Open for export: UK firms set sights offshore

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By Alex Lennane

16/10/2012

·         2012 joint study reveals businesses predict future growth can only be achieved through export
·         Four in five exporters say high-growth economies will be essential to their future survival
·         UK slow to capitalise on emerging market opportunities, as import demand outstrips UK export growth to BRICs
·         Exporters identify physical distance as the single greatest barrier to emerging market trade

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