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If you’ve flown in a twin-aisle passenger jet in the last couple of years, there’s a one-in-three chance that it was powered by Rolls-Royce engines. At the start of the next decade, it will be a 50/50 bet. That growth …
Engineering
Mining for major opportunities in Chile
Copper prices are plummeting in Chile, a country where copper exports make up 49% of total exports. But this is not bad news at all. What should be bad news for UK mining companies looking to do business in Chile …
Promoting engineering excellence in India
Stuart Etheridge, General Manager Nasmyth India, gives his perspective on the promotional benefits of a high level trade mission and the rewards of a successful Indian supply chain strategy. When I heard that Nick Clegg was leading a UKTI trade delegation to …
Driving innovation into Emerging Europe
The Hungarian Grand Prix is just around the corner and it is always a proud occasion for me. Formula One is followed around the globe but it is a peculiarly British sport. Eight of the eleven F1 teams are based …
GREAT British Car Rally Day 4 – Napier to Wellington
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Advanced Manufacturing, automotive, Design, Engineering, Export, GREAT campaign, New Zealand
Another early morning start and we fueled up on coffee and big breakfasts before watching Napier recede into our rear-vision mirrors.We headed towards Masterton and another heart-warming welcome from the locals. One of the highlights of the Rally has been coming to …
GREAT British Car Rally Day 3 – Gisborne to Napier
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Advanced Manufacturing, automotive, Engineering, GREAT campaign, New Zealand
About 200 British cars were displayed in Gisborne's Rectory Field this morning – a fantastic sight on another beautiful morning. Around 100 were our ralliers and the others were from the local car clubs who turned up to enjoy the …
GREAT British Car Rally - Day 2 Tauranga to Gisborne
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Advanced Manufacturing, automotive, Creative Industries, Design, Engineering, New Zealand
A hectic start to Day 2 with a business breakfast at the hotel hosted by HC Vicki Treadell where New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and UK Trade & Investment talked to local companies about doing business in the UK. It …
Great British Car Rally Day 1 - Auckland to Tauranga
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Advanced Manufacturing, automotive, Design, Engineering, GREAT campaign, Innovation, Investing in the UK, Low Carbon, New Zealand
What a cracking start to Day 1 of the Great British Car Rally, New Zealand put on the weather and GREAT Britain put on the show with a superb collection of British automobiles gathered shining in the sun in Auckland …
Great British icons stand the test of time
I recently visited Jaguar Land Rover with Lord Green and was privileged to see the new production line for the Range Rover Evoque which launches on 4 July. Its manufacture at Halewood in Merseyside has created 1500 new jobs …
Cheshire - taking its trade and investment seriously
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Clive Drinkwater, Posted on:
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automotive, Export, Investing in the UK, North West
If I mention Cheshire you may think of a leafy county, the beautiful city of Chester with its Roman walls, the Cheshire set or even footballers’ wives. Personally I just think of it as my natural backyard so I must …