Author Archives for Yigal Levine 
I have been working as the Senior Trade and Investment Advisor in the UKTI team at the British Embassy in Tel Aviv for the last 10 years. Before joining the Embassy I worked for many years for the UJIA which acts as the link between the UK Jewish Community and Israel. I am responsible for trade in all sectors. In addition I take a great interest in Foreign & Commonwealth Office local staff issues and three years ago established on the FCO Intranet, GLOBALESC – Global Locally Employed Staff Committee – an internet forum with world-wide participation for the exchange of views and information on work issues Walking and networking in Israel
It’s 06.30 on Saturday morning and Richard Salt, the Director of our Trade and Investment team here in Tel Aviv has just parked in the car park opposite my home. No, this is not a burst of super keen energy to work on our UKTI targets - this quarter as in the past we are [...]
Technology World and other wonders
It’s great to be able to travel to the UK and equally great to arrive back home in Israel. It was especially great to be able to travel to attend Technology World 09. What a super event and with £10 million worth of business already confirmed a terrific success. Since I had absolutely nothing to [...]
IsraelByte 1
History in the making. As I drove to Ben Gurion Airport to meet the arrival of the first ever easyJet flight to Israel I could not help but remember that when I arrived in Israel over 40 years ago, the exit tax to leave was higher than the cheapest return ticket today.
The UKTI Tel Aviv team, in [...]