West Lothian Courier

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West Lothian Chamber of Commerce are excited to be announcing the launch of their brand new Internatio­nal membership which is available to all Scottish businesses.

This new Internatio­nal membership will provide businesses with the opportunit­y to learn more about exporting and encourage them to explore the potential avenues for entering new markets.

With Brexit approachin­g, it’s important to encourage more businesses to consider exporting their products and services overseas.

Therefore, the Scottish Government are offering funding to the Scottish Chambers of Commerce to roll out across all local Chambers in Scotland, to encourage more Scottish based businesses to export.

From this funding, West Lothian Chamber of Commerce have developed a new internatio­nal membership club which will encourage more businesses, of various size and sector, to consider exporting as a growth opportunit­y. Dublin Trip The West Lothian Chamber have already begun building essential internatio­nal connection­s by visiting South Dublin Chamber in Southern Ireland to sign their first Memorandum of Understand­ing (MOU).

By developing this agreement with South Dublin Chamber, businesses can receive support and advice as well as access to relevant events when looking to enter the market.

The South Dublin Chamber kindly sponsored the trip providing the West Lothian Chamber team with complement­ary accommodat­ion in the fabulous City West Hotel.

The team then attended the British Ambassador­s Summer Party with the CEO of South Dublin Chamber.

It was a fantastic event which allowed new connection­s to be made and a chance to embrace the Irish culture.

The trip was then followed with

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Working together Linda Scott in Dublin

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