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 …
Gordon & MacPhail, established in 1895, is one of the oldest bottlers in the UK. They introduced their 70 year old single malt, Mortlach 1938, at an event at the British Embassy in Tokyo on 13 July. There were only …
UKTI Japan team made its debut at the latest Asia Task Force event Doing Business in Asia in London and Manchester on 8 and 9 July. The team hosted clinics for UK companies interested in doing business with Japan. David …
I’ve recently returned from the Shanghai Expo where I helped to co-host two creative workshops. They were part of UKTI’s ‘Sowing the Seeds of Creative Partnership’ programme of business events for the creative industries. Shanghai is truly is an Expo …
Back in 2003, the UKTI Healthcare Team in Japan introduced a training programme to Japan called Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS). It was first introduced as UKTI trade promotion activity with focus on UK Accident and Emergency related …
Calypso Rose, the designer of the Clippy London (www.clippykitlondon.co.uk) came to Japan on 2nd July with her new Clippy COVER GIRL make up clutch bags and tote bags made of eco friendly and biodegradable materials. The originality of these products …
As anybody who has read my blogs will know, I love airports. I’ve been thinking recently, however, that we’re also very lucky here in the North West of England to have great port facilities which move our goods efficiently and …
A special collaboration between UK-headquartered Eley Kishimoto, as Creative Directors, and long-established brand Laura Ashley, has been launched at the British Embassy in Tokyo. The UKTI Japan team supported the event as part of their work making the facilities of …
Driving to an appointment recently I stumbled on a wonderful little programme on Radio 4 called A History of the World in 100 Objects . Last week it focused daily on five objects which gave an insight into the Silk …
Fascinating "On This Day" article for yesterday on the BBC website about the first purpose-built (and floating) Japanese trade fair in London in 1964. "The exhibition was intended to show that Britain had more to export than whisky and …
In the discussions on the Greek debt crisis, I believe a point that is often overlooked is the interdependence of the various eurozone economies with each other. According to a diagram published recently by the New York Times, banks and …
