Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion, Baroness Rona Fairhead, is today (Monday 5 February) travelling to India to launch the very first India-UK Createch Summit in the country’s tech capital, Mumbai.
The event is the pinnacle of a series of trade missions from the UK to India. These have seen more than 100 British companies from across sectors such as automotive, healthcare and film visiting the country during January and February, showcasing what they have to offer and forging important new trading ties.
Baroness Fairhead will join HRH The Earl of Wessex to launch the event. This will bring together almost 1,000 leading figures from across business and government to celebrate innovation such as augmented reality and creative robotics that are uniting the creative and technology industries. Mumbai is considered the creative capital of India and ministers believe that increased engagement with UK businesses will provide booming trading links in the creative industries.
The UK and India enjoy strong trading links. Latest statistics show that bilateral trade increased by 13.6% in the year to September 2017 compared to the previous year, with travel services and machinery the top service and good exports respectively.
