{"id":355495,"date":"2025-07-17T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/briefing-opportunities-in-offset-defence-trade-finance-and-sme-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:03:50","slug":"briefing-opportunities-in-offset-defence-trade-finance-and-sme-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/briefing-opportunities-in-offset-defence-trade-finance-and-sme-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Briefing: Opportunities in Offset, Defence Trade Finance and SME Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ADS are collaborating with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/london-trade-roundtable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Trade Roundtable<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitaloffsetservices.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capital Offset Services Ltd<\/a><\/strong> to organise a half-day seminar on Defence Trade Finance, Offset and Defence SME Funding, the day before the opening of the major, international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsei.co.uk\/\"><strong>DSEI 2025 <\/strong><\/a>exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>This free to participate joint event is intended to explore the business opportunities that are available in this challenging time, both for the suppliers and also the trade finance sector.<\/p>\n<h3>This event will cover<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>UK regulatory issues, such as the latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-strategic-defence-review-2025-making-britain-safer-secure-at-home-strong-abroad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategic Defence Review 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Potential implications of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2023\/54\/contents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>UK\u2019s new Procurement Act 2023<\/strong><\/a>, which came into force in February 2025<\/li>\n<li>Potential opportunities that might arise from the proposed new \u201cIndustrial Participation Policy\u201d that is being discussed as part of the new Defence Industrial Strategy<\/li>\n<li>The wider subject of Trade Finance and Defence SME Funding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>One of the major inhibitors that is perceived by a number of British and European defence and security companies in general, and by small and medium-sized enterprises in particular, is accesses to adequate trade finance support, with many suppliers to such essential assistance perceived to have \u201cissues\u201d (quite often related to ESG \u2013 or Environmental, Social and Governance \u2013 related concerns) involving supporting these sectors. Many defence and security companies have come to regard these issues as representing an existential threat to them. Yet, at the same time, the essential need for European governments to raise their defence and security spending to enhance their capabilities to ensure that their national security requirements have not been higher since the end of the \u201cCold War\u201d some 35 years\u2019 ago.<\/p>\n<h3>Agenda<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>13:30 \u2013 Registration and networking tea\/coffee<\/li>\n<li>14:00 \u2013 Welcoming comments \u2013 <strong>John MacNamara<\/strong> (CEO, Carshalton Commodities Ltd, and Chair of the London Trade Roundtable)<\/li>\n<li>14:05 \u2013 Welcome from the host\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>14:10 \u2013 Overview on the UK MOD\u2019s Defence Industrial Strategy and the Procurement Act 2023 \u2013 <strong>Emma Baker<\/strong> (Defence Policy Advisor, ADS Group) and <strong>Charlotte Davies<\/strong> (Head of Defence Commercial, ADS Group) and <strong>Andrew Dean <\/strong>(Partner, Bird &amp; Bird)<\/li>\n<li>14:40 \u2013 Open forum Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<li>14:50 \u2013 Possible new UK Industrial Participation Policy session \u2013 <strong>Joe Royce (<\/strong>Defence Industrial Strategy, Industrial Strategy and Policy Advisor, UK Ministry of Defence) TBC and <strong>Stephen Lewis<\/strong> (UK Partner, Constructive Edge Inc)<\/li>\n<li>15:20 \u2013 Panel discussion session<\/li>\n<li>15:40 \u2013 Networking break<\/li>\n<li>16:00 Trade finance and defence SME funding \u2013 <strong>Aimie Stone<\/strong> (Chief Economist, ADS Group), <strong>Akim Kibalnik<\/strong> (Executive Director, Head of Structured Trade Finance Solutions, EMEA at BBVA and Board Member of the London Trade Roundtable)<\/li>\n<li>16:20 \u2013 Panel discussion session<\/li>\n<li>16:50 \u2013 Closing comments \u2013 Chair for the event<\/li>\n<li>16:55 \u2013 Networking reception<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Book your place<\/h3>\n<p>To book your place click on the \u2018Register Now\u2019 button and login and follow the steps to book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adsgroup.org.uk\/events\/briefing-opportunities-in-offset-defence-trade-finance-and-sme-funding\/\">Briefing: Opportunities in Offset, Defence Trade Finance and SME Funding<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adsgroup.org.uk\/\">ADS Group<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADS are collaborating with the London Trade Roundtable and Capital Offset Services Ltd to organise a half-day seminar on Defence Trade Finance, Offset and Defence SME Funding, the day before the opening of the major, international DSEI 2025 exhibition. This free to participate joint event is intended to explore the business opportunities that are available&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/briefing-opportunities-in-offset-defence-trade-finance-and-sme-funding\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}