Go Global

SMEs and start-ups are facing some serious challenges as they begin to go international far earlier in their development than ever before.

Expanding your business overseas is much simpler than many SME owners realise, Matt Barker of top tech company mpb.com shares his insights.

Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency, and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) are taking nine of the most promising UK space companies to the United States on a new trade mission.

Six finalists to join Enterprise Nation’s Go Global mission to China in September

A subsidised trade mission to China, aimed at helping Britain’s smallest firms find firm trade links with the Far East, has been announced.

Cambridge, London and Singapore based fashion technology company Metail has announced a contract with the largest e-commerce business in Brazil – Dafiti – and has now set its sights on the fashion e-commerce market in Asia.

The negative effects of fair-trade labelling can be tackled, according to new research from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

Years ago, before the development of digital technology, businesses were much more restricted in who they could employ, usually picking from a small pool of talent that lived within commutable distance of their premises.

Launching an SME into a new territory is no mean undertaking. There are language and custom barriers to overcome and that is after you decide on which country to actually choose to expand into. 

‘Two great nations divided by a common language’ is an aptly appropriate phrase to highlight how the American use of English can differ dramatically from our own. But language is not the only variance between the UK and the USA, there are also significant differences in our cultures, customs, attitudes, opinions, and even our senses of humour.