I was delighted to see UK exports to South Korea growing, following the Free Trade Agreement between Europe and South Korea which was signed off last year. It reminded me that a lot of business is based on interpersonal relationships …
Signs the economic recovery is underway are everywhere. Last week, we heard that the UK GDP has grown by another 0.7% in the third quarter of 2014, with all the main sectors of the economy growing steadily, in particular services, …
Export Week, the stuff of which many a UK Trade & Investment blog/press release/editorial piece is made, is with us again. 300-ish words of facts and figures, running something like this: 'Export Week, 5 days of activity designed to encourage …
Exporting is a key way to grow your business. If women-led small businesses grew and exported at the same rate as the average of all small business employers, Britain could have up to 10,000 more exporters. Yet the percentage of …
I was delighted to chair the Benelux event at Durham Tees Valley Airport last week – it was a follow on to the International Festival of Business, where the North East had acted as host region for Benelux. Michiel Veldhuizen …
Lord Livingston led an excellent visit to the North East region last week - including a visit to BEL Valves on Tyneside, followed by a keynote speech at the North East Chamber's President Club, which had over 200 in attendance. …
Last week we congratulated the latest recipients from our region of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Yet again we saw a healthy number of local businesses winning in the International Trade category demonstrating how much the goods and services, and …
Geoff Turnbull makes things. The company he runs, GT Group, is a fantastically successful business in Peterlee and I was delighted to be able to launch Export Week (left) in the North East from his premises - with Geoff leading …
Encouraging new investment and exports is crucial to the success of the Government’s Plan for Growth, which has set ambitious targets to more than double the value of exports to £1trillion by 2020. Our aim is to get more than …
Since the first Export Week was launched almost year ago, it has been great to see so many of the region’s companies, large and small, taking up the international trade challenge. From children’s swimwear and tricycles to shellfish and beer. …
