... Office (FCO) in support of international trade and investment. It helps British business to become more internationally competitive and successful. The organisations Trade Partners UK and Invest·UK are responsible for these activities. BTI's policies have been to ensure the quality of the support services offered to businesses. With this objective in mind, these services have been specifically designed to meet the needs of the companies involved. These needs include greater flexibility in resource use, particularly overseas, with the results tailored to each specific industry or sectors. In order to promote British involvement in International Trade, in 1999 The DTI took on a target, or Public Service Agreement, with the aim of improving government support for exporters and through doing, to raise the quality of service and consequently the number of exports. The introduction of targets enables progress to be measured more accurately as there is a yardstick for which developments can ...

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