Being named Jenny in history class in secondary school posed somewhat of a challenge. According to our Swedish history books, a machine called Spinning Jenny was the origin of the industrial revolution that started in the UK and spread over …
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 …
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 …
OK, so that’s an eye-catching title for a blog, but it’s a track on the new album by London-based Emmy the Great, who played a fantastic acoustic set in Tokyo last night with Tim from Ash. I thought the very …
Or more accurately: Toyota cars to Japan. Toyota recently announced that the Avensis model built at their factory in Burnaston in Derbyshire will go on sale in Japan from September. They're aiming to sell 5,000 vehicles per year. A great …
Amidst all the concern about the nuclear failure at Fukushima the plight of the region devastated by the tsunami on 11 March has pretty much disappeared from the international headlines. But the story is still horrifyingly real for those struggling …
The FTA is headline news in Korea. The Korean public know about the FTA and understand its significance. They also know they will pay cheaper prices for EU goods. Not surprisingly, many companies are busy compiling new marketing strategies to …
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 …
Here in South Korea, we work to provide a wide variety of research and tailored services for our clients, but that's not the whole story. I thought I'd share this example of another kind of really important work we do. …
Newcastle City Council recently collaborated with Newcastle and Northumbria Universities and UKTI to bring a senior delegation of visitors from China (Henan) to the city. It was fascinating for me as I’d spent time in Zhengzhou and An Yang in …
