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Ageing Infrastructure + Ageing Population = Rejuvenated Business Opportunities

Posted by: UKTI Japan, Posted on: 31 January 2013 - Categories: Export, Infrastructure, Innovation, Japan

...the ring still attached to the outside of the garage, and the persimmon tree from which he used to steal fruit on the way home from school. His old primary...

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A dialogue with Vietnam in a "breakthrough year"

Posted by: UK-ASEAN Business Council, Posted on: 30 January 2013 - Categories: Vietnam

On 23 January the City of London, in cooperation with the UK ASEAN Business Council (UKABC), hosted a delegation of Ministers and senior officials who were accompanying General Secretary HE Mr Nguyen Phu Trong on his first official visit to the …

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Healthcare UK - a portal to excellence

Posted by: Howard Lyons, Posted on: 22 January 2013 - Categories: Dubai, Export, Healthcare

The UK healthcare system is considered on many criteria to be the best in the world. Now that’s probably what you’d expect the new Managing Director of Healthcare UK to say. But don’t take my word for it. Listen to …

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One Mini, two princesses, three commercial opportunities

Posted by: Dan Rutstein, Posted on: 21 January 2013 - Categories: Export, Germany, GREAT campaign, Investing in the UK

When I suggested a few months ago we might want to emblazon a Mini in a Union Flag and drive it around Germany for a year to promote the GREATness of Britain, I certainly didn't expect it would end up …

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Mexico : New Year, New Challenges

Posted by: John Pearson, Posted on: 18 January 2013 - Categories: Export, Investing in the UK, Mexico

2013 is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese Calendar – which would be “El Año de la Serpiente” in Spanish. The holiday season is a good time to get a break and recharge the batteries.  A new year …

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Opportunity Korea - a week you don't want to miss

Posted by: UKTI South Korea, Posted on: 16 January 2013 - Categories: Export, South Korea

I have been struck, in the nearly 2 and a half years that I have been living here, by the sheer dynamism of South Korea. There’s a real sense that our bi-lateral cooperation has never been stronger and I hear …

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2013 Business is GREAT!

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 14 January 2013 - Categories: Export, Poland

If you believe a number of our banking friends, 2013 is going to be an even better year than 2012 in Emerging Europe. Set right at the heart of Europe, Poland is set to have a robust year even if …

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Riffing in the New Year

Posted by: Jenny Gardner, Posted on: 8 January 2013 - Categories: ICT, Sweden

So, 2013 is finally here, its arrival marked with fireworks, confetti and celebrations. These days, “Ringing in the New Year” certainly has a double meaning. The internet and the networked society are here to stay, but the most recent developments …

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Don’t forget the hand-cream!

Posted by: UKTI Japan, Posted on: 4 January 2013 - Categories: Japan

One of the frustrating things about living in a house on the Embassy compound, apart from seeing my office every time I come out of the front door, is not receiving mail deliveries when the Embassy is closed. Not usually a …

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Like Giants Refreshed

Posted by: Clive Drinkwater, Posted on: 3 January 2013 - Categories: Export, North West

I hope you’ve returned from your Christmas and New Year break, as my old headmaster used to say, like giants refreshed. I always enjoy a long break myself and use it to recharge the batteries – more necessary this year …

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