We provide expert services, advice, education and valuable contacts for many different aspects of global trade, and are actively supporting the region’s businesses to thrive and grow in a number of international sectors including the renewable energy and digital gaming & entertainment industries. Based at waterfront offices in Hull’s Old Fruit Market, we offer top-of-the-range facilities to hold e
vents, meet and do business, and provide incubator space to help new businesses in the region or those from outside the Humber looking to set up operations here. The centre is run as a not-for-profit limited company, with financial support from a number of private sector partners all of whom are working to create success for the region. We are licensed by the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA), which has headquarters in New York. The WTCA was formed in 1969 and now looks after a network of more than 320 World Trade Centres in 96 countries and has more than 800,000 member businesses. World Trade Centre Hull & Humber is run by a consortium of private sector businesses in partnership with key public sector organisations to offer seamless business services and specialist advice. UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has made the World Trade Centre a home for a number of its experienced trade advisors who offer unrivalled knowledge on international markets. UKTI, funded by central government, works to boost UK export performance, attract foreign direct investment to the UK, and enhance the UK’s reputation in global markets. The private sector partners of the centre are: Andrew Jackson, Language is Everything, Garthwest Creative, HSBC, Neill & Brown Global Logistics, Mapa, Henderson Insurance Brokers and Select Group, all of whom help in the strategic development of World Trade Centre Hull & Humber and offer services to businesses accessing assistance. Hull City Council provides practical support in the development of the centre and lends an invaluable public sector perspective on the region’s opportunities. The Renewables Network and Team Humber Marine Alliance also run their businesses from World Trade Centre Hull & Humber and provide added value for the centre’s customers and invaluable intelligence that informs our activities due to the business sectors in which they operate.
