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Quickstart Global

Quickstart Global enables Small to Medium Sized Businesses, (SME’s) and start-ups extend their in-house teams worldwide. The In-House Anywhere™ platform is used by over 40 companies and enables them to have their own teams located in various countries around the world, working for them, under their control, under their values and culture, following their own processes without the hassles and risks of going alone. read more

 

Born Global - Managing Cultural Differences

Jason Theodorou, Fresh Business Thinking Hi I'm Jason Theodorou from Fresh Business Thinking. Today I'm speaking to Neal Gandhi, the CEO of Quickstart Global, about his new book Born Global - a handbook for companies looking to succeed in expanding globally. Many companies see cultural differences as a major reason for not... read more

 

Think Global, Pay Local

The Internet has been breaking down barriers between different geographic markets for some time. However, local customs, traditions and general approaches to business still vary from country to country, and one of the most important of these is the way in which customers prefer to pay for goods and services over the internet. read more

 

Pace Plc - International Trade Awards 2008 Regional Finalist

Global digital TV technology developers Pace Plc, based in West Yorkshire, won the title of the Yorkshire and Humberside regional winner of the annual International Trade Awards. In the past year, Pace Plc has set challenging international expansion goals and objectives, rapidly doubling its customer base and increasing the number of countries to which it exports. Pace Plc continuously develops innovative technology which is now deployed by over 100 payTV operators worldwide - www.pace.com read more

 

Terex Finlay - International Trade Awards 2008 Regional Finalist

TEREX Finlay, renowned throughout the world as the market leaders in mobile crushing, screening, washing and recycling equipment, won the title of Northern Ireland regional winner of the International Trade Awards 2008. Exporting for over 50 years to 80+ countries throughout the world, TEREX Finlay is committed to continual improvement in accordance with their customer's requirements - www.terexfinlay.com read more

 

University of Glasgow - International Trade Awards 2008 Regional Finalist

The University of Glasgow won the title of Scotland regional winner of the annual International Trade Awards in recognition of the excellent track record in attracting students from around the world to the University's MSc in Management programme. Over the past three years, the university has seen the number of overseas students enrolling on the course triple thanks to the department's work in establishing partnerships with academic institutions in its core markets of China and India. - www.gla.ac.uk read more

 

Nick James of FBT Media officially launches www.internationaltrade.co.uk at The House of Lords

Following the success of www.freshbusinessthinking.com FBT Media are delighted to launch this new portal aimed at UK companies who want information or advice about trading internationally. read more

 

The HSBC International Trade Awards 2009

We speak to the London regional winners of the International Trade Awards 2009 to find out how a British company like ITRS have come to dominate an international market. read more

 

Survive And Thrive In The Crisis By Trading Internationally

This is a difficult time for British businesses. They've got two choices. You can either batten down the hatches; cut costs, cut back, focus on your core suppliers and your core buyers, and try and weather through the storm. Or you can try and look overseas and take advantage of weaker sterling, the new export market, and adapt what you do so that you're more competitive and so you can actually develop new markets. read more

 

Penn Pharmaceutical Services - International Trade Awards 2008 Regional Finalist

Penn Pharmaceutical Services, a leading Welsh company that provides a range of fully integrated and cost effective pharmaceutical development, clinical trial supply and custom manufacturing services to the international healthcare industry was the winner of the Wales category of the International Trade Awards 2008, in recognition of the company's diverse global customer base - www.pennpharm.co.uk read more