Professional Firms and Practices

HC Deb 16 June 1975 vol 893 cc337-9W

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what specific advice his Department is able to give to persons involved in professional firms such as barristers, solicitors and chartered surveyors about how best to set up practices abroad in (a) the EEC and (b) other countries outside the EEC; and

in the United Kingdom for each of the last four years; what were the industrial sectors in which this investment took place, in each year; and what was the value of the investment in each sector.

Mr. Deakins

The latest information available relates to the years 1970 to 1973 and is given in the table below.

to whom queries of this matter should be addressed;

(2) what specific advice his Department is able to give to architects, quantity surveyors and other professionals in the construction industry about how best to set up practices abroad in (a) the EEC and (b) other countries outside the EEC; and to whom queries on this matter should be addressed.

Mr. Deakins

British Overseas Trade Board advice and assistance for professional firms about setting up practices abroad is tailored to the circumstances of the individual firm and takes account of widely differing overseas market conditions. Queries should be addressed to the Invisibles Section of General Export Services Branch at Export House.

Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what written information has been published by his Department advising persons seeking to set up professional practices in (a) the EEC and (b) other countries outside the EEC; what are the titles of the individual publications; and when they were published.

Mr. Deakins

Information published by my Department and by the British Overseas Trade Board relevant to the

Title	Publisher	Date of Publication
EEC publications:
Destination Europe	…	…	…	BOTB	March 1973
EEC Your Questions Answered	…	…	…	Department of Trade	November 1974
Britain and the EEC	…	…	…	Department of Trade	September 1972
Other publications:
Export Handbook	…	…	…	BOTB	1974
Exporting Know-how	…	…	…	BOTB	1974

In addition, my Department publishes guidance for exporters, including members of the professions, in its weekly journal "Trade and Industry". Other BOTB publications about individual overseas markets are also available on request.