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30th November 2012 Windhoek, Namibia
Tackling sexual violence in Namibia
My day started early yesterday with a breakfast appearance on national TV’s Good Morning Namibia to discuss violence against women and how to tackle it. I was joined by Rachel Coomer from Namibia’s Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), a local legal NGO, which is helping to spearhead the current ‘16 days of activism’ in Namibia running […]
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30th November 2012 Warsaw, Poland
Inward Investment- it’s all about building partnerships for growth!
Up at the crack of dawn yesterday and on the way to Poznan to address a banking conference on what a Great Inward investment destination the UK is. Why on earth you may think would I address a set of moneymen and why in Poznan? Here we go: The banking community has a great role to play […]
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30th November 2012
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Linked by a Saint
Today is the Day of St Andrew, Patron Saint of Scotland since the 10th Century – legend tells that his remains were sent out to sea in the 8th Century and by chance cast up on the coast of Scotland and buried there. So his national flag, the Saltire, will be flying over the British […]
30th November 2012
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Promoting Australian investment in UK infrastructure
One of the British Government’s top economic priorities is promoting international investment in the infrastructure needed to support growth and prosperity, such as transport and energy. So I addressed the annual Australian Super Fund Association conference (ASFA 2012) in Sydney to set out the opportunities for Australian superannuation funds. In my speech I described the […]
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29th November 2012 New York, USA
New York State of Mo
Moustaches have been a staple of British male identity for centuries. They can be comic (Basil Fawlty, Borat), serious (any of Daniel Day-Lewis’s efforts), musical (Freddie Mercury leaps enthusiastically to mind), even political (one thinks of Harold Macmillan’s full-bodied triumph). Handlebar, pencil, horseshoe, toothbrush… such variety of facial topiary means there’s something for everyone. Approval […]
29th November 2012 Beirut, Lebanon
SOLIDARITY AND SHATILA
I’ve blogged previously about our work with the Palestinian veterans who fought with us in World War II, and questions of history and justice. Today is the Day of International Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Attention will rightly be focused on New York, where – just as Israel did in 1948 – Palestine is making […]
29th November 2012 New York, USA
Calling all tech entrepreneurs
This week in New York, we at UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) have led a Digital Mission of 20 British tech start-ups looking at New York as an international expansion destination. For four days, we’ve connected them with key players in New York’s technology scene, including: like minded-entrepreneurs; potential partners; prospective clients; industry experts; media […]
29th November 2012 New York, USA
Calling all tech entrepreneurs
This week in New York, we at UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) have led a Digital Mission of 20 British tech start-ups looking at New York as an international expansion destination. For four days, we’ve connected them with key players in New York’s technology scene, including: like minded-entrepreneurs; potential partners; prospective clients; industry experts; media […]
29th November 2012 Budapest, Hungary
Gender and politics
Guest blog by MP Katalin Ertsey On a sunny August afternoon I received a phone call from the British Embassy asking if I would be able to attend an important gender politics conference in November. I was thrilled and humbled to find out that the Embassy would nominate me to represent the Hungarian Parliament at […]
29th November 2012
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A proud moment
A guest blog by Nicole Sauvage Utku, British Vice-Consul, Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey This month Robert Murray Jamieson became a British Citizen. Standing proudly in front of the Union Jack he swore allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen and was handed his certificate by HM Consul General, Leigh Turner. Robert was born in Australia in […]