Global market players are always looking for the next big thing , and one region currently standing out in this respect is South East Asia - namely the ten countries of the ASEAN bloc. One reason why I think they’re …
India and China may be the two largest beasts in the East, but the South East Asia ‘tigers’ offer major opportunities in huge markets boasting equally significant growth. South East Asia is home to the ten members of the Association …
On 15 February the UKABC held a small roundtable with Dr. Chatib Basri, Chairman of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM). This gave a small number of companies the opportunity to discuss issues around the Indonesian regulatory and investment environment. …
Today, unashamedly, I will be plugging two trade missions we’re taking to Asia in the coming months. But first, have you heard of CIVETS? Well, the Oxford English Dictionary definition is a genus of carnivorous musk producing quadrupeds, and if …
I lived and worked in Indonesia for some years during the 1990s and so I was delighted to help with the production of the new and extremely useful guide Doing Business in Indonesia published by UKTI last week. First, a …
I’m very happy that I’m back online and able to blog again after an enforced absence due to Purdah (which prevents public bodies like UKTI from issuing information during the election period) and then a vacation (unenforced, but not if …
Two important visitors to Indonesia in March. The other one? Oh, that's Barack Obama who is coming to see his childhood home in Jakarta and touch base with this most populous muslim country. Did you know it has the fourth …
