A blog on showcasing UK innovation at Expo Milan from Carolyn McCall, CEO of easyJet and one of the Prime Minister’s Business Ambassadors. Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – from our very beginning almost twenty years ago we have innovated and …
That was the slogan used by PR firm Ogilvy to change international perceptions of Mexico in 2011, when drug cartel wars in the country were at a particularly bad stage. I recently started my role as Head of UK Trade …
Time is money when it comes to exporting. Or is it? This is certainly a Western view about time and reflects the view of cultures where what happens in the present is seen to be of direct consequence to the …
There are some signs that information security issues are entering the world news agenda. Bilderberg, the world’s most famous conference on policy and world affairs, has just released the topics on the agenda for this year’s edition. The first two …
UK companies are hearing the message – companies that export are more profitable, more productive, grow faster and are more likely to survive economic downturn than those that don't. This was UKTI’s message to companies last week as we held …
As this is a UK Government channel, in the period between the end of Parliament on 30 March and the UK General Election on 7 May, UKTI will not be posting updates on this blog other than replies to enquiries. See further information about …
One of the parts I have loved about taking on this role as CEO of UK Trade & Investment has been discovering how many different partners we already work with. I had a strong sense we could do more for …
Building relationships is essential to international sales, and an awareness of cultural considerations is hugely important when selling your products and services in international markets. What may be acceptable in the UK could deemed as inappropriate, insensitive or even offensive …
A prince, an astronaut and a CEO walked into a hotel... Sounds like the start of a tall story or a bad joke, right? But it actually happened the other day in Tokyo, when Prince William, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and …
Smruti Sriram, CEO of ethical eco-packaging and reusable bag manufacturers Supreme Creations, gives her personal take on doing business in India “OK so we have it confirmed from our sponsors that we are good to go on the tote bags …
