A key DTI objective is to promote the economic development of UK energy resources and ensure that the nation's energy needs are met cost-effectively. The Government believes that through liberalised competitive markets energy consumers will receive the most benefit, in terms of low prices and better services, and that companies are encouraged to innovate and seek greater efficiency. In recent years, DTI has overseen the transition in UK energy markets from state-owned monopolies in most areas to liberalised and competitive markets. This process is now well under way.

DTI also works for liberalisation and the development of competition in energy markets in the European Union and elsewhere, to increase choice for consumers and efficiency within the markets themselves, and to enhance opportunities for UK energy industries.

Energy Key Contacts

Coal

Electricity

Nuclear

Oil and Gas

Renewable Energy

Broadcasting

Radiocommunications Agency

Trade Policy

DTI aims to promote opportunities for UK business by pursuing a policy of open markets and the expansion of world trade. We work closely with business to ensure that the Single Market is effective and properly enforced. With the help of business, we identify and tackle unfair trade practices and over-regulation. DTI has responsibility for maintaining the UK system of export controls.

International Trade Policy

Import Policy

Export Control and Non-Proliferation

Inward Investment into the UK

DTI promotes inward investment on the basis of the UK's competitive advantages, including a stable, low-inflation economy, low taxation costs, a highly skilled and flexible workforce and an open market with free movement of goods. Invest UK is the Government's principal inward investment agency, set up specifically to promote the UK as a location for international investment. Invest UK operates through a network involving the FCO, National and Regional Agencies and Government Offices.

Inward Investment