That's a phrase probably said may times by annoyed parents wanting their child to stop being 'Mario the plumber’ and start being themselves. With the rise of game consoles and computer technology this scenario is being played out not just …
Working closely with the Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the UKTI Japan ICT team in Osaka held a seminar on 26 July to explain to the region's leading IT companies the strengths of the UK ICT industry and its …
The UKTI ICT team in Japan were delighted to have Professor Joe McGeehan, Director, Centre for Communications Research, University of Bristol and also Managing Director of Toshiba's Telecommunications Research Laboratory (based in Bristol), in the country last week. After promising …
We’re all just coming down to earth after a fantastic evening on Wednesday to celebrate the success of firms from the North West which have been through our Passport to Export programme. The event was held at Knowsley Hall on …
The Map Room in the Foreign Office tells you a lot about the 1920’s British view of the world. Lots of empire, some Europe, Asia pretty sparse. Well, in the offices of the Korean equivalent of UKTI, Kotra, there is …
Sometimes culture change is startling. 24 hours ago I was in deep snow in the upper Connecticut valley in New Hampshire, -18c and the car stuck in a snow drift. Now I am in Mumbai and it's 28c, the sun …
Warrington is home to the UKTI NW team which is right next to the North West Development Agency (NWDA). Like all of the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and Devolved Administrations (DA) the NWDA www.nwda.co.uk has responsibility for regional economic development in the North West and, importantly to us, supporting inward investors from Australia into the region.
Recently I was excited by many of the companies I met at Software City when I sat on a Dragons' Den panel, but none more so than by the games companies based in and around Liverpool. Yesterday I went to …
I have decided to write this blog because I am passionate about international trade and proud of the achievements of many of our great North West businesses, which I would like to share with you. We in the North West …
