Importers in UK?

Question

Our company located in Turkey. We are planning to open a office in London about export from Turkey and consultancy about this.
We have some costumers in there but we want to improve our market in UK.

I have some questions,
1- Where is the best place to open a office in London (middle-class)?

2- How i can contact with textile importers in UK? Is there any source about this?

3- We are planning to give consultant service to traders who wants to import from Turkey. How we can advertise it to contact this kind of people?

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Your questions are good - and you would be more likely to have them answered if you asked just one, rather than three - it is fairer on those that answer, as they can gain more points for answering all three questions.

There is an online list of textile importers at:
http://index.esources.co.uk/suppliers/80/

Hope this helps, good luck!

Answer 2

I am not sure of the scale of your business, but i guess it is relativly small??
1. London is extremly expensive to buy and rent, but i would say it is good to be in the central business district. Somewhere like docklands would be good, it is a relativly new area and not too expensive.

2.the previous answer had good advice with this

3. Open a good website, if you don't already. Join importers lists online. Phone and arrange to visit textile wholesalers directly.