The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sir Chris Bryant, announced on 28 August 2026 the reappointment of Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee DBE as chair of Intertrade UK, the government's non-statutory advisory body on trade within the United Kingdom.

Four board members were also reappointed: Dr Esmond Birnie, senior economist at Ulster University; Kirsty McManus, Northern Ireland director of the Institute of Directors; Suzanne Wylie, chief executive of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce; and Roger Pollen, head of the Federation of Small Businesses in Northern Ireland.

Intertrade UK was pledged in the January 2024 Safeguarding the Union command paper. Its stated role includes advising and helping businesses across the UK expand trade, promoting the full extent of the UK market, and publishing research aimed at removing barriers to intra-UK trade and addressing confusion businesses in Great Britain may have about supplying goods and services in Northern Ireland.