After Export Week in May, when 130 businesses from across the East of England attended an array of events focussing on exports to countries including Brazil, China, India, Nigeria and Turkey, the trade figures for the period to end March 2013 …
Another hugely successful Export Week is over but our drive to increase exports is not. As far as we at UKTI are concerned every week has to be export week if we are to grow our economy. There is a …
China is a huge and expanding market - UK exports to the country reached almost £4bn between January and May 2012, up by 21 per cent on the same period in 2011. That’s why it’s one of the emerging economies …
With more than 50 years experience of manufacturing under our belts Taylor is a household name in the UK, supplying over 80% of the UK’s local authorities with steel waste containers and urban recycling solutions. Since the official launch of …
George Mackintosh, Chief Executive Officer of TestPlant from London, gives an insight to his company’s journey into international exporting with help from the UKTI London International Trade Team: I started TestPlant in 2008 with half a dozen very clever developers. …
When it comes to exporting the East of England like other parts of the UK still sends more than half its exports to the EU. The US is our single largest market (and growing) but that said East of England …
Face-to-face contact is arguably the most effective way to develop a business relationship. However, with international trade this is not always possible because of the distances involved. Digital communications are therefore playing an increasing role in the way global business …
My company, WOW Internet Ltd, is a growing international digital marketing agency based in Birmingham. We’re always keen to keep a few steps ahead of the game and over the last two years we’ve been looking at expanding our business …
I’ve always been entertained by what I know as Fiedler’s Rules of Forecasting. They’ve been attributed to a range of people from Winston Churchill to Cecil B DeMille and I’m sure we’ll never know who actually came up with them. …
When it comes to exporting there is no doubt that my region, the North East, is still heavily reliant on the European and US markets. Having said that, many local companies are doing great business further afield and this trend needs …
