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Members of the audience talk to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speak at the National Export Initiative (NEI) Small Business Tour in Milwaukee, WI, on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. An important goal of the NEI is to provide additional assistance to small and medium-sized businesses, which are major drivers of job creation. The NEI is assisting small and medium-sized businesses win more foreign government contracts, find buyers worldwide, participate in more trade missions and trade shows, receive more export financing, and learn new ways to sell products and services overseas. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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Members of the audience listen to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speak at the National Export Initiative (NEI) Small Business Tour in Milwaukee, WI, on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. An important goal of the NEI is to provide additional assistance to small and medium-sized businesses, which are major drivers of job creation. The NEI is assisting small and medium-sized businesses win more foreign government contracts, find buyers worldwide, participate in more trade missions and trade shows, receive more export financing, and learn new ways to sell products and services overseas. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
David Cameron, British Prime Minister and Lord Green Minister of State for Trade and Investment
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David Cameron, British Prime Minister, and Lord Green, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, at the Export for Growth conference at London's Imax Theatre; the Prime Minister announced a business growth package to help Britain’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) create jobs, export to new markets, secure finance and cut red tape.
Measures include a £95 million investment from the Regional Growth Fund to benefit hundreds of small businesses. This funding will support those SMEs considering investing in new capital assets and is expected to create at least 4,000 jobs and unlock around £500 million of new investment.
