3rd February 2014 Mumbai, India
The UK Science & Innovation Network (S&IN), India partnered with the UK Trade & Investment to invite Prof. Peter Lindstedt from the Imperial College London to the GREAT Britain campaign in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) during January 15-16, 2014. Prof. Lindstedt is the Consul for the Faculty of Engineering & Business School, and Professor of thermofluids […]
22nd January 2014
The first click brings up a Turkish company seeking bids to repair a turbine generator system. Further down there is an analysis of recent economic developments in Turkey; and a question (and answer) about how to open a cupcake store with English recipes. Welcome to the Turkey page of the ‘Open to Export’ website. Open to […]
11th December 2013 New York, USA
Sometimes it takes seeing your own national customs through the eyes of another to recognise their strangeness. I was honoured to join Mayor Michael A. Nutter of Philadelphia on his trade delegation to London at the start of November, and one night, as we were having dinner at a riverside restaurant, there was a brilliant […]
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27th November 2013
Sir David Higgins is one of those Australians who have moved seamlessly between the two countries, holding top positions in each. In Australia he’s best known as former CEO of Lend Lease. In the UK he’s the man who played a hugely important role in the fantastic success of London 2012 as head of the Olympic […]
25th November 2013 New Delhi, India
George Bernard Shaw said “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples, each of us has one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, we each have two ideas.” The sharing of ideas is essential for any knowledge economy. India […]
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14th November 2013 Beirut, Lebanon
Almost every week in Beirut is a rollercoaster. Every Monday morning we set out what we hope to achieve, and then try not to be buffeted by McMillan’s famous ‘events, dear boy, events’. Here are ten of the things we did last week: Held three Remembrance Day services, in Tripoli, Beirut and Saida. There are […]
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31st October 2013 Ottawa, Canada
The following blog is by our guest blogger, Richard Loat who was part of the team that won 1st place at the UKTI Global Graduate Entrepreneurs’ Festival An idea to an award: winning the UKTI’s Graduate Entrepreneurs Festival I have been fortunate in many ways to be a child of the world. British-born, I grew […]
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17th October 2013 Ottawa, Canada
The following blog is by our guest blogger, Lorne Grant who recently won 1st place at the UKTI Global Graduate Entrepreneurs’ Festival . Lorne is the owner of the shipping service company, Latharn Ltd. My Experience at the UKTI Global Graduate Entrepreneurs’ Festival in Manchester, UK By Lorne Grant On September 4th, I left Fort […]
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29th August 2013 USA
It is rare to witness the moment when an inventor sees his dreams realised; the culmination of years of testing, adapting and perfecting inventions suddenly paying off. I had the pleasure of witnessing one of those extraordinary moments while attending the 33rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games last month in Tampa, Florida. When I visited Tampa […]
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21st August 2013 Bangalore, India
The UK is considered as the digital technology capital of Europe. From the World Wide Web to the micro-computer, UK has been at the forefront of technological innovations, helping economic growth and promoting social change. The SIN team works closely with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on digital innovations. Merlin Rory Picardo, who is the lead […]
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