Author Archives: Jennie Rich

Jennie Rich

About Jennie Rich

Jennie Rich is a member of the ICT Sector Team. She manages projects that enable UK ICT companies to find and meet with relevant international contacts and to learn how to do business with them. Jennie covers the American and Indian markets and is also involved with the delivery of the ICT Marketing Strategy. She is also a member of Bring on the Talent, UKTI's Diversity Group. Jennie is an enthusiastic Tweeter and has a LinkedIn profile.

Q’s not going to like this!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jennie Rich

So comments Bond after his BMW has been sliced in half by a helicopter in “The World is Not Enough.”  Maybe Q would feel better if he saw some of the UK technology we will be showcasing on our stand … Continue reading →

Life? Don’t talk to me about life!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jennie Rich

In case you didn’t already know, Marvin is a depressed android from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. He is in a permanent bad mood because although he has a brain the size of a planet, his … Continue reading →

“Well, here’s to us”

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Jennie Rich

This is the only line that Richard Kier has as the character, Jaws, during Moonraker and The Spy who Loved me, the two Bond films that he appears in. One of Jaws’ most memorable moments is when he bites through … Continue reading →

We have all the time in the world

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jennie Rich

Louis Armstrong sings this at the end of “On her Majesty’s Secret Service” which is the film when Bond, briefly, gets married. So, what were you doing on Friday 29th April? Like 24 million other viewers in the UK, I … Continue reading →

Small town taken over by aliens!

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Jennie Rich

This quote from a 1990′s film called The Faculty describes what is going to happen to Austin, Texas later this week!  The Faculty is about a high school whose teachers are gradually possessed by an alien entity which they pass … Continue reading →

“Its down, down to the wire”

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Jennie Rich

This is the first appearance of lyrics from a Bond song in my blog.  These are from the title song by Aha for The Living Daylights.  They came into my head as I was trying to think up a Bond … Continue reading →

“Anything can happen. It’s a long way to Delhi”

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Jennie Rich

I’ve already covered Bond’s trip to India in “Octopussy” in a previous blog entry, so Indiana Jones, another globetrotting hero is making a guest appearance.  This is his response when Willie Scott refuses to accompany him to Delhi after facing … Continue reading →

Happy new year, 007

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Jennie Rich

It’s Christmas in the Swiss Alps and Bond, disguised as an expert in heraldry, has just been rumbled by Ernst Blofeld. Cue an exciting ski chase. So another year is nearly over and I thought I’d share with you my … Continue reading →

“First there was the dream, now there is reality”

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Jennie Rich

This is the beginning of a speech that Hugo Drax gives to his minions in “Moonraker” as her prepares to destroy Earth and build his own empire in space. After months of planning, the dream of partnering Technology World with … Continue reading →

“You only live twice, Mr Bond.”

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Jennie Rich

So speaks Blofeld, number one Bond villain and owner of a huge secret hideout hidden under a Japanese volcano. We’ve got two very different missions going out to Japan this autumn. The first will be a group of companies experiencing … Continue reading →