KOTRA sponsored the vulnerable with UK Food Bank

From November 10th to 13th, KOTRA held an event to return some of the sales proceeds from the ‘K-Goods Pop-up Store’ hosted by the London Trade Center to the local community. The pop-up store business ended successfully, recording sales of about £100,000 in four days of operation. The donations will be used for the Hackney Food Bank, a free meal support organization in the UK, the Korean School and Korean Association in London. According to The Trusell Trust, the UK’s largest free meal foundation, more than 1.3 million people have visited soup kitchens in the UK in the last six months. Hackney Food Bank is a charity that provides free meals, food vouchers, and toys for infants and toddlers. Hackney Food Bank is known for providing free meals to around 7,000 residents last year. On the 15th, KOTRA’s London office met Pat Fitzsimons, CEO of Hackney Food Bank, and delivered a donation worth about 10 million won. 11 million won worth of scholarship funds and development funds were also delivered to the Korean School in London and the Korean Association. 

KORTA opens digital transformation achievements with startups

KOTRA held the Innovation Makers final evaluation meeting on the 20th to share DX innovation achievements and select three excellent collaboration startups. This is an open innovation program in which KOTRA provides data and feedback, and participating startups are responsible for presenting solutions by applying their own technologies. At the final evaluation meeting held on the 20th of this month, Cventage, Antik, and Scone, which presented successful solutions, were awarded as excellent collaboration startups. “Innovation Makers are a great opportunity to stimulate innovative ideas from members and streamline work processes. We will continue to promote KOTRA’s DX innovation while helping collaborative startups demonstrate their technologies and create good references.” said Jeon Chun-woo, Director of Small and Medium Enterprises Division, KOTRA.