UPS to aid SMEs through seminar

Growth through Global Trade, a new interactive seminar series presented by UPS in conjunction with TheEntrepreneurSchool.com, is looking to help SMEs learn how to leverage exporting to advance their company’s bottom line. The first seminar will be held at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce on July 27, 2010. Jim Beach and Chris Hanks, Atlanta-based small business experts and founders of TheEntrepreneurSchool.com, will facilitate the Growth through Global Tradeseminar series.

“There are several key factors which, when added together, can help any business grow through international trade,” said Beach. “Growing through Global Trade will shed light on those key factors and provide tangible, realistic next steps designed to help Atlanta-based companies capture their share of global trade opportunities.”

Additionally, in partnership with World Trade 100 magazine, UPS will launch the Growth through Global Trade award, which will recognize a small- or medium-sized business that has achieved success through exporting. Seminar participants will be able to submit their nominations online and the winner will be announced after the completion of the final Growth through Global Trade seminar in late 2010.

“Data from UPS’s 2010 UPS Business Monitor United States shows that SMEs that export are more adaptable and resilient, but only one-third of these exporters have found that global trade has made a significant impact on their bottom line,” said Dan Brutto, president of UPS International. “This tells us that American small- and medium-sized businesses need greater education on how to successfully export, and even more access to resources that can help them seize the unlimited opportunities that exist beyond US borders.”