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Ten reasons you should be exporting

Ten reasons you should be exporting

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 …

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Emerging Europe comes to Scotland

Posted by: Martin Oxley, Posted on: 15 November 2012 - Categories: Export, Export Week, Poland

Just left Glasgow heading south on the M74. A great event and huge opportunity for Scottish companies to engage in Emerging Europe. We were very pleased to be able to team up with Scottish Development International for this event which …

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Poland, part of Emerging Europe

Posted by: Robin Barnett, Posted on: 12 November 2012 - Categories: Export Week, Poland

I am in the UK to participate in a week of events selling the opportunity for British business that Emerging Europe represents. Let me begin by defining Emerging Europe. At its core are nine markets, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, …

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Thoughts from the Emerging Europe Event - Live @ the CBI

Posted by: Martin Oxley, Posted on: 8 November 2012 - Categories: Export

Martin Oxley, Director of UKTI Warsaw blogs from the Emerging Europe Event on 8th November 2012 at the CBI - UK’s Voice of Business A packed event right now in Central town at the CBI in the Centrepoint Building opposite …

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We still make things - beautifully

Posted by: Dan Rutstein, Posted on: 5 November 2012 - Categories: Advanced Manufacturing, Export, film making and animation, Germany, GREAT campaign

I'd like to thank Bond, James Bond. And Land Rover, Jaguar Land Rover. Between them, we have had three opportunities in just eight days to be proud of British exports (and actually proud to be British). Let's start with Opportunity …

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Great Week of Creativity 2012 kicks off in Hong Kong

Posted by: Stephen Cartwright, Posted on: 5 November 2012 - Categories: clothing and fashion, Design, GREAT campaign, Hong Kong

This week Lord Marland is leading the largest ever trade mission of over 50 UK businesses to visit Hong Kong, representing the best of Britain in luxury, fashion, design and craftsmanship. The Week comprises over 30 events, from fashion shows …

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Palm Trees in Kazakhstan

Posted by: Leigh Turner, Posted on: 2 November 2012 - Categories: Design, GREAT campaign, Kazakhstan, Turkey

Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, is not noted for its mild climate.  In fact it is amongst the world’s coldest capitals, with temperatures regularly below minus 30 in the winter. But at the centre of the city a huge …

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10 things you need to know about Emerging Europe

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 26 October 2012 - Categories: Export Week, Poland

We’re about to start the biggest ever UK roadshow promoting great business opportunity in Emerging Europe. We’re getting really excited. Emerging market opportunity bang on the UK’s doorstep. At some stage before the end of November we will have been …

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Health is GREAT

Posted by: Martin Oxley, Posted on: 25 October 2012 - Categories: GREAT campaign, Healthcare, Poland

There’s lots going on in the healthcare sector. We’re already doing well with two Great British pharmaceutical companies in the leading company rankings – GSK and AstraZeneca. They are well established in Poland and patients are increasingly demanding better healthcare. …

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Hong Kong's GREAT Week of Creativity

Posted by: Stephen Cartwright, Posted on: 24 October 2012 - Categories: Creative Industries, GREAT campaign, Hong Kong

We are two weeks from the GWOC as it’s now being called. It will be the biggest combined business delegation of UK companies to Hong Kong– ever – and promises to be a landmark event for everyone involved. The delegation …

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The Scientist as National Hero

Posted by: UKTI Japan, Posted on: 17 October 2012 - Categories: Japan, Life Sciences

When I was doing some refresher Japanese language training before taking up this job I told my teacher that I wanted to learn a bit of life sciences vocab. I anticipated (rightly) that I might find myself wanting to extol …

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