Why is the Turkish company HDM Steel setting up a £7m manufacturing plant in South Wales? Take a look at the world. Think about countries where you might possibly imagine investing your money. Do they have a solid record on …
When I suggested a few months ago we might want to emblazon a Mini in a Union Flag and drive it around Germany for a year to promote the GREATness of Britain, I certainly didn't expect it would end up …
2013 is the Year of the Snake in the Chinese Calendar – which would be “El Año de la Serpiente” in Spanish. The holiday season is a good time to get a break and recharge the batteries. A new year …
Up at the crack of dawn yesterday and on the way to Poznan to address a banking conference on what a Great Inward investment destination the UK is. Why on earth you may think would I address a set of …
It’s obviously the season for awards. The Financial Times’ World Diary this morning tells us that the winners will be announced this week of the UK Green Business Awards, the UK National Business Awards and the US National Book Awards. …
"Doing business is all about coping with uncertainty" That was the opening line from the CEO of the recently-opened Japan office of a FTSE 100 company who spoke to Embassy staff a few weeks ago. He went on to say …
A message from the British High Commissioner, HE Paul Madden With all the Olympic and Paralympic athletes now back in Australia from what has been a long and wonderful summer of sport in London, I was reflecting on what the …
Once a week. That is, on average, how often Government Ministers fly to Germany to support British Industry. Admittedly that is an average based only on the last three weeks, but still an impressive statistic. Not even reshuffles or strikes …
I’m lucky in South Korea to live in such an exciting and rapidly developing environment. This is as clear from the many large urban infrastructure projects that form around us almost overnight as much as it is from the plethora …
Z and J were the missing links. But this week's visits to the towns of Zwickau and Jena in the East of Germany mean I'm now able to give you my A to Z of German-UK economic relations based on …
