The CBI's Best in Class report has called for the creation of an Exports Commission to bring together businesses - irrespective of their size and export experience - economists, and a cross-party group of politicians to give independent advice to the Government on long-term export targets and the policies needed to deliver them.
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The report compares the policies and structures that other countries - from the United States and Singapore, to Sweden and Germany - have implemented to improve their exporting track record. The report also calls for a 'one stop shop' of joined-up Government support and advice for exporters on a single, easily navigable website, finding that 28 per cent of medium-sized businesses (MSBs) - the UK's prime potential exporters - are put off selling their goods and services overseas because of the difficulty in identifying the right opportunities.
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