OMIS

UK Trade & Investment's OMIS is a flexible business tool enabling direct communication between you and our commercial team.

OMIS opens the door to a wealth of practical support, advice and key market information.  It guides you through the process of breaking into a new overseas market, providing all the help you need at every stage, from initial research to making your first market visit.

Examples of OMIS work

OMIS can help you by providing tailoring support for you, from:

• providing general information and advice about doing business in the country
• providing validated contact details for local companies or potential agents in country
• receiving Trade Missions
• arranging visit programmes and individual meetings
• arranging events (seminars / networking receptions)
  

How to request an OMIS?

To order an OMIS or for more information on what OMIS can do for you, you should first contact the local International Trade Team advisers at:

• England UK Trade & Investment
• Scotland Scottish Development International
• Wales International Business Wales
• Northern Ireland Invest Northern Ireland

Advisers will discuss your needs, and explain what we can do. If you decide to go ahead, they will register you on the OMIS website and set up a password and sign-on name, and place your first order on the system.

Eligibility for UKTI Services

If the company has a UK address, and produce, design or manufacture the product or service in the UK, the company should be eligible. If the company can demonstrate that they are adding significant value, or producing a significant benefit for the UK, the request will be considered individually.