I was delighted to attend Lord Green's event last week, launching the flagship initiative Exporting for Growth in the UK. PM David Cameron, HSBC Chief Executive Brian Robertson and PWC Chair Ian Powell all spoke extremely supportively of boosting the …
When I leave our new office at Daresbury Laboratory, if the traffic on the M56 is snarled up, I occasionally take a short cut through Daresbury village going past All Saints Church. Famously the curate of this church in 1832 …
So you’ve decided it’s a good idea to have a look at exporting but need a bit of context to understand why it’s potentially beneficial to your firm? Up and down the country SMEs are asking themselves the same questions. …
I've opened a few British store promotions over the years, but never before under a flyover on a busy main road. But then the Aoki British fair is breaking new ground in other ways too. It's the first time a …
How many of today's audience will be wearing ties? Given the range of companies the UKTI Germany team have been bringing to the embassy on inward missions of late, I never know quite what to expect - but I have …
I was sent one of those picture texts this week by a friend who had been invited to a Royal Garden Party. He was outside the gates of Buckingham Palace resplendent in his morning suit and his wife in a …
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 …
I recently visited Jaguar Land Rover with Lord Green and was privileged to see the new production line for the Range Rover Evoque which launches on 4 July. Its manufacture at Halewood in Merseyside has created 1500 new jobs …
If I mention Cheshire you may think of a leafy county, the beautiful city of Chester with its Roman walls, the Cheshire set or even footballers’ wives. Personally I just think of it as my natural backyard so I must …
