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 got a sense of déjà vu on my first trip to the Bund on Shanghai’s famous waterfront on the west bank of Huangpu River. Admiring the architecture of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) building, I noticed how similar it …
A blog on the Prime Minister's recent visit and trade mission to South East Asia from Lisa Weedon, Director of UKTI Burma since January 2013 I’ve been lucky enough to have had my role in Burma for the last two …
August we were confidently told would be a quiet month. Everyone goes on holiday they said, good time to take leave they said, Milan is practically asleep and empty they said, and so on. Well I can certainly testify that’s …
Sam Maddicott from the UKTI team in Japan reflects on how British technology is supporting the changes in the Japanese education system. Japan has long represented the type of culture which arrives before its time. In the workplace, arriving 5 …
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Portsmouth at the Louis Vuitton Americas Cup World Series to watch the Official Parade of Sail. The boats were magnificent, and I don’t think I had understood what an adventure it must be …
The ASEAN region - has emerged as a major player on the global investment scene, with rapid rises in both inward and outward investment over the past decade. With its large, young population ASEAN has taken on China’s former role …
I think the ASEAN infrastructure market has huge potential over the next decade. Infrastructure is a top priority of governments in the region, with expansion and development of urban, intercity and high-speed rail systems, new airports, ports, vital water and …
Global market players are always looking for the next big thing , and one region currently standing out in this respect is South East Asia - namely the ten countries of the ASEAN bloc. One reason why I think they’re …
A colleague from the Swiss Pavilion recently described Milan Expo 2015 as similar to living in a shared student household, where everyone needs to make friends because you never know when you might need to borrow something from the Hungarians …
£100 Billion.... That’s the value of the annual opportunity in the healthcare market in ASEAN! Not many people know this, or that the ASEAN region offers a good fit to the wealth of innovation that regularly emerges from the UK’s …
