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The UK Business Centre Lille: helping British companies face their challenges to access the EU market

Since Brexit, British companies have been facing major difficulties:

  • Increasing red tape
  • Additional costs
  • Delays at the border

According to a study conducted by the LSE, 16,400 SME’s have stopped exporting to the EU. In addition, “52% of UK Businesses say international markets have become more important, as a result of the current challenges facing the UK economy“*. 

Maybe your company is one of them?

Instead of building barriers, the goal of the UK Business Centre Lille is to build bridges and give them concrete solutions to overcome these difficulties through a community of Cross-Channel trade experts.

*Study by Trade Barometer in 2024

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A few figures about the UK Business Centre Lille:

  • We have already supported 114 British companies access the EU market more easily since our creation
  • We have a network of over 30+ selective service providers 

Our moto: Giving you a turnkey solution for your European development

They were supported by the UK Business Centre Lille

Here is what those companies have to say about our services

« It is like a helping hand to set-up shop versus going online and just Google translating everything from French to English which can be quite daunting. »

Adrianna Restrepo, Co-founder of Deblock

« With the UK Business Centre Lille team support, we have not looked back and we are seriously looking at raising in France to open up the Easichat business close to Lille. »

Matt Stone, Co-founder of Easichat

« Lille is an obvious first step for us into securing a business legacy in France. »

Oliver Watkins, General Manager at PMY Group

“As a British Business, we know that you will give us very good support. It is extremely appreciated when you are in an in an area you don’t know much about, to have someone who knows everything about its ecosystem and who is going to help.”
– Xavier Faure – European Director of Smart Garden Products.

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What can the UK Business Centre Lille do for British companies?

Services & partners
The services of the UK Business Centre Lille

Our assistance is based on connecting British companies with the right person at the right time. 

We assist you throughout your project whether you need to:

  • Export to the EU
  • Set up in France
  • Get in touch with European business partners and distributors
  • Access a network of local stakeholders and more.
Our services include:
Visa and immigration
Visa and immigration
Language support
Language support
Domiciliating your company in France
Domiciliating your company in France
Expanding into Hauts-de-France
Expanding into Hauts-de-France
HR and recruitment
HR and recruitment
VAT representation and other tax matters
VAT representation and other tax matters
Logistics
Logistics
Legal representation
Legal representation
Customs
Customs
Commercial representation
Commercial representation
Retail / ecommerce
Retail / ecommerce
Banking and finance
Banking and finance

Discover some of the service providers of the UK Business Centre Lille

Ready to assist you in your project
Unsworth
Specialists in Customs representation
RM Boulanger
Specialists in VAT representation
Michael Page
Specialists in recruitment
CIC Bank
Specialists in bank and finance
Triplet
Specialists in legal representation

Contact us now to facilitate your development in Europe

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The UK Business Centre Lille is supported by the UK Department for Business and Trade: 

« The Department for Business and Trade’s focus is to deliver economic growth for the UK, and does this by helping businesses to grow, export, invest and create jobs. In France, we help UK companies thrive by identifying export opportunities and advice on how to export or tackle market access barriers. DBT France works with partners across France whose objectives align with ours to provide a coherent, joined-up service offer for UK companies. The UK Business Centre Lille is one of these initiatives. »

Jo Hawley, Deputy Trade Commissioner Europe at the Department for Business and Trade

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