Help for Exporters to Speak the Language The new Languages in Export Advisory Scheme has been started to help companies that are keen to export and have fewer than two hundred and fifty employees. It means that they (31) eligible for a grant of up to fifty per cent of the cost of three-and-a-half days' on-site consultancy. The scheme defines ways of meeting the business's language needs (32) relating its product or service to the overseas market. There are two stages: the first stage, (33) lasts half a day, gives employers understanding of the issues involved in exporting and briefs (34) on local language and export information centres. The second, three-day stage provides expert advice on competing effectively (35) overseas markets. A specialist in exports and language use analyses the firm's language needs and produces a plan (36) developing strategies. Strategies that might (37) considered include establishing on-line or phone links with an interpreting company, hiring a native of a particular country on a contract basis, advertising for someone (38) fluency in a particular language, and locating a foreign student on placement or at a local business school. Such people might help the boss to (39) up a stand at a business exhibition in a foreign city, as (40) as handle the paperwork and deal with clients. It is hoped that many small businesses all over the world will benefit from this idea in the futurE. (31)