In September, UKTI held a GREAT Week mission to Malaysia and Singapore, two key markets in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) region, set to be one of the world’s top ten largest economies by 2020. Both Malaysians and Singaporeans …
Dan welcomes a guest post on his blog from Paul Heardman, HM Consul-General, Munich What comes to mind when you think of Munich? Beer, BMW, and Bratwurst perhaps? Munich is a city that certainly understands how to showcase its proud …
Recently, I wrote a blog on why I think UK companies should attend GREAT Weeks. For my second blog, I let the companies do the talking and asked a couple of our attendees to describe the value they derived from attending …
For the last month UKTI have been busy running a series of events called GREAT Weeks. Here is a snapshot of two recent GREAT Week events, along with wins for British companies who attended these vital trade missions in the …
I did wonder when Prime Minister David Cameron held a summit this week with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi whether he might have artfully left a copy of Italian Vogue lying around Number 10. I have one in my office, …
For a lot of organisations, March (being the last month of the financial year) means plenty of accounting and project activity. Well, that has certainly been the case in Mexico. But in addition, March has become something of a “gastronomic” …
At the Leppersdorf plant of UK investor Müller - "a German family-owned powerhouse" It began with a chat with senior businessmen over Godminster Oak-Smoked cheddar, and ended with a Ministerial meeting over raspberry Müller Rice - last week was all …
The only ship in the Royal Naval fleet to be christened with whisky seemed like an appropriate place to host an event to promote Scottish exports. In 1996 HMS Sutherland had a bottle of Macallan 16 smashed across its bow, …
The UKTI Mexico team is currently getting ready for its big event of the year. Mexico is one of the 10 countries around the world selected to implement the GREAT campaign with extra funding in 2013/14. The GREAT campaign showcases …
In June UKTI Mexico has been able to work with many different British brands. Some of these companies already have a presence here, others have just entered the Mexican market, while others are still in the planning process - but …
