UK pilot first · six continents next
Six Bridges is building a simpler way for small businesses to explore, enter and grow in international markets.
We aim to bring practical market insight, trusted experts, practical support and valuable connections together in one joined-up journey — helping you understand your options and take the next step with confidence.
Six continents. Multiple markets. One connected journey.
What is Six Bridges?
Finding the right information, advice and support for international growth can be difficult and time-consuming. Six Bridges is being developed to make that journey easier.
It will connect small businesses with relevant insight, expertise, services and networks, helping them find a practical route forward without needing to know where to start or who to ask.
The UK will be our first pilot market. Six Bridges is still being developed, and we are now inviting businesses, providers and partners to register their interest and help shape what comes next.
Why now?
Selling into new markets can create valuable opportunities, but the path is not always clear. Small businesses often face practical questions such as:
Much of the support businesses need already exists, but it is spread across different organisations, websites and networks. Finding the right help can become a challenge in itself — particularly for businesses without established financial, professional or international connections.
Six Bridges is being built to connect the dots, making useful support easier to find and the route to international growth easier to navigate.
The opportunity
The additional-exporter figure is an illustrative scenario, not a forecast or Six Bridges target. The 22% support-awareness figure primarily relates to businesses with annual turnover of £500,000 or more and illustrates the wider challenge of finding support.
Who it’s for
Small and medium-sized businesses
Whether you are considering your first international opportunity, entering a new market or growing existing overseas sales, Six Bridges aims to help you understand your options, decide what to do next and find the right route forward.
Access relevant market insight, trusted expertise, practical support and useful networks — even if you are starting without established international connections.
Service providers
Six Bridges is building a network of specialist providers that can support businesses at different stages of their international growth journey.
Register your interest to explore future opportunities to raise your visibility, build trusted referrals and help more businesses access high-quality support.
Partners
We are engaging with business and trade organisations, financial institutions, technology providers, professional networks, researchers and other potential partners.
Share insight, explore collaboration and help shape how Six Bridges develops, pilots and grows.
How Six Bridges will work
relevant markets, opportunities and insight.
with trusted experts, partners and networks.
your options and identify the right next step.
with practical services and support.
into and across international markets.
Six Bridges will not replace the support that already exists. It will help businesses find it, understand it and connect with it more easily.
Human + digital + global
Useful market intelligence, in plain language.
Trusted specialists at the right moment.
Peers, networks and shared experience.
Routes and connections into new markets.
Six Bridges will combine useful technology with trusted human expertise, business communities and international connections.
Technology can make the journey easier to coordinate. People bring the experience, judgement and relationships that build trust and turn opportunities into action.
Together, they can create a simpler and more accessible route into international markets.
Why the name Six Bridges?
The six continents represent the international opportunities that businesses may be able to reach across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.
The bridges are the connections that help businesses move forward: market insight, trusted advice, practical services, finance, networks, partners and opportunity.
We are starting with a UK pilot and building carefully. Our ambition is to make international growth feel clearer, more connected and more achievable for small businesses.
Market coverage will expand as Six Bridges develops.
Meet the team
Six Bridges brings together experience in small-business growth, international markets, digital communities, finance, brand, partnerships and inclusive innovation.
Register your interest
We are building our first community of businesses, providers and partners. Register your interest to receive relevant updates, hear about opportunities to participate and help shape Six Bridges as it develops.
It is free to register your interest and there is no commitment. If future services involve a cost, we will explain this clearly before you decide whether to take part.
We will confirm that we have received your details and keep you informed about relevant developments. We may contact you when there is an opportunity to participate, collaborate or contribute to the development of Six Bridges.
