DIY, HOMEWARE AND GARDENING IN SLOVENIA

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FACTS ABOUT SLOVENIA

Main facts about Slovenia Area: 20,273 km2 Population: 2 million Language: Slovenian, Italian and Hungarian (in ethnically mixed regions) Member of: EU, NATO & OECD Currency: EURO More information: http://www.investslovenia.org/industries/ http://www.investslovenia.org/business-environment/ http://www.investslovenia.org/fileadmin/dokumenti/is/Publications/Connect_to_Slovenian_Business_Excellence_2012-reduced_file.pdf Capital: Ljubljana (300.000 pop.)

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More about Slovenian homes 845.400 units 91 m² Average size of units 41 years Average age of units 20.000 Holiday houses

DIY segment Slovenian stores: International stores:

Gardening Slovenian stores: International stores: http://www.tvambienti.si/ Slovenian stores: International stores: http://www.deloindom.si/

Homeware Slovenian stores: International stores:

Major investment projects: Ljubljana central railway station with central BUS station 320 million EUR 1 billion EUR Railway connection Koper – Divača 245 million EUR Highway Draženci – Gruškovje 332 million EUR MAGNA factory in Maribor 2018: public tender for 2nd pipe tunnel Kravanke 200 million EUR 30 million EUR YASKAWA Europe factory in Kočevje

Current Export Opportunities Home and garden products DIY tools Windscreen washer fluid Gardening accessories Bathroom accessories Home decor products Interior paint Gardening tools I. Gifts and products Protective clothing and equipment Gardening tools II. Bathroom furniture and accessories White goods Gardening equipment Building materials Bathroom decoration materials and furniture Kitchen equipment Gardening machinery and tools Cleaning products

Football match Slovenia: Scotland PROGRAM*: Sunday, 8 October 2017: Football match Slovenia: Scotland Monday, 9 October 2017: 8:00 – 9:00 Registration and networking 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome speech 9:10 – 10:10 Panel: How to manage teams – what can business learn from sports? 10:10 – 10:30 How to enter the UK market through PR 10:30 – 11:00 Success story of entering the British market 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 – 12:00 Exporting is GREAT, Department of International Trade 12:00 - 13:00 Panel: Brexit - What are the next steps 13:00 B2B meetings for UK companies *Program might change. More: http://www.bscc.si/program/

How can this event help your company? Learn from our key speakers on how to enter Slovenian market Learn from best practice cases on how to succeed in Slovenia Meet your future partners (Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary) through match- making meetings Use this event for networking Enjoy the footbal match

BSCC DIT Overseas Delivery Partner – a UK Government project set up to help British companies to do business in overseas markets – we share standards and procedures with DIT and function as a business consultancy. Our team of professional export consultants helps British exporters to find opportunities in Slovenia. Over the past three years, BSCC Trade Team have supported more than 500 British exporters with relevant information about the Slovenian market and information about export opportunities via the Exporting is GREAT platform. Our mission is to increase trade and cooperation between UK and Slovenian businesses through innovative projects and member events. Our vision is to make the chamber innovative, reliable and active on the business scene in Slovenia and the UK, and increase trade by 25 % by 2020.

Enter the Slovenian Market BSCC can provide you with: 1. Analysis of your industry sector in Slovenia 2. Direct contact details of your potential business partners 3. Follow-up of the chosen contacts 4. Organising the meetings in Slovenia £42/hour

Please contact us for further information British-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce Vošnjakova 1, 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia www.bscc.si Aleksandra Barič aleksandra.baric@bscc.si T: +386 51 378 545 Martin Retelj info@bscc.si T: +386 8 205 0966