Application for Market Visit to China & Taiwan

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1 ss \commit \ crm \ approv \ confirm \ reg fee \ brochure \ q sent \ q rec d \ inv rec d \ Name of Applicant Company Application for Market Visit to China & Taiwan Applicants must be United Kingdom Companies, seeking to promote United Kingdom goods and/or services. Please check the terms and conditions at the end of this application form BEFORE completing the form. An administrative fee (designated per visit) is to be paid on registration for a market visit. Eligible companies may receive a total of 6 grants for market visits over the lifetime of the company, but may not receive a grant for one market more than twice. Formal acceptance of your application will be given to you by the Market Visit Organiser. Part 1: (To be completed by Applicant) 1) Name of Applicant Company: 2) Company address: Please include Postcode Telephone (inc STD) Fax (Inc STD) Mobile Number: Website Address: Company Registration Number: Business VAT Number: If not registered at Companies House. Company Representative: and Position Please indicate which country you are interested in: 3) Markets to be Visited: And Dates BEIJING: Nov SHANGHAI: Nov TAIPEI: Nov Dates: November 2012

2 4) Your eligibility to participate in the market visit will be assessed by your local International Trade Adviser. Please note here their name and contact details if you are already in touch with a UK Trade & Investment Trade Adviser. If not one will be allocated to you. ITA: 5) About Your Business Q1 What is the size of your business Your business is defined as small if it has less than 50 employees and either an annual turnover not exceeding 10m (approx 7m) or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding 10m (approx 7m). Your business is defined as medium if it has between 50 and 250 employees and an annual turnover or balance sheet of between 10m and 40m (approx 25m). Q2. Is your business a Potential New Exporter? Your business is defined as a Potential New Exporter if, during the previous 12 months, less than 10% of its turnover results from proactive* exports and no more than 25% of its turnover results from a combination of proactive and reactive** exports. Q3. Is your business new to any of the markets to be visited by this mission? Your business is defined as new to market if it has not exported to the market being visited within the previous 12 months and normally has no established representation there. * Proactive exports result from sales to new overseas customers that have been actively identified by your business. ** Reactive exports normally result from unplanned approaches from potential overseas customers and from UK-based third parties, or from overseas responses to UK-focused web sites. Q4. Is your business a UK university or a UK Government-funded centre of higher or further learning, or a UK Government-funded research establishment? Q5. Does your company apply for or receive R&D Tax credits? Q6. Does your business own any patents? Q7. Does your company have anyone working on R&D or new product development full time? No No No For the visit a Market Visit Brochure will be produced with company and delegate contact details, a description of your business and objectives for the visit. This brochure will be published and sent to local businesses to promote your visit to the market. 6) Please provide a description of your business for the market visit marketing brochure. Max 80 words:

3 7) Please describe your objectives for participating in this market visit for the marketing brochure. Max 80 words: 8) Please fill in the names of the Country (ies) to be visited: Country 1 Country 2 Country 3 How many times has your company visited these countries? On a UK Trade & Investment supported market Visit? Independently? 9) Please describe your current level of business activity in the country to be visited 10) UK Trade & Investment can assist your business overseas in a number of ways. This can include arranging a programme for you in the market, providing a market research report and providing contacts for you to visit in the market. Please indicate here what sort of assistance you might be interested in. Your local International Trade Adviser will contact you to discuss your business further. Country 1 Country 2

4 Country 3 Local Contacts/Representatives 11) Do you have any local contacts or representatives in any of these countries? Yes / No If Yes please give the following details Country 1 Country 2 Country3 Name: Address: inc Postcode Type of Contact: Please indicate type of contact in each country: Subsidiary - Associate Company - Commission Agent - Stockist/Distributor - 12) Please advise us here if you have any special requirements that you would like us to consider when planning this market visit and related events: eg: Food intolerances, Disability etc. 13) STATE AID RECEIVED OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS Date Nature of Aid Funding Body Amount

