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The heads of G7 Export Credit Agencies met in Tokyo, Japan to discuss international trade.

• Updated: 19 April 2024

Leicester business Unimed Procurement Services secured government-backed financing to help it deliver life-saving medical equipment around the world.

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Memorandum of understanding signed at CERAWeek energy conference signals closer cooperation on joint financing for clean energy projects.

• Updated: 19 March 2024

Benin’s Minister of Economy, Finance and Denationalization Programs, Romuald Wadagni, signs Memorandum of Understanding with CEO of UK Export Finance, Tim Reid, in presence of Harriet Thompson, Non-Resident Ambassador to Ben…

• Updated: 8 March 2024

The export credit agency’s support for overseas infrastructure projects has created major new trading opportunities for UK suppliers like Severfield plc.

• Updated: 8 March 2024

Supported by a government scheme for UK exporters, a renewable energy developer from Romsey has secured a new Santander guarantee to help it deliver new overseas projects.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Robert Gillespie joins the UK’s export credit agency as its Board Chairman.

• Updated: 1 March 2024

Skiwear firebrand OOSC Clothing will grow its exports across the piste with a major HSBC UK financing package secured by UK Export Finance.

• Updated: 29 February 2024

The UK government’s export credit agency has helped a County Down tech business secure landmark financing to grow and meet demand from Silicon Valley buyers.

• Updated: 1 February 2024

Workshop supports dynamic women in senior leadership positions in private companies, particularly SMEs, that export or aim to export products internationally.

• Updated: 24 January 2024

UKEF has partnered with other export credit agencies and MUFG as sole Mandated Lead Arranger to secure over €1.2 billion in financing for a sustainable railway project.

• Updated: 8 January 2024

The UK’s export credit agency has guaranteed an Islamic Murabaha financing facility for the development of Six Flags Qiddiya City near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• Updated: 3 January 2024

UK Export Finance (UKEF) and Export Finance Australia (EFA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) deepening co-operation in areas of mutual interest.

• Updated: 21 December 2023

A small manufacturer trusted by scientists across six continents receives new export funding.

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Support from UK Export Finance means that British firms have secured contracts to upgrade critical infrastructure in Benguela Province and protect the region against future flooding.

• Updated: 6 December 2023

The UK’s export credit agency (ECA) has become a founding member of a partnership convened by the UN to help export finance reach net zero emissions by 2050.

• Updated: 4 December 2023

Over £480 million as part of £1.6 billion of climate aid announced by the Prime Minister to help developing countries access climate finance and mobilise private investment.

• Updated: 4 December 2023

The densely-populated Al-Hillah district will be able to construct a sewage and sanitation system following a £226 million financing deal supported by UK Export Finance

• Updated: 1 December 2023

UKEF announces new products and partnerships to enhance international trading opportunities at the export credit agency’s annual customer conference.

• Updated: 23 November 2023

UK Export Finance (UKEF) and South Korea’s export credit agency Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) have helped SeAH Wind UK to secure £367 million in Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC UK financing to build the world’…

• Updated: 22 November 2023