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Sports and exports partner to boost North East

Posted by: David Coppock, Posted on: 31 May 2012 - Categories: Export, North East, Olympics London 2012

This summer's Olympic programme sees St James’ Park in Newcastle hosting several key overseas teams in the Olympic Football Programme - Mexico, Republic of Korea, Gabon, Switzerland, Spain, Honduras, Japan, Morocco, Brazil and New Zealand. In addition we will see …

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The power of ‘gut feel’ in international business

Posted by: Mark Robson, Posted on: 28 May 2012 - Categories: Export, New Exporters

I recently joined an interesting presentation by Prof Gerard Hodgkinson at Leeds University Business School, who suggested there is a growing body of evidence that gut feelings are a better guide to making decisions than simple rational analysis. As a …

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An Olympian effort for business

Posted by: Clive Drinkwater, Posted on: 24 May 2012 - Categories: Export, North West, Olympics London 2012

As the Olympic torch arrives in the Chester next Monday on the first North West leg of its pre-games tour, I ask myself what it is about the Olympics that excites me so much.  As long ago as 1964, my …

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Digital Hollywood: social privacy - an oxymoron?

Posted by: Mark Leaver, Posted on: 17 May 2012 - Categories: Export

Digital Hollywood was a gathering in Los Angeles of execs from across the film, TV and digital media spectrums – over the course of four days it explored the changing nature of the broadcasting landscape and the relationship with, and …

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British companies aiming for Olympic gold

Posted by: Dan Rutstein, Posted on: 17 May 2012 - Categories: Export, Olympics London 2012

I take my paternity leave very seriously. I was quite clear that for me to be dragged away from my new son even for just a couple of hours, it would require an event with at least one Cabinet Minister, …

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Growing Old Gracefully with Roses and Robots

Posted by: UKTI Japan, Posted on: 14 May 2012 - Categories: Japan

Japan has just passed a significant milestone: the average household now spends more on bread than it does on rice. I'm not sure why, as most of the bread on sale here has the taste and texture of  cotton wool (I'm imagining the taste …

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The British are coming, in style

Posted by: UKTI South Korea, Posted on: 8 May 2012 - Categories: Export, South Korea

One of the things I love most about living in South Korea is the vibrant, dynamic and fashionable population. Koreans are world renowned for their love of style and are highly brand and image conscious. So what better place for UKTI …

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