How one Yorkshire company is helping businesses export to the EU

Yesterday I had the pleasure of opening the new premises of a pioneering young company, based in Salts Mill, just five minutes walk from where I live in Saltaire. It is The European Marketing Agency (TEMA)and which specialises in helping Yorkshire & Humber firms in accessing the European market by offering translation, interpretation, market support and advice.

Apparently, many firms, when they first begin to export, focus just on the English speaking world, believing that language and other barriers make it difficult to export to the rest of Europe. Yet we are part of the world's largest market offering us huge possibilities to export to other European countries - tariff free, quota free and with compatible regulations. TEMA helps small and medium sized enterprises overcome any linguistic or psychological barriers they have in accessing that huge market - and one whose purchasing power is, thanks to the soaring value of the euro against the pound, still growing, and right on our doorstep.

In just three years, TEMA has grown from a staff of three to a staff of over 30 and they offer services in almost every European language. They can be a catalyst for a huge expansion of Yorkshire & Humber exports to the rest of Europe.