Edinburgh's continuous improvement trade plan praised
29/11/2010
Efforts by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce to further its international business operations through a system of continuous improvement have seen it rewarded with a prestigious international trade award.
British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has awarded the organisation its Excellence in International Trade award, largely due to its creation of a new Scotland-wide export arm, Scottish Chambers International.
The Edinburgh Chamber's chief executive, Ron Hewitt, said the award validated their continuous improvement since they scooped the BCC’s Chamber of the Year award last year.
"As a Chamber we aspire to continuous improvement, and following on from last year’s Best Chamber Award it’s great to see some of our particular services being recognised," he said. "The launch of Scottish Chambers International and our partnership with SDI in Smart Exporter have been ground-breaking initiatives, leading our members into new markets which are key to the recovery."
The Edinburgh Chamber's business development director and head of SCI, Alasdair Kerr, pointed out that only 5,500 businesses out of 265,000 companies in Scotland were currently exporting - only 1.7 per cent of Scotland’s business base.
He said that a key mission was to expand the country's exports to the BRIC nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China - none of which currently feature on Scotland's top ten export destinations.
British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has awarded the organisation its Excellence in International Trade award, largely due to its creation of a new Scotland-wide export arm, Scottish Chambers International.
The Edinburgh Chamber's chief executive, Ron Hewitt, said the award validated their continuous improvement since they scooped the BCC’s Chamber of the Year award last year.
"As a Chamber we aspire to continuous improvement, and following on from last year’s Best Chamber Award it’s great to see some of our particular services being recognised," he said. "The launch of Scottish Chambers International and our partnership with SDI in Smart Exporter have been ground-breaking initiatives, leading our members into new markets which are key to the recovery."
The Edinburgh Chamber's business development director and head of SCI, Alasdair Kerr, pointed out that only 5,500 businesses out of 265,000 companies in Scotland were currently exporting - only 1.7 per cent of Scotland’s business base.
He said that a key mission was to expand the country's exports to the BRIC nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China - none of which currently feature on Scotland's top ten export destinations.
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