UK Trade & Investment
Summary
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets, and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice .UKTI was formed in May 1999 as British Trade International, comprising two parts: Trade Partners UK (for export) and Invest UK (for inward investment - FDI). In October 2003, the former department name and two inner departments merged and became UK Trade & Investment to simplify the outward recognition of the organisation, and possibly to reduce confusion with the two departments. UKTI reports jointly to the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.To support its aim to "enhance the competitiveness of companies in Britain through overseas trade and investments; and attract a continuing high level of quality foreign direct investment".UK Trade & Investment offers services to British based firms wanting to gain access to global markets through export, and foreign based firms wanting to use Britain as a base to expand globally.UK Trade & Investment is an international organisation with headquarters in London and Glasgow.
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5 reasons why live video news will never be the same
With the advent of streaming, live video news is cheap and ubiquitous but no one is sure what to do with it. Established TV companies like ABC must decide how the era of internet streams meshes with their traditional broadcasting model. Meanwhile, upstarts like the Huffington Post are cranking out reams of video streams without an obvious way to pay for it.
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Eventia offer to assist Government Procurement Service
Eventia is to offer to assist the Government Procurement Service (GPS), following queries from agencies, in scoping the future development of the public sector event marketplace. This follows the disclosure that GPS are no longer intending to include events in the Creative and Delivery Services framework that is due to be posted in OJEU next week.
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Lidstone & Maher to fly flag for UK adland in China
Russ Lidstone, CEO, Euro RSCG London and Stephen Maher, CEO, MBA will be participating in the UKTI Multi-Sector Trade Mission to China on behalf of the IPA and their agencies to promote the UK to Chinese brand owners seeking to internationalise their brands. The Mission is being led by Lord Green Minister of State for Trade & Investment and takes place next week (28th May-1st June).
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SXSW Day 5: BRINGING IT TOGETHER
The final day featured a UKTI and Chinwag networking event – The Great British Breakfast including Heinz Baked Beans and specially imported Yorkshire Tea as an incentive for everyone to get up early !.
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SXSW Day 1: Cool, hectic, unsettling, inspiring, scary, social….all at once !
Avoid FOMO (fear of missing out) – I was warned about this in all the briefings but had not understood the relevance until we were thrown into South By (as it is known ) after the briefing when you realize the enormity of the conference – 14 venues across the city attended by 20k people – as per the title of the blog – it was immediately cool, hectic, unsettling, inspiring, scary….
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SXSW Day 3: Sun – What a difference a Ray makes
Started the early day in a Austin Café filled with runners, chilling and delegates mixing – coffee, pancakes, emails and Twitter.
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SXSW Day 4: Mon: Biz Stone, Al Gore, Sean Parker and Jay Z !!!!
The day kicked off with more sunshine and UKTI sponsored roundtables attended by Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Pepsi and Discovery – we each had 45 minutes with top 2 choices – I met with Pepsi and Twitter.
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UK events body submits subvention and bid support recommendations to government
After industry consultation, following the publication last October of the report on ‘UK Subvention Policy and Bid Support Practices for International Conferences’, the UK’s Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) has put together a series of recommendations for consideration by John Penrose, MP, minister for tourism and other government and industry departments.
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BVEP recommends VAT cuts and events visas to attract international congresses
Recommendations to government include introducing special event visas for delegates and reducing VAT for organisers.
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Subvention and bid support recommendations sent to Minister
The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) has put together a series of recommendations for consideration by John Penrose, MP, Minister for Tourism, and by other government and industry departments.
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