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View cookies Department for Business and Trade Department for Business & Trade Business.gov.uk: support for starting, running and growing a business Look up tariffs for importing into the UK The UK's trade agreements Ask the export support team a question Find business finance and grants Featured 23 February 2026 Press release Doug Gurr selected as preferred candidate for Chair of CMA Doug Gurr has been announced as the preferred candidate to remain as chair of the Competition and Markets Authority. 18 December 2025 Press release New laws bring the world of work into the 21st century Over 15 million people across the UK are expected to benefit as the Employment Rights Act receives Royal Assent. 17 December 2025 Press release 500 jobs protected at Grangemouth as UK Government partners with INEOS to save vital plant’s future Vital chemical production at Grangemouth protected as Government provides over £120m support package in £150m joint investment 18 December 2025 Press release Businesses, unions and civil society leaders welcome Royal Assent of Employment Rights Act Leaders from across the business community, trade union movement and wider civil society have welcomed the Employment Rights Act receiving Royal Assent. 6 December 2025 Press release Government urges the nation to back Britain’s small firms this Small Business Saturday Government calls on public to back Britain’s businesses on Small Buisness Saturday 19 November 2025 Press release Government bans ticket touting to protect fans from rip-off prices Music and sport fans will no longer be ripped off on the ticket resale market thanks to new measures making it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost Latest from the Department for Business and Trade Standard individual export licences (SIELs) 23 April 2026 Guidance Trade sanctions, arms embargoes, and other trade restrictions 23 April 2026 Guidance UK strategic export controls 23 April 2026 Guidance See all latest documents Subscriptions Get emails What we do We are the department for economic growth. 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DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 20 agencies and public bodies Read more about what we do The following links open in a new tab Follow on (opens in new tab) Follow on (opens in new tab) Follow on (opens in new tab) Follow on (opens in new tab) Follow on (opens in new tab) Documents Services National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates Calculate holiday entitlement See all services Guidance and regulation Calculating the minimum wage 1 April 2025 Manual Section Placing UKCA or CE marked products on the market in Great Britain 7 April 2026 Guidance See all guidance and regulation News and communications Post Office GLO Scheme to close following successful delivery 21 April 2026 Press release Keep Britain Working review – updates 20 April 2026 Correspondence See all news and communications Research and statistics Strategic export controls: licensing statistics: 1 October to 31 December 2025 23 April 2026 Official statistics announcement Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2023 23 April 2026 Official Statistics See all research and statistics Policy papers and consultations Interministerial Group for Trade Communiqué: 4 March 2026 21 April 2026 Policy paper Make Work Pay: improving access to flexible working 20 April 2026 Open consultation See all policy papers and consultations Transparency and freedom of information releases Export control licensing management information for Israel 20 April 2026 Transparency data DBT: workforce management information February 2026 20 April 2026 Transparency data See all transparency and freedom of information releases Our ministers The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade Lord Stockwood Minister of State (Minister for Investment) Unpaid Sir Chris Bryant MP Minister of State (Minister for Trade) Blair McDougall MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Economic Transformation) Kate Dearden MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection) Baroness Lloyd of Effra CBE Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Digital Economy) Paid as a whip Chris McDonald MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Industry) Our management Amanda Brooks CBE Interim Permanent Secretary Jaee Samant Director General, Business Group Tara Smith Chief Operating Officer Ceri Smith Director General, Office for Investment Caleb Deeks Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare) Gavin Lambert Director General, Competition, Markets and Regulatory Reform (Jobshare) Joanna Crellin CMG Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare) Isobel Stephen Director General, Domestic and International Markets and Exports (Jobshare) Kate Joseph Director General, Economic Security and Trade Relations (ESTR) Sam Lister Director General, Industrial Strategy David Bickerton Chief Strategic Business Adviser Tim Reid Director General, UKEF Paul Drechsler CBE Lead non-executive board member Professor John Latham CBE Non-executive board member, Chair of Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Iain Anderson Non-executive board member Katharine Braddick Non-executive board member Mike Clancy Non-executive board member Nita Clarke OBE Non-executive board member Dr Roni Savage FREng Non-executive board member David Sayer Non-executive board member Contact DBT Find export support for UK-based businesses Contact: Find export support for UK-based businesses Resolve an immediate challenge or find the information to get your exports moving. 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