International traders typically use social media to communicate with their customers, raise their company’s profile and showcase their products. In the future, it is likely that businesses will start to trade on these platforms: Twitter is currently testing a ‘buy’ button …
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 …
Here is a snapshot of the launch of UKTI's e-Exporting Programme at Autumn Fair on Monday 8 September 2014.
Recent visits to companies have confirmed to me that the North East has a lot to be proud about. Earlier this month, I welcomed UKTI’s new Chief Executive Dominic Jermey on his first visit to the region since his appointment …
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, …
During this series of blogs, I will be guiding you through trade missions, looking at what they are and also some basic tips for international business travel. And I wanted to share some first hand experience, having just returned from …
A blog from Jack Porteous, UKTI London’s Language and Culture Adviser. You’ve spent hours agonising over the minutiae of your marketing materials, days making your website word-perfect, and months producing the perfect sales brochure. Now you’re looking to export and need it …
By the time you read this post, UKTI will just have launched the ‘Innovation is GREAT’ campaign in Warsaw. The campaign, which is very close to my heart, is designed to support cooperation between Britain and Central & Eastern Europe …
