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What is the Global Export Hub?

Within each country you will have access to a curated network of soft-landing coworking hubs, business support services, and a selection of incentives. All packaged to enable your business to operate seamlessly, for you to hit the ground running and feel right at home.

As part of the programme, you will gain access to Global Export Hubs

A network of coworking spaces for enhanced productivity and efficiency

Because your focus and energy fluctuates throughout the day, coworking spaces offer a wide range of working environments that cater for different working modes.

Expert banking, investment and professional services on-demand
With access to mentorship from immigration, logistical and technical specialists providing timely local knowledge and expertise just when you need it most.

High growth accelerator services and peer networks as you need them

Each hub will provide sector aligned business accelerator pathways to support, refine and activate SME international expansion strategies, plus access to networks of peers whose local experience you can learn from.

Our UK Business and Finance Support Partner

Support Partner UK

Barclays Eagle Labs

Providing businesses with a range of services to help them to connect, innovate and grow.

Support Partner UK

Barclays Eagle Labs

Providing businesses with a range of services to help them to connect, innovate and grow.

With access to over 325 years of business expertise and connections, Eagle Labs are a community resource available for everybody. Whether you’re an inventor, an innovator or a mentor, our spaces are conducive to nurturing and growing your idea with support from Barclays and our network.
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Mentors and coaches

Connect with our specialist mentors to help you navigate challenges and grow your business. 

Whether you want to talk about your product, have a question about expanding your business, or just need to talk to someone who’s been in your shoes before, our mentors will share their knowledge and insights to support you.

Mentors and coaches

Scaleups

Scaling businesses can benefit from some of the more bespoke and tailored approach that are available through Labs. We offer specialists in growth through our mentoring partners. Businesses looking to raise further capital can be connected to investors through our Demo Directory.

If a business is looking to grow and raise overseas – particularly in the United States – the Eagle Lab Global Connect programme, run by Silicon Valley veterans, will be of interest.

Scaleups
Here at Eagle Labs, we understand that diversity is the cornerstone of innovation – the more unique perspectives you have available, the more opportunities you can identify. We also recognise that more work needs to be done to create a level playing field for diverse founders in the UK. That’s why we champion inclusivity and celebrate founders who are at risk of being overlooked because of their race, gender, sexuality, disability, or neurodivergence.

Fostering diversity, fuelling success, shaping tomorrow.

Diversity at Eagle Labs

Our aim is to inspire confidence in the next generation of entrepreneurs, regardless of their race, age, gender, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence.

Our programmes are open to everyone and designed to highlight the challenges that founders from diverse backgrounds face. This way, we can all learn from and educate each other, breaking down barriers to business growth in the process.

Diversity

Corporate Connections

Every business, large or small, will face challenges that they may not be able to solve themselves, while many startups could be holding the key to providing innovative solutions.

Through Corporate Connections we’re helping to facilitate conversations and connections between larger businesses and startups from our Eagle Labs network and beyond.

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Ecosystem expertise

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Our Jamaica Business and Finance Support Partner

Support Partner Jamaica

Victoria Mutual Group

A leading Caribbean-based, Member-focused organisation transforming lives by advancing the financial well-being of individuals globally.

Support Partner Jamaica

Victoria Mutual Group

A leading Caribbean-based, Member-focused organisation transforming lives by advancing the financial well-being of individuals globally.

The establishment of the VM Group is the latest chapter in the storied history of the organisation that first opened its doors in 1878  as Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS). Led by the Reverend G.W. Downer, the Rector of the Kingston Parish Church, a group of clergymen formed VMBS with a mission to, through the power of mutuality, empower economically marginalised Jamaicans to pool their resources to save and to acquire homes.
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The VM Financial Group

The VM Financial Group is the purpose-driven, results-focused financial arm of the iconic VM Group.

Here you can access wealth management and financial advisory services, money transfer services, pension administration and investment management services, as well as property, casualty and liability insurance.

VM Financial Group

VM Innovations

VM Innovations was established in December 2020 as VM Group’s wholly owned financial technology and property technology arm, with a mandate to identify innovative and pioneering opportunities for growth and to create new business models. The principal activity for VM Innovations is to purposefully seek and exploit strategically aligned growth opportunities.
VM Innovations
We are a mutual organisation whose purpose is to empower our Members globally to achieve financial well-being through home ownership and innovative investment solutions delivered across multiple channels by an expert and caring team.
VM Group Mission

Our USA Business and Soft-Landing Support Partners

Support Partner USA

Detroit Velocity Accelerator

Velocity is the centre of gravity for entrepreneurship and innovation in Macomb County

Support Partner USA

Detroit Velocity Accelerator

Velocity is the centre of gravity for entrepreneurship and innovation in Macomb County

Velocity has provided space, programming, and support to entrepreneurs and growing companies for the past 11 years. The collaboration between the City of Sterling Heights, Macomb County, and Oakland University launched the centre and created a hub for economic development across Macomb County as one of 21 SmartZones in the state of Michigan.

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Entrepreneur in Residence

Velocity’s Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program is designed to serve aspiring businesspeople – whether in the ideation phase, start-up phase, or have been operating for 20 years – with the right resources and programs that meet their business objectives.

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Our workspaces

Our coworking space is a fully-inclusive environment designed to accommodate people from different companies who need a space to work and provides access to programs and resources that are not available in commercial buildings. 

We encourage our coworking participants to share their expertise and explore new ideas with fellow workers.

Workspaces
Velocity is a catalyst for culture change designed to accelerate innovation, reinvention, and growth for Macomb County businesses in the manufacturing, technology, and defense industry. Located in the Sterling Innovation District, our incubator, accelerator, and coworking space offer world-class opportunities to help businesses thrive.
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Some answers to your questions

Find answers to commonly asked questions about the Business Export Exchange Programme
What is a global export strategy?

An exporting strategy details which foreign countries you will export to and how your company will export its goods or services. It determines the pricing strategies, the products or services that will be sold, the markets and buyers it will sell to, and how the products or services will reach its customers.

What help will I need to develop and implement my export strategy?
Our Global Export Hub (GEH) and Global Ambassador Club (GAC) will provide you with access to support covering these and many other areas:
  • Export strategy planning
  • Sales and marketing, including: market knowledge, contacts in overseas markets, creating export plans
  • Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS), access to trade missions and overseas tradeshows
  • E-exporting, optimising digital sales channels/websites
  • Language and culture
  • Product and service development, including: innovation, IP and certification/standards
  • Operations, including: legal and regulatory issues, export controls, documentation, logistics and distribution.
What is an export readiness assessment (ERA)?

An ERA identifies if your business is suitable for international trade. Since no two businesses are the same, this is the first question we must ask. During the programme we will help you to evaluate the appropriateness of your products and services for export, and the infrastructure you have in place to support international trade.

What tailored guidance will I receive on how to become export-ready?
As part of the ‘International Strategy’ (Year 1) and ‘Adapt for Scale’ (Year 2) programme phases you will be supported to prepare a detailed Export Readiness and Collaboration Readiness assessment, which will include reviews of intellectual property risks, trademarks, branding, packaging, pricing, safety certification, customs regulations, and relevant legislation.

Opening up opportunities

  • Are you an established entrepreneur committed to exporting into international markets?
  • Are you looking to develop new strategies, and establish collaboration networks to scale your SME?
  • Have you identified the investment and resources required to expand your business operations?

If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’, the Business Export Exchange Programme could be for you.

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