Food & drink
There is a growing appetite for British food & drink products in Emerging Europe. Poland is already established among the UK’s top dozen food & drink export markets globally; while exports to the nine countries making up UKTI’s Central Europe …
UKTI Asia Task Force Showcase member Charles Baughan, Managing Director of Devon-based Westaway Sausages, has seen his premier sausage range flying off the shelves across Asia. In this guest blog Charles gives his top tips for success in this market and tells …
A guest blog from Tim Harrap from Lye Cross Farm. Tim will be speaking at UKTI's 'Doing Business in Asia: Meet the Experts', Haydock Park Racecourse, Merseyside on 17 October. Before entering on the adventure of exporting I travelled widely …
Hairy Bikers, Nigella, Great British Bake-off.... For a country that has a reputation for poor food we're pretty keen on foodie TV in the UK. But it's nothing compared with Japan, where it seems obligatory for every single programme - …
The double Olympic champion was enjoying her freshly-bbq'd lamb so much, I am sure I could have pinched her medal without her realising. As high-jumping legend Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth tucked in to the quality British export in front of her, people …
The highlight of April so far for me has been the opening of the first ever Ben & Jerry's ice cream parlour in Japan (left). At last I can get my hands on a Chunky Monkey again! (am I allowed …
I closed International Trade Week 2011 in the North East recently with a speech about the UK’s successes - and James Averdieck of GU Puddings was our guest speaker . It was great to meet James - an ex-Durham …
I have just returned from a two day tour of Lancashire, an area which I’m afraid I visit all too infrequently, despite having an aunt living in Blackpool. Now when you think of Lancashire what do you imagine? Is it …
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 …
It may be a little known fact, but 1 November was "National Tea Day" in Japan. This date was selected as it is said on this date in 1791 that the first Japanese person tasted tea at an official tea …