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posted on Saturday, 25 Sep 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

UK regions will soon have to turn to their European, North American and Australasian cousins for examples of what can be achieved with much less government funding – no problem, many good and effective examples exist.

But why?  What’s happening?

The UK …

posted on Wednesday, 8 Sep 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

GDP Global Team is attending WIF 6-9 September  in Xiamen

http://www.unctad-worldinvestmentforum.org/

And ….
GDP Global Team is available at CIFIT 8-11 September in Xiamen

http://www.chinafair.org.cn/english/index/index.aspx

posted on Wednesday, 11 Aug 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

Want some up to date facts about Social Media? This video and its related references will perhaps provide what you need.

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posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

The United Kingdom has pulled ahead of both the United States and France as an affordable jurisdiction to conduct business, according to KPMG’s Competitive Alternatives 2010 study, which compares business costs in 10 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Mexico retained its number one ranking from the last …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Mike Gourlay Comments Off

Greater Manchester inward investment agency MIDAS has launched a business club in New York to attract investment into the city region. The New York branch of the Manchester Business Club is the third in the series. The launch event …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

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 …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Paul Whiteway Comments Off

Batt O’Keefe, Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Innovation, is to meet with multinationals operating in Ireland after Pfizer yesterday announced devastating job cuts which saw over 700 jobs being slashed across the country. The pharmaceutical giant is to …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

Invest NI has said it fears it could miss out on opportunities for inward investment because of public spending cuts. The agency is bracing itself for reductions in its budget over the next few years. There are already …

posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna Comments Off

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 …

posted on Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010 by Christina Knutsson Comments Off

Informal survey among 20 IPA professionals at MIPIM – Do you get good leads here? Everyone replied, the networking and contact making is astonishing and essential, but where are the investors …? Hijacked by the Russians some say…? MIPIM tweet.