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9th December 2014

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

30 years after hell on earth….

A joint blog with Julius Court, Acting Head of DFID-Ethiopia The latest Band Aid song focuses on Ebola. Rightly so, whether or not you agree with all the lyrics. During the festive season 30 years ago, when the original track was cut, the focus was on Ethiopia – specifically the northern region of Tigray. Everyone […]

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6th March 2014 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

Lord Livingston’s Central European Diary – Day 4

Apart from being well-known for its science and innovaton centre, Brno’s got a GREAT racing circuit. The Czech Republic has got a GREAT and engineering heritage. Superb opportunity for Czech engineering companies to ge involved with our automotive sector supply chain. Automotive is booming in the UK. We’ve got a 4 billion gap in our […]

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19th March 2012 Warsaw, Poland

Martin Oxley, Head, UKTI Poland

by Martin Oxley

Director of UKTI Warsaw

Food and drink and much more – logistics. Let’s get really serious about retail!

If I were to ask you which is the most dynamic retail market of the 27 EU member states what would you say? I bet Poland would not top your list. Yes Poland is the most ‘on the move market’ in Europe in terms of sales growth, modernisation, sales and distribution systems and purchasing power. […]

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9th February 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Creating jobs the practical way

On Friday the Embassy was packed with Mayors and Deputy Mayors from across the country, engaging with senior staff and managers from Tesco. It was a chance for this British-based company to thank them for all those two-way, mutually satisfactory arrangements that exist in many Hungarian towns and cities where there are Tesco stores. And […]

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