How SimVenture supports the latest UK Trade Strategy

Published this month, the 2025 UK Trade Strategy marks a reset in the country’s approach to international trade.

Key priorities in the strategy include the Government’s goal to support UK businesses in high growth sectors. These businesses employ skilled workers and want to export to new markets.

The UK Trade Strategy emphasises that companies that succeed in these areas become stronger and foster economic prosperity.

In our global economy, export opportunities are growing. This is especially true in countries with free and fair trade policies.

UK Trade Strategy and SimVenture

SimVenture has been exporting worldwide since 2008. This was when CEO Peter Harrington visited Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the first time.

The company won the ‘2024 Made in the UK, Sold to the World’ award for the Education Technology category. Now, we supply business learning software to clients in more than 25 countries.

So how does the latest UK Trade Strategy align with the work the SimVenture team does?

1. Championing UK as a “services superpower”

• The strategy places significant emphasis on services exports, with a focus on professional, business, and digital services.
• SimVenture helps learners, many of whom seek careers in professional services. It allows them to test and validate digital business models. This prepares them for ventures in services that are ready for export.

2. Deepening SME export-readiness

• Tools like the Ricardo Fund, expanded UK Export Finance, and streamlined customs push SMEs to scale globally.
• SimVenture’s Validate platform supports this journey by fostering enterprising skills and strategic planning. These skills are important for growth and competition in global markets.

3. Supporting frontier industries and innovation

• The UK Industrial and Trade Strategies back sectors like advanced manufacturing, clean energy, life sciences, digital tech, and frontier industries.
• Our simulation tool, Evolution, helps learners in clean-tech, digital platforms, and manufacturing. It provides a safe space to model and test business strategies before using them in the real world.

4. Building supply chain resilience & economic security

• Enhancements to trade remedies, regulatory alignment, and diversified supply chains are a core part of the strategy.
• SimVenture’s simulations reinforce these concepts by letting users simulate supply chain risks, pricing strategies, and market entry, fostering strategic thinking aligned with UK policy priorities.

5. Embracing digitalisation and trade facilitation

• The plan calls for digital customs, single trade windows, and digital trade agreements (DTAs) to streamline exports.
• SimVenture complements this by offering a modern, digital-learning platform, preparing businesses to thrive in this evolving digital trade landscape.

Discover how SimVenture can power your global amibitions

As the UK embraces a bold new trade strategy, businesses and educators alike need tools that build real-world capability, confidence, and competitiveness. SimVenture’s award-winning platforms, Validate and Evolution, help prepare the next generation of entrepreneurs and small businesses. They support these groups in succeeding on a global stage.

Whether you are fostering innovation, improving export readiness, or preparing learners for digital careers, our simulations match national priorities and your future goals.

Check out our full range of products. See how SimVenture can help you grow, learn, and succeed in trade, no matter where you are in the world.