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Defence Export Services Organisation

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8th November 2004: ARMS CONTROL REGIMES UPDATE

Read the updates on these key groups and follow the links to their latest material published online. here.

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27th September 2004: NEW F680 APPLICATION FORM AND GUIDANCE

Information about the revised F680 application form and guidance, including the actual form, and an overview of the Arms Working Party Clearance (MOD Form 680) Process is available here.

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9th September 2004: EXHIBITIONS LIST

DESO's support to defence exhibitions is in line with the UK Government’s policy of supporting the UK defence industry in its efforts to secure orders for legitimate defence exports. The latest list of exhibitions is now available here.

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22nd July 2004: MOD's CURRENT EXPORT LICENCING PERFORMANCE

MOD'S target is to clear 70% of Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) within 10 working days. Over the last three calendar months MOD have cleared 81% of SIEL applications referred to us by the DTI within that timescale here.

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19th July 2004: FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW 2004

A list of the countries jointly invited by the Society of British Aerospace Companies and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence to the Farnborough International Airshow 2004 is available here.

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16th June 2004: GOVERNMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT ON STRATEGIC EXPORT CONTROLS

The Government’s Strategic Export Control Annual Report 2003 was published on 7 June 2004. The Report includes information on licensing decisions made during 2003, information on exports, and provides information on UK policy and international developments in export control regimes for that calendar year. more

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16th March 2004: A CHARTER FOR PARTNERSHIP

HDES has announced a Charter for partnership between DESO and small businesses (please see orange box below).

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A CHARTER FOR PARTNERSHIP: DESO SUPPORT FOR UK SMALL BUSINESSES

UK small businesses make a vital contribution to our defence industrial base and to defence exports. DESO is committed to improving the service it gives to small companies and the first step, taken in April 2003, established a Small Business Unit � a single focus for all small business-related DESO activity.

The next stage of the process is to establish a closer business relationship between DESO and small businesses. The basis for this is set out in a �Charter�, launched recently by HDES. The Charter aims to encourage small and medium sized UK defence companies to engage with DESO on a more formal footing. This will allow us to provide more detailed and focused support than before while, at the same time, collecting a range of statistical data and information (on a strictly �in-confidence� basis) that will help to identify future markets and contribute to the greater benefit of UK plc.

A copy of the Charter can be read and downloaded from the DESO Partners section.

DESO does not wish to be too prescriptive in its definition of a small business. We are fully prepared to assist anyone who seeks our help.

�Signing up� to the Charter is entirely free and simple to do. Just send an email, with company details and point of contact, to any of the small business team listed on the Charter. Let us know that your company is willing to work with DESO under the terms of the Charter and we will be in touch with you. If you have any questions before committing to the Charter do not hesitate to ask.

For more information register as a DESO Website Partner (free of charge).

Who are we?

As a central unit in the UK Ministry of Defence, our mission is to help UK defence exporters succeed. more..

Disposal Services Agency

is an integral part of Defence Export Services Organisation with a history of providing complete disposal solutions for the armed forces.

Find out more about our agency by visiting www.disposalservices.agency.mod.uk

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UPDATED: Monday, 8 November, 2004 12:56

Welcome to the Defence Export Services Organisation

A CHARTER FOR PARTNERSHIP: DESO SUPPORT FOR UK SMALL BUSINESSES

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Welcome to the
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