UK cars are the stars
When I was about 10 years old my party trick was to be able to distinguish the different cars on the road at night by the shapes of their headlights. My parents never ceased to be amazed at how accurate …
Dan Rutstein
Dan Rutstein is UK Trade & Investment's
Director for West Coast USA.
Previously, he was Director of Trade & Investment in Germany, based in Berlin.
He has also worked in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the aerospace sector and the Department for Transport.
In a former life he was a journalist, but left his job covering sports in Bermuda for the opportunity to work in the public sector
Two stormtroopers, four camels and a pair of giant elves.
So reads my list of interesting contacts made on the first day of Gamescom 2011, the largest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment in Europe. Suit-wearers were not only outnumbered by those with facial piercings at this Cologne-based trade …
Football and Formula 1 highlights
As a former sports journalist, this past week has been particularly enjoyable. I have taken in two football matches and played around with a real F1 car - all, of course, in the name of promoting growth in the UK …
Football meets business at the Women’s World Cup
Every so often you realise in life that you are perhaps taking your job a little too seriously. It happened to me on Saturday evening in the Bay Arena in Leverkusen just before half-time. I was there watching our ladies …
Progress - auf Deutsch
On October 4 last year, the only German I knew I'd learned from car adverts - Vorsprung durch Technik and all that. But to succeed in the German market - as we advise our new British exporters - it helps …
Thumbs pressed for Herr Schwank’s Olympic effort
While watching the 'Munich loves you' Winter Olympics promotion video, I was once again struck with how slick, impressive and inspiring bid presentations can be. The team bidding to bring the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich, whose hugely impressive Lord …