Case Studies - International Trade Promotion

A selection of case studies is listed below. These projects have been selected as representative of the type of work Whitefield International undertakes in the international trade promotion field for economic development organisations, government authorities and international trade promotion agencies. We have removed client names in order to protect client confidentiality.

International trade promotion programme
Whitefield International manages an international trade programme in Europe for a US state. In undertaking this programme Whitefield International seeks to assist companies based in the US state to increase sales to Europe by identifying distributors, agents, partners and competitors; setting up meetings in Europe with potential partners; providing market information and advice; providing trade fair support, including pre-event appointment setting.  
International trade mission and company matchmaking
A South East Asian – based foreign trade group engaged Whitefield International to organise and manage a company matchmaking event for an inward trade mission of 15 companies visiting the UK. Whitefield International was responsible for designing, promoting and organising the two-day event, including identifying relevant meeting partners (mostly potential UK distributors, JV partners and agents) and organising all the meetings.  

Choosing the optimum location is vital to the success of any business. The ability or otherwise to access a high quality workforce, customers, markets and suppliers can mean the difference between success and failure.

Whitefield International provides a range of services to assist companies expand, relocate or consolidate their office, manufacturing, assembly, distribution and R& D operations within the UK and overseas. We cover all phases of the location process from strategic planning, project feasibility to location and site selection. We focus on identifying a number of suitable locations, then developing comparative data on each of the preferred options.

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Whitefield International works with companies looking to sell into overseas markets.

The rise of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China), mass population movements, fast rising purchasing power in developing countries and continuing technological developments are just some of the major changes taking place in our increasingly globalised world. As ever, the challenges are many and varied in undertaking international trade, with a bewildering variety of opportunities presenting themselves to companies in overseas markets where they often possess little or no experience.

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Whitefield International provides a range of services to assist economic development organisations, government authorities and investment promotion agencies to develop and implement targeted inward investment programmes.

Such targeted programmes succeed in identifying expanding companies with investment projects and attracting them to our clients’ area, thereby creating new jobs, wealth and investment.

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