Media enquiries
Contact our press office for media or journalist enquiries.
Enquiries from the media
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) currently has 2 contacts for press enquiries.
For business and trade press enquiries
You can email newsdesk@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
You can call our central news desk on +44 (0)20 7215 2000 between 8:30am and 6pm.
Our telephone line diverts to the duty media officer:
- outside normal office hours (between 6pm and 8:30am)
- on bank holidays and weekends
Journalists should use it for urgent media enquiries only.
For science and innovation press enquiries
You can email press@dsit.gov.uk.
You can call us on +44 (0)20 7215 3000.
This phone number and inbox is monitored at all hours.
All other enquiries
For all other enquiries, you can call us on +44 (0)20 4551 0011.
Export support for UK-based businesses
UK-based businesses can find guidance and support on getting your exports moving on Business.gov.uk.
Contact the Export Support Service if you have a specific question, or to find out how BIST’s wider network of in-person support can help you sell your product or service overseas.
Insolvency Service helpline
Contact the Insolvency Service helpline on 0300 678 0015 for information about:
- processes around bankruptcy
- debt relief orders
- company liquidations