RIA provides a range of exports support services to members, including seminars, briefing meetings and a weekly distribution of market and export opportunity information. Working closely with UK Trade & Investment, RIA also organises a number of activities which are open to all UK companies. These include seminars, trade missions to and from the UK, and organising UK industry participation at overseas trade fairs.

Sponsored events may include availability of UKTI grant for eligible UK companies, although this tends to be limited to smaller companies with restricted export activity.

Trade Fairs we are taking part in during 2008-9 include:

InnoTrans, Berlin - September 2008

RailEx, Abu Dhabi - November 2008

Trade Missions coming to the UK include delegations from:

LTA, Singapore - September 2008

Saudi Arabia - November 2008

SNCF Engineers, France - November 2008

Visits planned to other countries include:

Romania - October 2008

Middle East - tbc

	Part of the RIA/UKTI stand at Gulf Traffic, 2008
Railways Minister Tom Harris MP leads a RIA delegation to India, March 2008

UK Trade & Investment

Advice and Information from the Government network that helps UK companies trade internationally

Getting help to develop your firm's overseas business has never been easier. UK Trade & Investment provide a single point of access to the full range of support in Britain and through commercial and diplomatic teams in more than 200 countries. The UKTI online gateway (http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk) provides information and advice from our international network. Resources available include key contacts in UKTI; information on countries and business sectors; export opportunities and sales leads from around the world; answers to frequently asked questions; checklists and information for new exporters; databases of export events and business information websites; and an online enquiries service.