A year ago, Lord Green, Minister for Trade and Investment, challenged British business to go for growth through international trade. Quite simply, companies that export are more productive, grow faster and perform better than companies that don’t and the job …
This summer's Olympic programme sees St James’ Park in Newcastle hosting several key overseas teams in the Olympic Football Programme - Mexico, Republic of Korea, Gabon, Switzerland, Spain, Honduras, Japan, Morocco, Brazil and New Zealand. In addition we will see …
Minister for Trade and Investment Lord Stephen Green visited the North East this week to help me launch the Export Challenge for the region. Broadly the Chancellors target of doubling exports by 2020 translates into some specifics for the North …
The North East’s export performance saw a slight dip in Q2 of 2011 compared to the first three months of the year, but at a total of £3.112bn it was still our third highest quarterly figure. And I’m delighted to …
UKTI North East was delighted to host both the Minister Lord Green and incoming CEO Nick Baird last week , to celebrate the North East's export achievements and also pay a visit to some key companies in the region that …
I was delighted to welcome the UAE Ambassador and his First Secretary to the North East last week. They visited Newcastle and Durham and had a programme of events ranging from a cultural overview given by Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, to lunch …
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 …
As part of UKTI North East launching International Trade Week, and in my capacity of UKTI's International Trade Director for the North East of England, I hosted a round table of interested parties yesterday . Lots came out it, which …
I am writing this as I sit on the new Qantas A380 heading for UK. It’s over a year since I was back in UK. The last time I arrived I turned on the radio in my hire car to hear the news that Lehman Brothers had collapsed. The subsequent four hour drive to my home in Yorkshire left me concerned for the first time in my life that the banks might just fall over and something which had always felt guaranteed was actually at risk. So what will I find this time?
