Looking back over the past year my region, the North East, has a lot to be proud of. The total value of our exports is now back at pre-recession levels, with latest figures showing the annual total at £12.7 billion. That’s …
Charlotte Griffiths from UKTI Japan’s marketing team examines one of Japan’s most successful marketing exports. This year a British female turns 40. I imagine a fair number of other British females will do the same, but this one has particular …
As the dust settles and we reflect on another busy Export Week, I think it’s safe to say that this was a particularly great week for my region, the East of Engalnd, many reasons. It was not just because we were …
My first experience of a GREAT week was as part of a trade mission to Japan in October of this year. I was slightly apprehensive whether I was committing to something that would help my business, Amelia Rope Chocolate, grow in export …
For three years now, I have led UKTI’s Central Europe Network – 62 trade and investment specialists working out of nine British Embassies in the region (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Croatia). Throughout that …
The next six years will see unprecedented investment into the railways across Central & Eastern Europe (CEE). The main driver is EU funding – the region will receive €150 billion between 2014 and 2020 – and the railways are a …
Jack Porteous , Language and Culture Adviser for UKTI London, blogs on the importance of cultural considerations when doing business overseas. Taking your business abroad can be challenging – your first meeting in a new market can be less like stepping …
Working in UKTI’s Consumer and Retail Sector Team, I am used to meeting well-known British brands, but it’s rare to be in a room with over 1,000 of them! Last week was an exception, when I attended the 2014 National …
With only a few days to go until Export Week, I am issuing a challenge to all North West businesses to reach out to one more market. The UK needs to increase its exports to £1 trillion by 2020, and …
I was delighted to see UK exports to South Korea growing, following the Free Trade Agreement between Europe and South Korea which was signed off last year. It reminded me that a lot of business is based on interpersonal relationships …
