Demonstrating children’s colouring products at a gift show in Japan brought back memories of my childhood.  This may sound a strange activity for us to engage in, but this is just one very practical way we can support UK companies expand into overseas markets. 
I was able to help promote products by UK companies at the [...]

I closed International Trade Week 2011 in the North East recently with a speech about the UK’s successes - and James Averdieck of GU Puddings was our guest speaker .
 
It was great to meet James - an ex-Durham University student, with great affinity for the North East. He has grown GU to a £40M p.a. [...]

Being a Scot I love to see the underdog win - to watch the outsider triumph against the odds - something that regrettably our football team has not done for some time!! This is why it was so great to see the brand new Brawn GP F1 team win both the Constructors and Drivers Championships [...]

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 connection for Spain which is where some of the ICT team are this week. I [...]

I have just returned from a two day tour of Lancashire, an area which I’m afraid I visit all too infrequently, despite having an aunt living in Blackpool.  Now when you think of Lancashire what do you imagine?  Is it the iconic 518ft Blackpool Tower?   Is it the wonderful countryside in the Ribble Valley or [...]