8th March 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
In February I took part in five workshops, from Edinburgh to Newmarket, and Leeds to London. These workshops were arranged and supported variously by UKTI, the Asia Task Force, RBS and The Economist Intelligence Unit about India. From the number of businesspeople who attended at each venue, probably over 500 in all, I was left […]
Read more on Largest ever overseas investment in India – by a British company | Reply
4th February 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
We welcomed to Mumbai in January the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Dr Vince Cable. He came with an extensive professional and personal knowledge of India, and indeed affection for the country. He was happily married for thirty five years, until her death, to a lady whose parents were from Goa, and […]
Read more on A cabinet minister for whom India is his second home | Reply
27th January 2011
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Two senior figures in British politics were in Mumbai in January – Vince Cable and Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson and Peter Beckingham Two senior figures in British politics were in Mumbai in January – Vince Cable, Cabinet Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, and Boris Johnson, The Mayor of London. They don’t […]
Read more on ‘Let’s show booming India that we know our onions!’ Boris Johnson | Reply
10th December 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
On Thursday 18 November forty people gathered pre-dawn at one of India’s most historic sites, the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, where Mahatma Gandhi lived for many years. The occasion was the beginning of an India-UK Friendship Walk, which my wife Jill has organised with massive support from members of the Association of British Scholars in […]
Read more on Walking 358km in the footsteps of Gandhi | Reply
23rd November 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
I had an opportunity to see and hear about some of the colossal opportunities and developments outside Mumbai, in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The State, which straddles the centre of India, remains one of the poorest areas of the country, with high figures for incidents of malnutrition among children and low levels of income […]
Read more on Diamonds in the offing, but no regalia for the Lord Mayor | Reply
11th November 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
A civil nuclear energy company, an organisation to strengthen financial accounting standards, a software producer for CadCam and a world-renowned string quartet have been among the visitors promoting and enhancing British interests in Mumbai and nearby Pune in October. First off the block was The Chartered Institute of Management Accounting ( CIMA), whose chief executive […]
Read more on Nuclear waster, Beethoven, Cadcam and financial accounting – two weeks in Western India | Reply
5th October 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
At India’s largest annual banking conference in Mumbai in September, the British Minister for Commercial Services in the Treasury was asked about the development of Islamic banking in England. Lord Sassoon was able to spell out how a number of UK banks had started to offer specific services for Islamic customers. Some overseas visitors to the […]
Read more on Opening banks in London – all in a month’s work for one former distinguished Mumbai family | Reply
21st September 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
A group of UK students visiting Mumbai in August heard from one lecturer that the city was a “melting pot” or a “mosaic” of different religions. If they had been able to stay on until September the students would have seen for themselves a graphic and vivid demonstration of the lecturer’s words springing to life. […]
Read more on Three religious ceremonies bring colour and fervour to the streets and beaches of Mumbai | Reply
9th September 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Two visitors to Mumbai in September from very different English universities illustrated areas where there are immense opportunities for British interests in India. Professor Lionel Tarassenko, Chair of Electrical Engineering at Oxford University, came to Mumbai and other Indian cities to give a lecture on “mHealth for the management of chronic diseases”. In a fascinating […]
Read more on Oxford spires and Middlesex campuses lure Indian students | Reply
12th August 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Seen from Mumbai the visit by the Prime Minister David Cameron, six Ministers and a large delegation received a great deal of attention in the Indian and British press. I don’t want to add to the column inches about the visit – the concluding press statements by the two Prime Ministers give a clear summary […]
Read more on Chancellor of the Exchequer and high powered delegation visit Mumbai | Reply
