111th A.E.S. CONVENTION

Rescheduled Dates: 30 November - 3 December  2001
Venue: Jacob K Javits Convention Centre, New York, USA

APRS/Trade Partners Joint Venture for UK Exhibitors

Forecast on Grants
Participants are obliged to complete a questionnaire after the event and they must submit copies of relevant proofs of payment to APRS, so an application for grant can be made on their behalf.
Forecast on payout of grants: 1st batch of claims - December 2001, 2nd batch of claims - February 2002 depending on participants prompt return of questionnaires and proofs of payment.

Foreign Goods
The purpose of the grant is to promote goods and services exported from the UK. Your stand display is expected to represent the business, as identified in the DTI grant application, whose presence at the exhibition is primarily to develop exports from the UK. The display of goods or services of other source is permitted but must be secondary. As Sponsor, the APRS is obliged to check at the Event for compliance with this requirement and failure to comply could render a company ineligible for grant.

Basic Rule of Eligibility
Your company must be registered in the UK, exhibit predominantly UK products/services and submit the application to the APRS for consideration prior to the cut-off date.

Number of Funded Participations - Core Events
AES (USA) is a designated core event and UK companies are eligible for funding at AES events held anywhere in the USA twice in any ten-year period. Funded participations at the AES (USA) does not affect your company s eligibility for funding at AES (Europe) (also a core event), or at other events held in the USA.
N.B. Non-core events: UK companies are eligible to receive funding five times at USA events in any ten-year period (five times for the USA, Japan and China, three times for all other countries )in addition to funding for participation at core events.

APRS Event Management Fee
If your company is eligible for grants the fee will be deducted from your grant. If your company is ineligible but wishes to be within the delegation, you will need to pre-pay the fee.

AES 111th Bookings
Please book direct with the AES. email: [email protected] Tel:+1 212-661 8528, fax:+1 212-682 0477, website: www.aes.org

APRS Appointed Freight Agent
Garcia Newell at Britannic: email: [email protected] tel:020-8949 3100, fax:020-8949 0040
Deadline for air freight: 15th August, sea freight: 5th September 2001.

Market Information Sources at British Trade International
North America help-line -  Angela Ross on tel 020-7215 8145 or Oliver Parsons on tel: 020-7215 4608, email: [email protected]
British Trade Office at British Consulate General in New York: tel:+1 212-745 0495, fax:+1 212-745 0456, email: [email protected]
Export Promoter re USA: Bob Smeaton, tel/fax: 020-8668 1289.
Local business links give useful advice. Local Link details are available on tel: 0345-567 765.
Export Reference Library: DTI, Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6SW.

Final cut-off date: Friday 20th July 2001

Applications: Anna Bartlett, APRS/PLASA tel: 01323-410335, fax: 01323-646905, email:[email protected]

Stand Bookings: AES tel:+1 212-661 8528, fax:+1 212-682 0477, email:[email protected]

APRS Enquiries: Francesca Smith 01803 868600 fax:01803 868444, email:[email protected]