Made in Britain wants to help members that are currently exporting connect with their local MPs to raise awareness of individual companies’ trade activities as well as celebrate the fact that UK-made products are sold across the world.
3 – 7 November 2025 is the Department for Business and Trade’s International Trade Week.
Made in Britain’s mission is simple: to help members sell more of what they make, to buyers and consumers in the UK and overseas. Made in Britain aims to work closely with government and all MPs, regardless of political party. Made in Britain is independently governed and owned by our members. We do not have any political affiliation.
Step-by-step guide
1. Find out who your local MP is here: https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons
2. Their contact details will be available by clicking on their name, for example: https://members.parliament.uk/member/172/contact
3. Where both a Parliamentary and Constituency address are provided (e.g. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4573/contact) then you should address them at their Constituency address, copying their Parliamentary address.
4. Prepare your correspondence. We suggest email is best, although you may wish to make contact by social media or post. See below for some draft wording that you can draw on if writing by email or letter*.
5. Send your correspondence and, if referring to Made in Britain, copy Made in Britain’s trade@madeinbritain.org email. While we can’t commit to following-up on all member correspondence with MPs, we will support where we can.
6. If you don’t hear back from your local MP within two weeks (ten working days), you should re-send your correspondence and/or attempt to call their office, via the number provided in the contact details on the Parliament website.
7. Let us know how you get on, via trade@madeinbritain.org
Wording your correspondence
Things to consider:
Write about what is important to you. If you don’t want to start with a blank piece of paper, then you may wish to use the following draft wording that Made in Britain has prepared*.
• Be clear and concise about what you are asking about or calling attention to. MPs receive a high volume of correspondence, so it is important to get to the point.
• If you want to propose your MP asks a question for you in the House of Commons regarding trade: https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/raising/
• If you would like the MP to visit your factory.
• How you might use the engagement with the MP for PR/media purposes, particularly if you are inviting them to visit your factory.
*Draft wording:
Dear [MP],
I write on behalf of my company, [company name]. We are based in [location] and we manufacture [insert].
Recognising that 3 – 7 November 2025 is the Department for Business and Trade’s International Trade Week, and as our local MP, we wanted to call your attention to the fact that we are exporting our British-made products overseas.
[Provide some brief background and details about what and where your company is exporting. This could be how long you have been exporting, which countries / regions you are exporting to, where you hope to export to in the future, and what challenges you are facing when exporting].
We are also a proud member of Made in Britain. Made in Britain brings together the British manufacturing community, united with the use of the registered Made in Britain mark. You can find more details here: https://www.madeinbritain.org/
We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
[Name]
[Job title]
Other tips and tools
If you have any queries on the above process, then please contact: trade@madeinbritain.org
• If you would like to monitor what your local MP says in Parliament in reference to international trade, you can do so via this website: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/
• We recommend referring to Made in Britain if it gives added weight to your correspondence. If you would prefer not to or have any concerns about your contact being ‘political’, please do not make any reference to Made in Britain.
By Made in Britain 4 days ago | Government & Supply Chains