By Edward Hardy
On 11 October 2016, World First held its first inaugural Think Global event aimed at burgeoning exporters and SMEs looking to grow business overseas.
The majority (59 percent) of British retail decision-makers consider the US to be the most important retail e-commerce market, despite the fact that less than half (44 per cent) of UK retailers currently sell to the US.
This week, as the pound has rocketed even lower, we experienced a strange side-effect of Brexit that I don’t think anybody predicted back in June Marmite has become slightly more difficult to get hold of.
In September, we ve had a new £5 launch, IPOs and investment funds opening, and claims British entrepreneurs are too fat and lazy to export. With all of that to digest, American Express” Alan Gillies offered his thoughts on the condition of the UK business market for our new series.
By Toby Hannon
That fear of the unknown has left many business leaders feeling rattled as they start to encounter the ripple effect of the UK’s vote to leave the EU. Between stock market turmoil and the potential for other EU countries to follow suit, businesses are left on the sidelines wondering what the next move should be.
The vote of the UK to leave the EU seemed to take everyone by surprise, not least the foreign exchange markets. In the immediate aftermath of the vote, sterling fell by up to 13 per cent against the US dollar and up to 11 per cent against the euro.
News that Cambridge technology darling ARM is being bought by a Japanese corporate for somewhere around £25bn leaves us with precious few businesses which have the potential to bully the likes of Apple, Amazon and Alphabet.
By Alex Edwards
Currency volatility is hitting the headlines at the moment – with a strengthening dollar and the threat of Brexit looming, businesses in the UK face serious currency risk.
By David Craik
British SMEs say the volatility of global currencies has become the main hurdle in ramping up international trade.
Greece’s economic instability is a topic that has been teetering along the edges of our consciousness ever since the financial crisis. But beyond the attention grabbing headlines, what does Greece’s disastrous economic state mean for you and more significantly your business