5 OVERSEAS MARKET VISIT TERMS & CONDITIONS MARKET VISIT PAYMENT An administrative fee (designated for each visit) is to be paid on registration for a market visit. You can pay by: secure e-payment by credit card over the phone; website booking at or cheque, making it payable to: South East Trade & Investment Ltd. Full payment must be received prior to the event. Confirmation of your booking will be sent by return. Joining instructions will be provided at the pre-departure brief. CANCELLATION POLICY If you book and subsequently cancel, the following charges will apply: 8 weeks before the mission 50% of administrative fee Less than 8 weeks (not including the day of event) All cancellations must be confirmed in writing or by . No refund We are happy to substitute delegate names if notification is given 8 weeks prior to the mission. GRANTS Any eligible company claiming a grant for a mission will have a 10 working day deadline in which to claim their grant. The 10 working days will start the day after the mission end date. TES & CONDITIONS: UK TRADE & INVESTMENT MARKET VISIT SCHEME Conditions of the South East Market Visit Scheme are: 1) Companies or businesses must be UK based and promoting UK goods and services. 2) Only one representative per company or business may receive a financial package although others are welcome to participate at their own expense. 3) The financial package will be available from UK Trade & Investment (also known as South East Trade & Investment Ltd) for companies based within the SE region. Eligible companies must be new to the market or new to export (see section 8 above for further details). 4) Companies outside the SE region may participate in the market visit and will need to approach their local international trade adviser for funding. Funding will be available under South East conditions and the same eligibility criteria will apply. 5) Overseas representatives of UK companies are welcome to apply to join supported market visits but will not receive a travel grant. Practical help and support is available. 6) In order for participants to qualify for the financial package they must: a. Have fewer than 250 employees b. Have an annual turnover of less than euro 40m ( 25m) or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding euro 43m. c. Not breach a limit of euro 100,000 of funding over the 3 years leading up to the issue of this grant from any combination of sources. (See section 8 below) d. Attend a briefing meeting in the UK before travelling on the market visit. e. Attend a briefing meeting in the market or markets covered by the market visit. Our overseas Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates normally hold these on the first working day. f. Attend the reception in the market, where applicable. g. Complete and return a questionnaire at the end of the market visit. h. Invoice South East Trade & Investment Ltd for the amount of the grant (no VAT) within 10 working days of the Market Visit s return date. 7) Eligible companies may make a total of 6 subsidised market visits over the lifetime of the company, but may not visit one market more than twice. Companies may only claim one grant per year for Independent Visits; this does not affect the grant claimed for an Accompanied Market Visit organised by South East Region. 8) Market visit support is classed as a state aid and is therefore subject to EU regulations governing state aids. While the EU strongly regulates state aid to businesses we have the option to exempt some aid under the EU s De Minimis block exemption scheme. This permits no more than euro 100,000 in total to be received by an enterprise in a 3 year period. You must therefore use the table

6 at the end of this form to confirm that your business has not received more than that amount of state aid in the 3 year period leading up to this application. You should use the table below to tell us about any state aid you have received over the relevant period and include the grant for which you are currently applying in the table. 9) Companies who are receiving a travel grant from any other UK Government or national or local government source or from European sources of funding in respect of this market visit may not claim an additional grant. 10) UK Trade & Investment reserves the right to withhold any or all of the grant or require part or full repayment of any grant already paid if any participant: ceases trading; goes into liquidation, administration, receivership or bankruptcy; becomes the subject of a proposal for a winding up order or any other informal insolvency procedure; is or becomes indebted to any government department. 11) UK Trade & Investment reserves the right to withhold any or all of the grant or require part or full repayment of any grant already paid if any participant: fails to comply with the conditions of the Scheme or causes embarrassment to Her Majesty s Government, the host country or other participants of the group. 12) Market Visit members will be expected to arrange their itineraries to comply with condition 6e. Variations may be agreed only in exceptional circumstances and with the prior agreement of the organiser and UK Trade & Investment. Please contact the organiser as soon as possible in case of real difficulty. 13) Although market visit members are normally free, having observed these conditions, to arrange their own business itineraries please note that the scheme is about group participation in the market. Members can obtain real benefits from opportunities to network with each other. We hope that you will therefore participate within the spirit as well the rules of the scheme and take part, wherever appropriate, in joint calls and hospitality. The organiser can provide you with details. Your involvement in any debriefing session at the end of the market visit also provides UK Trade & Investment with invaluable feedback. 14) Applicants are encouraged to take full advantage of all practical sources of help and advice in preparing for this market visit. The better-prepared participants are the better value-for-money they will gain. Any UK-based briefing meeting held before departure by market visit sponsors can help in this respect. Also, apart from information held on our website, a wealth of help is available from our overseas network. 15) Please note that under the Government initiative to improve the transparency of how public funds are used, all MVS payments paid by BIS (including the identity of the recipient and the amount) will be published from 1 January 2011 (details of payments over 500 have been published since April 2010.) By making an application to participate in the MVS scheme you agree that details of any payments made to your company by BIS can be published. Please note that if you are not a British National you may be subject to different visa requirements. I confirm that: I have read and understood the notes and conditions of the scheme above and that I wish to apply for UK Trade & Investment financial support I have not applied for or received any other UK government or European Union grant in respect of participation in this market visit I confirm that this business has not received State Aid in total (to include this offer of assistance) greater than 100,000 over the 3 year period leading up to today s claim. If accepted for inclusion in this market visit I agree to observe and comply with the conditions laid down by UK Trade & Investment on behalf of BIS as notified to me by the market visit organiser By completing this form I explicitly consent to the supply by UK Trade & Investment of information provided by me to other parts of UK Trade & Investment. I further consent to the supply by UK Trade & Investment of the information provided by me to third parties involved in the promotion of exports from the United Kingdom (including, but not limited to, the nearest Business Link partnership or the national equivalent or the recognised trade association) so that they may contact me directly by mail, fax or about further services which may benefit the business at. If you do not wish your details to be used by such third parties for these purposes then please tick the box. Signed: Dated: Name: (BLOCK LETTERS)

7 Both Sections must be signed by ITA for Approval and Eligibility prior to acceptance on Market Visit Application approved by International Trade Adviser for Accompanied Market Visit Name (BLOCK LETTERS) Signed Date Application approved by International Trade Adviser for Grant Eligibility Name (BLOCK LETTERS) Signed Date Please return this form to: Overseas Events at the address below or fax to: then please post original Organiser s name: Address of Organiser South East Trade & Investment Ltd Unit 10 Fulcrum 2 Solent Way WHITELEY Hampshire PO15 7FN Telephone (inc STD) Fax (Inc STD) Website Address: overseas.events@uktisoutheast.com