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Overcoming Logistics Challenges in International Projects
International industrial projects promise opportunity, but also bring complications. For project leaders, engineers and logistics professionals, the question isn’t whether challenges will arise, but how they’ll be managed. From variable infrastructure to customs compliance, successful delivery across borders requires foresight, flexibility and the right partners.
Switzerland: providing services and travelling for business
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to Switzerland.
UK lands trade deal with South Korea to boost jobs and exports
UK lands momentous trade deal with South Korea to boost jobs and exports
New laws bring the world of work into the 21st century
Over 15 million people across the UK are expected to benefit as the Employment Rights Act receives Royal Assent.
Brilliant Borders: Kenya's Customs goes digital
A new app will save time and money for big businesses and small traders alike, as a longstanding Kenya-UK partnership further improves cross-border trade.
Emerging-market currency turmoil
Apparently triggered by the US Federal Bank's reduction in quantitive easing, this week turmoil has struck the global money markets
with some of the major emerging economies being particularly badly hit. Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa and India are approaching the challenge in different ways, with the Turkish government for instance, more than doubling a key rate to 10%
The message for traders? Be cautious for the moment but opportunities are likely to arise for the fleet-of-foot soon enough once the dust beings to settle.