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Emerging Europe

Emerging Europe offers opportunities for all UK companies ranging from novice to experienced exporters, and across multiple sectors.

Emerging Europe is made up of 11 markets and over 120 million consumers located in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

This region offers:

increasingly affluent consumers
economic growth at double the rate of western Europe
widespread use of the English language
low risk compared with other Emerging Markets further from the UK
easy accessibility from the UK – just 2 to 3 hours flying time on low cost airlines

UK exports are worth over £16 billion, with goods exports doubling over the past decade, and services exports - over £4 billion - trebling.

Markets of Emerging Europe are at differing stages of development, but all offer long-term growth prospects for UK companies. The markets are:

The markets offer UK companies a number of advantages including:

ease of developing business relationships as located close to UK with access via large number of budget airlines
ideal for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on tight budgets
supply chain opportunities in support of strategically important industries
opportunities resulting from £170 billion European Union (EU) Structural and Cohesion funds for 2014 to 2020
UK’s positive image as a reliable business partner and increasingly as a source of innovative products and services and new technology