As a fresh faced young boy at grammar school in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the early 70s I recall being handed a stack of what they called punch cards on to which I was taught to apply binary coding to programme a …
As part of UKTI North East launching International Trade Week, and in my capacity of UKTI's International Trade Director for the North East of England, I hosted a round table of interested parties yesterday . Lots came out it, which …
Japan's seen record snowfalls this year, right along its Japan Sea coast and northern prefectures, enough to bury entire houses. And yet the traffic keeps flowing. How come? Well, a mixture of preparation, and ingenuity. One Japanese company making rice …
Sometimes the metaphors just write themselves. Anyone who saw Japan and Korea battling it out in the semi-final of the Asia Cup will have recognised the real-life rivalry that exists between these two neighbours. 1-1 at full-time, 2-2 at extra …
Every little thing he does is magic... There he was, an Englishman in New err, Tokyo, playing the last concert of his Symphonicity tour in the Budokan (martial arts hall), where the Beatles first played in Japan. It’s not so …
This time last week, I was waking up in a very snowy but extraordinarily beautiful Cumbria as I had taken my wife to Sharrow Bay to celebrate her birthday. Driving up there I was reminded yet again how stunning the …
People sometimes say that British business doesn't have a very high profile in Japan. That could be because, quite literally, many of our exports are invisible. Two encounters this week have brought that home to me. One was a …
Not sure who it was who said that those were the scariest words in the English language, but they probably got a round of applause when they did. When it comes to exporting, many companies do choose to rely on …
Each year a little bit of the UK comes to a department store in Osaka in western Japan. Incredibly, the Hankyu Department Store has been holding a one-week British Fair for 40 years! This year’s event in October featured the …
The new buzzword in Manila is “daylight”. The expression refers to the new Philippine administration’s emphasis on transparency and accountability in government, particularly when it comes to doing business. President Aquino talked a lot about daylight last week when he …
