The excellent @SoVeryBritish tweets daily on both the highs and lows of being British – our modesty, hesitation, apologetic nature and preoccupation with two major themes: tea and the weather. Here are some of their observations on ‘typically’ British behaviour: …
There’s a lot of talk around at the moment that the best (and sometimes only) way to grow your business is by exporting. But the problem with this is that for a lot of entrepreneurs and SMEs that they simply …
Looking back over the past year my region, the North East, has a lot to be proud of. The total value of our exports is now back at pre-recession levels, with latest figures showing the annual total at £12.7 billion. That’s …
Export Week has been fantastic in the North East once again. We’ve had hundreds of companies taking part in events, lots of input from experts and many business deals progressed this week. Thank you to all the business community and …
Guest blog by Rosemary French, Executive Director of the Gatwick Diamond Initiative. It’s a striking fact that, even with recovery taking hold across the British economy, there still remains a huge amount of untapped talent which has the potential to …
I was delighted to chair the Benelux event at Durham Tees Valley Airport last week – it was a follow on to the International Festival of Business, where the North East had acted as host region for Benelux. Michiel Veldhuizen …
Lord Livingston led an excellent visit to the North East region last week - including a visit to BEL Valves on Tyneside, followed by a keynote speech at the North East Chamber's President Club, which had over 200 in attendance. …
Recent visits to companies have confirmed to me that the North East has a lot to be proud about. Earlier this month, I welcomed UKTI’s new Chief Executive Dominic Jermey on his first visit to the region since his appointment …
It’s been an exhausting but rewarding first week at the International Festival for Business (IFB) 2014. The Prime Minister came to launch the whole event with a British Business Embassy which was fantastic. Senior visitors from all round the world …
UKTI are major participants at the International Festival for Business (IFB) because of that one simple word – International. This is the biggest festival celebrating international business since the Festival of Britain in 1951 and the lure of rubbing shoulders …
