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• UK exports increased by 8.2 % in the year to May 2018

• tech gadgets are top of the list in most Father鈥檚 Day wish lists

• there is global demand for quality British goods, with companies such as Mo Bros and Extreme Fliers seeing a rise in their international business since joining the Department for International Trade鈥檚 (DIT) exporting programmes

皇冠体育app value of UK goods exports increased by 8.2 % in the year to May 2018, recent HMRC data shows.

Making the most of international demand, Leicester-based Mo Bros are now exporting their beard care goods to 78 countries, providing the latest facial fashion to fathers everywhere.

After embarking on the challenge to 鈥榞row a mo鈥� for charity in 2014, brothers Keval, Kunal and Savan Dattani identified a gap in the market for grooming products which catered for all beard types 鈥� and so Mo Bros was born. Sourcing the finest British ingredients, the brothers produce a beard care range, exporting over 250,000 products to men around the world in the last 3 years.

Kunal Dattani, co-founder of Mo Bro鈥檚, said:

Since working with DIT, we鈥檝e found that there is huge international appetite for our products. 皇冠体育app quality of British-stamped products is appreciated around the world meaning the possibilities for exporting is huge 鈥� if we can do it, so can other businesses.

Tech gadgets are at the top of most Father鈥檚 Day wish lists this year, and Extreme Fliers 鈥� the designers and manufacturers of personal Micro Drone technology - have seen significant export growth in the US.

Vernon Kerswell founded the company 4 years ago and now has a team of 12 inventors, designers and engineers. Since joining DIT鈥檚 E-Exporting programme in 2017, the company has rapidly increased online sales through US tech e-marketplace Newegg.

Vernon Kerswell, CEO, Extreme Fliers said:

Out of our small design studio in South London, we have built one of the UK鈥檚 leading drone technology companies. By combining the best high-tech engineering with global supply chains, we are able to develop products and scale very fast. With the DIT鈥檚 E-Exporting programme our products can quickly reach exciting new markets and customers around the world.

International Trade Minister Graham Stuart MP said:

It鈥檚 great to see companies such as Mo Bros and Extreme Fliers making the most of an ever-growing global demand for British goods and services.

皇冠体育app Department for International Trade offers a wide range of export support services to assist British businesses to take advantage of these global opportunities. This support includes our , a comprehensive list of on and our award-winning export credit agency, UK Export Finance.

Recent figures released by HMRC show the number of businesses exporting goods in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is at 109,000 鈥� a rise of 4.1 % from the previous year.

In the first months of 2018, the average value of goods exported per business was 拢750,000.

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