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 …
Ronald Reagan once joked that the ten most frightening words in the English language were: "Hello, I’m from the Government and I’m here to help!" Although coming from the Government myself, I have had a long career in the private …
Many years ago, I was in Kent with a friend visiting one of the great industrialists of the time. We were invited to lunch at the family’s lovely, understated cottage. On my way home I could conclude that our host …
Even after 14 years on and off living in Japan there are still occasions when I do double takes. A shrine to ginger? A “casual massage”? Both seen yesterday while out and about in Tokyo. Smoking is another puzzle. There’s …
The UKTI Mexico team is currently getting ready for its big event of the year. Mexico is one of the 10 countries around the world selected to implement the GREAT campaign with extra funding in 2013/14. The GREAT campaign showcases …
For those of you who have visited Teesside, you will have seen the Blue Dragonfly on the river. Or perhaps you'd recognise it as the large metal item that was exported to the USA by the lads from 'Auf Wiedersehen …
UKTI business opportunities cover all sectors, from the more well established and traditional - eg construction, engineering, manufacturing - to the highly creative and sometimes, frankly, glamorous. Take annaloucah for example. Thanks to the advice they received from the British Jewellery and …
From the spectacle of the Olympic Opening Ceremony to the shapes, colours and designs of London Fashion Week, it is clear that Britain’s creative output has never been zestier, and its creative media industry is at the very centre. As …
During the years that I spent in industry, prior to my current position working for the UK government, I must admit that I took special pleasure in working with strategic business development. For me, nothing equals the joy of building …
Dr Mark Treherne, Chief Executive of the UKTI Life Science Investment Organisation shares his thoughts on how UK patients are leading the way in clinical trials. Clinical trials bring cutting-edge science into mainstream medicine and tell us which treatments work, which don’t …
Islamic financial practice has evolved from the financial and economic principles of Sharia'a Law revealed within the Holy Qu'ran. During the past four decades the global Islamic financial system has emerged, underpinned by its values of equity, fairness and justice, …
