatives that will bring together a delegation of leading UK & US businesses and organisations to refresh and strengthen our historic partnership, driving economic growth and transatlantic opportunities.
At its core, Greater Together LA will demonstrate how UK-US collaboration can tackle tomorrow's greatest challenges while simultaneously boosting investment, trade and cultural exchange between our great nations.
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IPSEF Global (LONDON) 2026International and Private Schools Education Forum (IPSEF) Global 2026 brings together an exceptional line-up of senior decision-makers, investors, operators and solution providers, offering unrivalled access to the people, insights and opportunities shaping global education. This is where deals begin, partnerships are formed and strategies are sharpened. In one intensive, high-value day, the conference will reveal what the international school’s market will look like in 2026 and beyond, with clear, practical guidance on how to launch, scale or invest in schools overseas. Network with senior executives across education, finance, government, law, architecture and management consultancy, and gain market-leading intelligence through deep-dive sessions on high-growth regions including the Middle East (with a spotlight on Saudi Arabia), Asia, India and the USA, alongside expert analysis of mergers and acquisitions. If you are serious about expanding globally, IPSEF Global 2026 is where your next move starts. Please find out for more information London remaining Find out more |