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 …
If you ask any of the UKTI Regional Directors, they’ll say it’s ‘Export Week’ every week in the Regions. However, what was different about this one was the launch of the ‘Exporting is GREAT’ campaign. We gathered in Newcastle on …
Of the 5.4m businesses in the UK, 99 per cent are classed as SMEs and the majority of those are described as micro-businesses. Here in Yorkshire we boast more than 380,000 businesses and, like the rest of the UK, most …
British creatives have left their fingerprints on every world city – especially Hong Kong, where I’m based as UKTI’s Director of Trade & Investment. But why is British creativity so well-loved around the globe? I caught up with the …
In 2009, I was watching Jack Whitehall in a small, underground comedy club in Wimbledon (appropriately for someone who should be on after it, called the Watershed). He was funny and the other 75 or so people thought so too. …
When you’re jetlagged and new in town it’s handy to have a Fashion Map of Ginza, showing you where all the major retailers are located. Especially if you’re a fashion or lifestyle company visiting Japan for the first time. Next …
There aren’t many companies that don’t want to grow their businesses, but mention the word “export” and many smaller companies dismiss it as not something for them. Yet in many cases they are already exporting. Even the online retailer sending …
‘Ok let’s start again, just whose baby is this anyway?’ So it’s almost over. I thought about leaving this blog until Milan Expo 2015 actually closes on 31 October, but having gone practically native (as a visiting British Diplomat accused …
Head of UKTI South Korea, Bradley Jones, shares his thoughts with us after completing one year leading the team in Seoul. When I first arrived in South Korea, just over a year ago, my knowledge of the country was limited …
A blog by Tim Duckett, Deputy Director of UKTI Burma It may be a surprise to some but Burma is one of the world’s oldest oil producers. The industry also has historic links to the UK and Scotland in particular. …
We all know that talent and creativity – even the most brilliant – are not enough to deliver a profitable global business. So with the Inside Heatherwick Studio exhibition concluding in Hong Kong, I went to see inside the …
