Department for Business and Trade

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What we do

We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.

DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 19 agencies and public bodies.

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Documents

Policy papers and consultations

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

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Our ministers

Our management

Permanent Secretary
Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Trade Negotiation Adviser
Director General, Business Group
Director General, Trade Negotiations
Director General, Trading Systems
Chief Operating Officer
Director General, Strategy and Investment
DBT Chief Scientific Adviser
Director General, UKEF
Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare)
Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare)
Interim Director General for Domestic and International Markets and Exports
Lead non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Non-executive director
Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR)

Contact DBT

Find export support for UK-based businesses

Resolve an immediate challenge or find the information to get your exports moving. If you have a specific question and can't find an answer, you can also contact the Export Support Service.

Find out how to set up or do business in the UK

Department for Business and Trade

Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 (0) 20 4551 0011

Use our online contact form to ask general questions about trade and investment. We cannot reply promptly to correspondence sent by post at the moment.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
  3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

Freedom of Information

Information Rights Unit
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY
United Kingdom

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