In September, UKTI held a GREAT Week mission to Malaysia and Singapore, two key markets in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) region, set to be one of the world’s top ten largest economies by 2020. Both Malaysians and Singaporeans …
It began with an entertaining in-flight safety video, then it was unbelievable rumours around a hotel opening and ended with dreams of space travel. Just a typical fortnight engaging with the Virgin Group in the US. One of the most …
The large black SUV with the skull of a Longhorn strapped to the front dropped me outside Pappa's BBQ house for my breakfast tacos. Welcome to Texas. After turning up late due to terrible traffic I parked my rental car …
As I write this, my first blog as Interim Head of Trade and Investment for UKTI Mexico, Tropical Storm Dolly has just swept through Mexico City – bringing with her a deluge of rain, high winds, thunder and lightning. It …
This is my last blog entry before leaving Mexico. Many things come to my mind about the relationship between our two countries: but probably the one that connects us the most is, and will always be, music. British music is …
If someone said to you that you could launch your product in South Korea using a single solution that includes TV shopping channels, e-marketplaces and a range of digital magazine titles all linked to an end to end fulfilment system, …
When people talk about current business opportunities in Mexico, the energy and telecom industries get a lot of attention, given reforms in these areas. However, the auto industry is booming – and has very positive prospects. Mexico is the 8th …
I had heard that it rained a lot in Manchester but as I arrived the City of Liverpool on the eve of the International Festival for Business Africa Rising Event, I was welcomed with an even bigger downpour. It prevented …
I founded Righttrack Consultancy in 1988. By 1999 we had started to carve ourselves a market exporting bespoke, in-house soft skills training to the Middle East (with great success.) Every UKTI Trade Mission I have attended over the years has …
Tea with Katherine Jenkins, jokes about football, Pimms, Welsh cheese, Scottish salmon, F-Type Jaguars and a fond farewell. I could not have asked for more from my last day of official engagements as Director of UKTI Germany. After three years …
