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 Firstly may I start by saying a big
thank you to everyone who has made my first
quarter term as Chair, such a pleasure. For
that I thank you, but as with all such things a
honeymoon period does not last forever, and it is
important that in my role as Chair I continue to
press and bring to the fore issues that are of
real concern to you as members. This is your
network and it should always reflect your issues,
so I look forward to hearing your views of the
issues that concern you or the good news stories
you want to share.
As for what’s been hitting the
headlines over the past months, the ‘credit
crunch’ seems to be the primary focus of every
newspaper/news item. My concern isn’t
that this might be the case, but that we may be so
willing to accept it as our fate. Yes things
may be difficult, things may be tight, but being
in business is never the easy option and if we
were to have taken heed of every news report we
would have packed away our passports and carnets,
and closed down UK PLC months ago. I think
it is important that we resist the temptation to
fall in line with this theory and to continue to
do what we do best, promoting what we do within
our businesses, providing added value and quality
and letting the world know that we are well and
truly open for
business.
Certainly
the feeling of impending doom perpetuated by the
media was not to be found at our recent Brazil
& Mexico event held at Birmingham
Chamber. This was a fabulous event, which
was vibrant, informative and entertaining; where
all attendees had an opportunity to get their own
individual questions answered and still had time
for all the usual networking. I would like
to thank everyone for their participation,
delegates, speakers, and particularly Glenis
Poletti and Sunny Claire who organised the
event.
Please
continue to engage as much as you possibly can by
submitting Case Studies, good news stories,
raising points you would like to see covered, or
attending an event and if you are unsure about the
value of attending an event, get to speak to one
of the members who recently attended the Brazil
Mexico event. I promise you won’t be
disappointed by what you hear.
Best wishes for the
summer.
Deb Leary OBE
MWTF Chair
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Royal Bank of
Scotland
Long
awaited improvements to the speed of domestic
and international payments have finally arrived.
RBS explain the new legislation and the benefits
it will bring to your
business.
For
further information please click
here |
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16 day trek to Everest Base
Camp
Our
Chair, Deb Leary is due to take part in a
16-day trek to Everest Base Camp on
behalf of the
Charity
‘Child Victims of
Crime’.
If you would like to
sponsor Deb and support this worthy cause then
please follow the link below.
For further information please click
here |
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DHL Global
Forwarding
DHL
Global Forwarding are probably most well
known for managing the global
transportation and delivery of many industrial
goods and household items, but did you know DHL
have a dedicated
Aid & Relief unit based here
in the
Midlands?
For
further information please click
here |
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Fish4Dogs
A
Midlands World Trade Forum member is turning
everything on its head after it launched a new
range of dog food across
Europe
For
further information about this success story
please
click
here |
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Are your products or services of
interest to the United Nations
Agencies?
Companies are being given the
opportunity to find out more about the
opportunities of supplying the UN
at two upcoming events
For further information about
these events
please
click
here |
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Enterprise Europe
Network
Enterprise Europe is
the largest network of its kind providing
information and advice to European companies on
all EU matters. The West
Midlands' team has recently been boosted by the
arrival of Paul Meikle
as
Project Co-ordinator.
For further
information on what Enterprise Europe has to
offer please click
here
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Forthcoming Seminars &
Visits
Information
on
forthcoming Seminars &
Overseas Market Visits
(Including seminars on Credit Management
for Exporters,
The keys to Export
Success and a Visit to
Vienna plus many more)
To
view the regional events diary please click
here |
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New Members this
Quarter
We have 27 new members
who have joined the MWTF this
quarter
Please click
here to view the list of
companies |
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Tried twitter or delicious to
network?
Ever wondered
about new technologies to network with other
people and to support learning?
There is a free
event on 16th July at TIC, Millennium Point in
Birmingham, high on interaction and using low
tech and hi tech approaches to creativity and
learning. There will be
networking, some games to try out and
hopefully
few speeches!
For details/ to
register, please go to http://www.enterprise.ac.uk/events/74/ |
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