Just that really.
Another blow to industry.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has cancelled the popular and effective Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) with immediate effect.
This was the supported springboard through which many big names grew from small ones. The scheme provided a small amount of financial support to SME companies as they start down the "exporting" journey.
The rest of Europe has increased this sort of help during the pandemic.
Previous companies who used this TAP funding when they were small companies include some now well-known household names - (these were often launched at key events in Paris, Milan, New York, Shanghai, Berlin and Florence for example). They include Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood, Abraham Moon, Jenny Packham, Orla Kiely, Simon Carter, Grenfell, Harris Tweed and many others.
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic
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