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Tag: UK Trade & Investment

  • Wednesday, May 9th 2018 - 07:16 UTC

    UK appoints Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean

    “With the IMF predicting that 90% of growth will come from outside the EU, we need to look at where the emerging markets are”, said Dr. Liam Fox.

    The United Kingdom's International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, named a new Trade Commissioner to champion British trade with Latin America and the Caribbean, as the UK prepares for future trade agreements with countries around the world.

  • Monday, October 20th 2014 - 22:17 UTC

    UK businesses export support plan represented £49.1 billion to the economy

    Trade Minister Lord Livingston said that over the last 4 years, UKTI has more than doubled the number of companies it has helped.

    The number of United Kingdom businesses receiving export support has increased by 50% in the last financial year, Trade Minister Lord Livingston announced on Monday. This translates into a total of 47,960 businesses in 2013 to 2014 which exported for the first time or found new markets through its extensive network of specialists in the UK and in British embassies around the world.

  • Friday, June 24th 2011 - 11:07 UTC

    Britain says Brazil has the best science base outside the G8

    Petrobras CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli (Photo Reuters)

    The UK said that Brazil has the best science base outside the G8, and Brazil’s state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli predicted that his country will shortly become the world's largest market for deep offshore oceanic hydrocarbon exploration equipment.