23.05.12 British Business Club hits 3.5k figure in countdown to 2012 Games
More than 3,500 members have signed up to the British Business Club – the online business networking resource for UK and overseas firms during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
11.05.12 British Business Embassy to spotlight the best of UK creativity
The UK’s top designers and artists have contributed to delivering a world class creative showcase that will play host to some of the most globally influential business leaders during the Olympics and Paralympics Games.
08.05.12 Vince Cable welcomes £20 million overseas investment in Oxford
Element Six today (8 May) announced that the company will invest £20 million constructing the world’s largest and most sophisticated synthetic supermaterials research and development facility in Harwell, Oxford.
02.05.12 UK Companies are urged to compete for £20 billion of construction projects in Brazil
UK Trade & Investment is urging UK companies to bid for more than £20 billion ($32 billion) of infrastructure projects in Brazil. The contracts relate to the Pedra de Ferro mining project, the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
UK exported £8 billion of defence and security goods and services in 2011.
23.04.12 UK Trade & Investment and Russian Direct Investment Fund Host Joint “Invest in Russia” Conference
Investors managing over £1 trillion in attendance.
20.04.12 Care.com, the Largest Online Marketplace for Finding Care in the US, Announces UK Expansion
UK Families and Carers to Receive Free Access to Care.com until 1st June.
17.04.12 UK Trade & Investment highlights exciting business opportunities in Russia
UK Trade & Investment is today running an opportunities seminar at MACH 2012 to promote the exciting business prospects in the advanced engineering sector in Russia. Engineering and manufacturing companies from around the UK are attending.
12.04.12 Prime Minister reinvigorates economic partnership with Malaysia
Prime Minister David Cameron landed in Malaysia to promote British business and boost trade links.
12.04.12 Prime Minister leads senior business delegation to Indonesia
Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Indonesia today with a senior business delegation in a bid to help UK companies break into this fast-growing economic power.