Inspired by UKTI's Exporting is GREAT initiative to inspire and support an additional 100,000 businesses to trade abroad by 2020, here are my top 10 reasons to expand your business horizons. It's vital to look for new customers overseas as …
I wanted to share one of my best ever days in UKTI .... down a mine at Boulby with Cleveland Potash Ltd. Let me say upfront the management and all the staff at CPL are first class and looked after …
Let me start by wishing you a happy anniversary. Of what? well, I don't know, but everyone seems to be commemorating something this year - UK-Japan trading relations 400 years, London Underground 150 years, Dr Who 50 years - so I'm sure you'll …
The year is coming to an end, and here in Mexico we have marked it with our first ever GREAT week. As you may know, the GREAT weeks are designed to give UK businesses the opportunity to join government-led trade …
Saying goodbye to one Mini is hard. Saying goodbye to two, harder still. Given my job has three elements - promoting exports from the UK to Germany, encouraging inward investment to the UK from Germany and showing the world we …
Allteko is a UK company supplying plant and equipment goods and materials for the oil and gas industry. Based in Worcester, they are a great example of British company operating in a technical field. I met their Managing Director, David …
Ironically for a blog about cutting edge technology, digital excellence and future solutions, I'm going to begin with a history lesson. In October 1714, the Elector of Hanover ascended the throne in London as King George I. Four Georges and …
Archie Young - Deputy Director, Americas - Foreign and Commonwealth Office was kind enough to talk to me recently on why it makes business sense to look at Latin American countries. Here's what he said: Q: Everyone is rushing to …
I am delighted to be part of this week’s trade delegation to China, the largest ever business mission organised by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI). This will, of course, be my first trip as Minister Designate for Trade and Investment. …
Export Week - which took place 11-15 November - was a hugely successful week for the UKTI East team, as well as for our partners and businesses across the region. Reflecting on the size and scale of the week (and …
It’s often been said that you have to find your own opportunities and make your own luck. Nowhere could this be truer than in the world of exporting and, if you’re a small firm, these opportunities could be in places …
