Bradford logistics professional chosen to address next We are International Export Network Event

One of Bradford’s most experienced export professionals has been selected to speak at Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership’s latest We are International Export Network event in Leeds next month (June).

Logistics manager at set-top box manufacturer, Pace plc, Bradford, Brian Farrell, will talk on the theme, What I Wish I’d Known Before I Started Exporting, at the two-hour afternoon event at Addleshaw Goddard, Leeds, on June 25, which is expected to be attended by 80 new and novice exporters across the ten local authority areas, which comprise Leeds City Region.

Pace Plc, Saltaire, is global market leader selling to Belgium, India, Israel, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE and USA.

Brian Farrell is a We are International Export Network ambassador giving help and advice to companies wishing to get involved with international commerce for the first time, or to break into new markets.

“Pace Plc is a global leader and among Yorkshire’s premiere manufacturing exporters and we’re very pleased that Brian Farrell has agreed to share his knowledge at our latest event”, says the LEP.

Other key speakers at the event are managing director of Industrial Textiles and Plastics Ltd, Easingwold, Marc van der Voort; international projects director at DWA Architects, York, Mel Fairbourn-Varley and managing director of Lime Tree Europe, Halifax, Paul Walters.

The We are International initiative – delivered by Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership with support from international trade specialists Chamber International, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Yorkshire, Enterprise Europe Network and MY Export Hub – aims to add £1.6bn to the City Region economy and create thousands of jobs by 2018.

The latest Export Network event, being arranged by Chamber International as part of We are International, is the eighth since the initiative, which has engaged with hundreds of businesses, was launched in March 2013.

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