I got a sense of déjà vu on my first trip to the Bund on Shanghai’s famous waterfront on the west bank of Huangpu River. Admiring the architecture of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) building, I noticed how similar it …
A blog on the Prime Minister's recent visit and trade mission to South East Asia from Lisa Weedon, Director of UKTI Burma since January 2013 I’ve been lucky enough to have had my role in Burma for the last two …
August we were confidently told would be a quiet month. Everyone goes on holiday they said, good time to take leave they said, Milan is practically asleep and empty they said, and so on. Well I can certainly testify that’s …
Sam Maddicott from the UKTI team in Japan reflects on how British technology is supporting the changes in the Japanese education system. Japan has long represented the type of culture which arrives before its time. In the workplace, arriving 5 …
Global market players are always looking for the next big thing , and one region currently standing out in this respect is South East Asia - namely the ten countries of the ASEAN bloc. One reason why I think they’re …
India and China may be the two largest beasts in the East, but the South East Asia ‘tigers’ offer major opportunities in huge markets boasting equally significant growth. South East Asia is home to the ten members of the Association …
It is summer again and I just arrived back from some lovely holidays in sunny Mykonos. July was for sure intense for Greece, but people at the island kept their calm, and business and tourists were treated in a most warm …
Over 300 UK and international industry leaders from the agri-tech sector spent a week in Milan for GREAT Week Agri-Tech to address the Expo 2015 theme of 'Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life'. See highlights from the week here.
David Mulholland, UKTI Japan Marketing Officer to UK Exporters, ponders the lessons gleaned from living in one of the trendiest areas of Tokyo. The picture above is pretty recognisable, right? Well anyone with an interest in Japan will know it …
Exporters face many communication and leadership challenges, many of which are related to intercultural communication. When Stephen Covey wrote ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ (first published in the 1989) he referred to basic principles of effective personal leadership. …
