Connecting businesses across borders

An international membership organisation promoting cross-border business and trade.

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One Forum, three strands of work

The Forum exists to make international business easier to start and easier to sustain. Members use it to find the right people in the right markets, and to meet them in person.

Trade

Practical routes into new markets, with introductions between organisations that want to buy, sell, invest or partner across borders.

Trade & Business

Connections

A membership network of businesses and trade organisations, built around conversations that lead to working relationships.

Membership

Events

Forum-hosted gatherings for members and guests, plus venue finding and event organisation for Gold and Diamond members.

Events
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Who the Forum serves

Membership is for organisations with a working interest in international trade.

Businesses

Companies trading internationally or preparing to, from first-time exporters to established groups entering a new region.

Trade organisations

Chambers of commerce, trade associations and business councils that want wider reach for their own members.

Trade and networking activities

What members take part in through the Forum.

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Membership levels

Six levels, from Associate to Diamond.

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Venue Finding & Event Organisation

Available exclusively to Gold and Diamond members.

Ask the team to find a venue for a business meeting, conference, reception or trade delegation, or to help organise the event itself.

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How to enquire about membership

  1. Tell us about your organisation

    Send a short enquiry with what you do and where you trade or plan to.

  2. Hear from the membership team

    We reply with full membership details and how to apply.

  3. Join and take part

    Once your membership is confirmed, you can take part in the Forum's activities.

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About the Forum

World Trade & Commerce Forum is an international membership organisation promoting cross-border business and trade.

Our purpose

Trade across borders depends on trust between people who have often never met. The Forum gives businesses and trade organisations a place to meet, a network to draw on and a team that helps turn introductions into working relationships.

We do this through three strands of work: trade, connections and events.

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How the network works

Members join

Businesses and trade organisations join as members, at one of six membership levels, from Associate to Diamond.

Members meet

The Forum brings members together through its trade and networking activities and its own hosted events.

The team supports

Gold and Diamond members can ask the team for help finding venues and organising their own events.

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Membership

Join a network of businesses and trade organisations working across borders.

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Diamond and Gold

What membership gives you

  • A place in an international network of businesses and trade organisations
  • Access to the Forum's trade and networking activities
  • Invitations to Forum-hosted events
  • A yearly allowance of complimentary tickets for Forum events, set by your membership level
  • Invitations to receptions, event openings and dinners, depending on your membership
  • For Gold and Diamond members: eligibility to request venue finding and event organisation

Membership runs for a year from joining. Ask the membership team about anything not covered here.

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How to enquire

  1. Send an enquiry

    Tell us about your organisation and the tier you are interested in.

  2. Review the details

    The membership team replies with full details and how to apply.

  3. Join

    Once your membership is confirmed, you can take part straight away.

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Trade & Business

The Forum's trade work helps members reach new markets and the people who can open them.

What members take part in

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Planning your own delegation or business event?

Gold and Diamond members can ask the Forum's team to find a venue or help organise it.

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Forum events

Events hosted by World Trade & Commerce Forum for members and invited guests.

2027 editions

Organising an event of your own?

Events organised on behalf of members are handled by Member Services, and are available to Gold and Diamond members.

Member Services
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Venue Finding & Event Organisation

Available exclusively to Gold and Diamond members.

Tell the team what you are planning and where. We will discuss what is possible and how we can help.

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Venue finding

Ask us to look for a suitable venue for:

  • Business meetings
  • Conferences
  • Receptions
  • Trade delegations

Event organisation

Ask us about help organising:

  • Business meetings
  • Conferences
  • Receptions
  • Trade delegation programmes

Every request is discussed with you first. Sending a request does not confirm a service, a venue or a price.

Request Member Support

For existing Gold and Diamond members. We check your membership before any service is confirmed, so please include your tier or membership reference.

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Enter your name.
Enter your organisation.
Enter a work email, such as name@company.com.
Select your tier, or Not sure.
Optional. Speeds up verification.
Enter where the event will take place.
Select an event type.
Select the support you need.
Enter preferred dates, even if approximate.
Enter the expected number of guests.
Enter a budget range, with currency.

Contact the Forum

For general questions. For membership, use the Membership Enquiry form. Existing Gold and Diamond members can request member support.

Enter your name.
Enter an email, such as name@company.com.
Enter your message.

Register Interest

Tell us which edition you are interested in. We will send details as they are confirmed. Registering interest is not a booking.

Select an edition.
Enter your name.
Enter your organisation.
Enter a work email, such as name@company.com.
Enter your country.

Membership Enquiry

Tell us about your organisation. The membership team will reply with full membership details and how to apply.

Enter your name.
Enter your organisation.
Select a type of organisation.
Enter a work email, such as name@company.com.
Enter your country.
Select a tier, or Not sure yet.
Optional. Markets you trade in or want to reach are useful to know.

What happens next

  1. We read your enquiry

    It goes to the membership team.

  2. We reply with the details

    Benefits, fees and how to apply.

  3. You decide

    An enquiry is not an application and carries no commitment.