DIT South East Series: Sussex Exporters Group Meeting
Grow Global’s Sarah Carroll attended the newly formed UK Government Department of International Trade ‘Sussex Food & Drink Exporters Group’ and ‘Retail & Consumer Goods Group’ series of meetings from 2016 to 2018, as a meet the expert and offered 1:1 and group coaching.
The group aims:
- To provide a face-to-face platform to exchange ideas, best practice, problems, issues and solutions 
- To build awareness within the group of what each other makes and what is available locally 
- To enable cross-referrals amongst the group - If you come across some one looking for shoes and you makes ties why not refer them to someone in the group who does make shoes. 
- To explore ways of collaborating as a group, or part of the group 
- To share knowledge of different markets and ways of doing business in those markets 
- To share knowledge such as reliable suppliers of goods and services 
- To share skills such as managing processes and dealing with people inside and outside an organisation. 
- To tap into the vast and varies pool of experience within the group. 
What dates were the meetings?
- 5 October 2016 - Brighton - Food & Drink 
- 12 October 2016 - Brighton - Food & Drink 
- 1 February 2017 - Brighton - Retail & Consumer Goods 
- 22 February 2017 - Brighton - Food & Drink 
- 2 August 2017 - Woking - Food & Drink 
- 13 September 2017 - Brighton - Retail & Consumer Goods 
- 13 October 2017 - Brighton - Retail & Consumer Goods 
- 26 February 2018 - Gatwick - Croatia Food & Drink Showcase. 
- 30 August 2018 - London - Central Eastern European Food & Drink.