Eyes on the (Olympic) prize
I am sure whatever tennis legend Michael Stich was saying must have been interesting, but I have no idea what it was. I know it is rude to ignore the guest speaker at an event and perhaps it is ruder …
Export Markets
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Cyberspace
I always liked the word cyberspace. Growing up in the 1970´s and 1980´s I was completely bred on TV-shows like Star Trek, Space:1999 and V and movies like Star Wars and Alien. For a solid part of my youth I …
Question: When is it good to export mediocrity?
Posted by:
UKTI Japan, Posted on:
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Categories:
Creative Industries, film making and animation, Japan
Answer - when you're the owner of the "World's Worst Driver" TV format. Licensing fees have been pouring in for the format from around the world. Germany set out to find the "World's Worst Cook", Denmark the "World's Worst Husband" and Sweden …
A busy year ahead.......
Posted by:
Dan Rutstein, Posted on:
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Categories:
Creative Industries, Germany, Innovation, Investing in the UK, Manufacturing
He must have had an incredibly busy year. That was my first thought when discovering my partner for an upcoming discussion on the UK economy was not only the former Mayor of Berlin, but the one who had been in …
Aoki's genius touch for British design in Japan
I've opened a few British store promotions over the years, but never before under a flyover on a busy main road. But then the Aoki British fair is breaking new ground in other ways too. It's the first time a …
An electric experience - the low carbon Rolls Royce
It's not every day you get chauffeured around by your Ambassador, so I made the most of the experience when I joined Ambassador David Warren as he undertook a test drive of the electric Rolls Royce 102EX concept car on …
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 …
Let's Talk China
The North East’s export performance saw a slight dip in Q2 of 2011 compared to the first three months of the year, but at a total of £3.112bn it was still our third highest quarterly figure. And I’m delighted to …
Reassure and rebuild
We hosted an awards ceremony at the Embassy last week for Japanese companies who want to do business with the United Kingdom. British Airways offered twenty free tickets (and Hilton Hotels free accommodation in the UK) for Japanese firms planning …
Only 112 shopping days till Christmas!
Mounds of presents, the aroma of cinnamon , the strains of Silent Night: it must be ..... August. It's hard to get in the Christmas spirit when it's 32 degrees outside, but Lush certainly did their best when they mounted …