Those of you receiving ePT-the Electronic Newsletter of Pharmaceutical Technology, will have read today the article “Merck Announces Major Restructuring Plan”. This is another example of the corporate news statement that defines the industry’s current direction.
Merck is always on …
The Greek prime minister George Papandreou met senior executives of Cosco, China’s state-controlled shipping and ports group, last week in an effort to persuade them to participate in a scheme to build a €200m logistics centre near Athens.
The Chinese group took control last October under a 35-year concession agreement of …
The UK’s conservative/liberal democrat government, which has now been in place for just over two weeks, will announce today the first measures to sort out the country’s huge public sector deficit.
Finance minister George Osborne has already confirmed what …
Recently a promotion agency client from a top global city asked: “what should we do next?” I took a look. Well, the new city logo looks great, but it didn’t project anything new or compelling. Furthermore, the overriding “messages” were the same as before.
The key questions asked to me were …
I’ve been working with clients this month, three of which are involved in the awesome “strategic planning” process. It’s interesting to see how each is going about it, and where they’re coming from so to speak. So if you are responsible for this kind of high level inputs here are …
As I write (well this could be out of date tomorrow..) all major international foreign direct investors that you may be interested in attracting obviously have other things on their minds. Companies with hitherto aggressive international ambitions will be as active as the banking sector in trying to …
{mosimage}As I write it’s time for you to make things happen in your agency, in your region. Whilst banks and businesses are asking “What is our immediate cash position? Are we too highly leveraged for comfort ?” you should be asking yourselves
“Is our location investment proposition
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{mosimage}Recently, and following on from our increasingly popular Economic Diplomacy programme, we produced a guide for investment promotion through embassies, consulates and high commissions. Why? Because increasingly commercial counsellors and senior diplomatic staff, including ambassadors, are being required to take a more active role in promoting investment and trade opportunities.
The …