ICAEW research: UK companies plan to exit eurozone

Research from the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW) shows that in light of the deteriorating economic conditions in the eurozone & the worsening situation in Greece, 11% of UK companies who trade with the eurozone are planning an exit strategy.   Read more

The British Business Club open online for international businesses during Olympics and Paralympics

The British Business Club is the online platform for companies seeking to make the most of business networking and activity around the Olympic and Paralympic Games.  The British Business Club brings together UK and overseas businesses, boosting the opportunities for companies to make beneficial international business connections.  Read more

3,000 global business leaders attracted to British Business Embassy during Olympics and Paralympics

The UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, announces a series of business summits to be held during the London Olympics and Paralympics which are expected to generate over £1bn in trade and investment for the UK.

The British Business Embassy was developed by UK Trade & Investment as part of the GREAT campaign and will help promote the best the UK has to offer in many of the UK’s flourishing industries, such as fashion, architecture, technology, life sciences, advanced engineering, automotive and aerospace. Read more

Forget Tebbit’s bike – Hague says get on a jet

It seems Norman Tebbit’s bike didn’t go far enough for William Hague – he thinks we should be picking up our boarding cards ready to sell overseas.

In this weekend’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper, Mr Hague talked of a growth strategy for the UK economy calling for hard work and advising UK companies to look to growing economies such as India, Thailand and Indonesia for export opportunities. Read more

Enter Nectar Small Business Awards 2012 – International Trader of the Year

Are you a UK-based small business or social enterprise?  Do you want to raise your profile within your industry and with your customers? If so, why not enter the Nectar Business Small Business Awards?

This year there are six categories – Small Business of the Year, Best Use of Technology, Business Achiever of the Year, International Trader of the Year, Innovation of the Year and Contribution to the Community.   Read more

Brazil Overtakes UK Economy

Brazil’s finance minister has announced that the country has become the sixth-biggest economy in the world, pushing the UK into seventh place.  Official figures show that  Brazil’s economy grew by 2.7% last year, compared with 0.8% growth for the UK.  The economic boom is largely due to high food and oil prices, which has led to rapid growth far outpacing the US and western Europe. Read more

Congratulations to UKTI Exporting for Growth Prize Winners

Congratulations to Pavegen Systems and Avtura, the London and South East regional winners of the UKTI Exporting for Growth competition, in which UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) were looking for the most workable new export idea ready to be converted into a successful international opportunity. Read more

Gulf Investors to Shift their Focus to Latin America and Asia

Gulf investors are most likely to look to Latin America and Asia for new business opportunities in order to balance the region’s falling outbound investment. According to a senior official at Credit Suisse, the drop in outbound investment came because Middle East investors were only concentrating on their home markets, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Read more

Regus survey: Too few UK SMEs are exporting & too few are multilingual

Only one in five domestic SMEs are planning to trade overseas and they could pay price for monolingualism, suggests new research from Regus

Too many UK SMEs are giving international trade the cold shoulder despite compelling evidence that firms of all sizes operating overseas are weathering the economic crisis better than those solely focused on the home market. Read more

UKTI Exporting for Growth Prize competition

Are you a UK-based small or medium sized company (SME) with an innovative idea for an export product or service?

If so, enter a competition for a new prize, The Exporting for Growth Prize, which UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has launched for the most workable new export idea ready to be converted into a successful international opportunity. Read more

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