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Being in
business is never the easy option and if the media
were to be believed our only option would be to
all turn our backs and effectively shut down UK
PLC.
There has been too much talk of credit
crunch and recession and we would do well to
remember that if you tell an individual often
enough they are doing badly they will begin to
believe it, it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
Countries are no different. Every day
brings its own challenges. Now is not
the time to withdraw, clamp down on marketing, or
stop looking for new business. Now is the
time to market our businesses ever more widely,
look for new markets, diversify and always
innovate, and most importantly claim column inches
back in the press which will buck the doom and
gloom trend they are determined to force upon
us.
We’re
not so naïve to think that some businesses are not
having a difficult time, but let’s be realistic
about this, at some point, somewhere a business
will be having a difficult time, it may even fold,
but it is as likely to be for a plethora of other
reasons rather than due to a dramatic global
meltdown.
So
resisting the temptation to fall in line with
recession fever we should 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. Challenges
there may be, but that’s the nature of
business.
The Midlands World Trade Forum is
there to offer you mentoring and support to assist
your international trade activities so don’t
hesitate to contact us if you think we can be of
assistance.
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Royal Bank of
Scotland
David Houghton,
Regional Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland,
talks about the increasing trade between UK
and India and how RBS can help
simplify the trade process.
To
read the full article please click
here |
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Find new business partners at
EEN
brokerage
events
Brokerage events
are one of the ways in which the Enterprise
Europe Network can help companies
to internationalise their
businesses.
To
find out more information please read
further
and
for a full list of brokerage
events
click
here |
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BOX
Telematics
Midlands World
Trade Forum member
BOX Telematics are
launching their new
“BOX-tracker“
product for the fleet and asset
tracking industry.
Read about this
West Midlands success story by clicking
here |
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Regional Languages
Network
A recent survey
proved that export sales increased by 44.5% for
companies with a language strategy. Why not
kickstart your languages strategy by carrying
out an in-house audit of language
capabilities?
For
further information please click
here |
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Buzan In
Birmingham
Would you like to improve
your speed reading and memory techniques? Then why
not take the opportunity to attend an evening
with Tony Buzan, the originator of Mind Maps,
who will be in Birmingham on Thursday 6
November.
For
full details of this event, which is free to
attend, please click
here |
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Forthcoming
Seminars &
Visits
Information on
forthcoming Seminars & Overseas Market
Visits
(Including a
Breakfast Seminar on Turkey, and visits to
Latvia, India and Hong Kong)
To view the regional
events diary please click
here |
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New
Members This
Quarter
We have 31 new members who
have joined the Midlands World Trade Forum this
quarter (July-September)
Please
click here to
view the list of
companies
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