Our MD, Kiley Tan, is conducting a survey of Yorkshire based manufacturers as part of his MBA at The University of Sheffield titled titled ‘Net Zero Preparedness of Yorkshire Manufacturing SME’ Climate change is the biggest challenge of our lifetime According to scientists at the Intergovernmental
Can the UK have a trade deal with one of the largest economies in the world?
I am often asked ‘Why Southeast Asia?’ and I have written many articles and blogs about this. But, this time, I just want to illustrate the ‘why’ with some interesting charts/graphs. Statista (2020) https://www.statista.com/chart/22256/biggest-economies-in-the-world-timeline/ If the above
Life after Brexit? Yes, in the CPTPP
After the referendum vote to leave the EU in 2016 was cast, a new word was coined into our vocabulary, ‘Brexit.’ And although it wasn’t until January 2020 that the UK officially left the EU, our government is now ready to join a club that has around 500 million people in it, has a combined GDP of
How will the net zero initiative affect the global supply chain?
By the time you read this, we will have seen the headlines generated from the recent COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow. It is safe to say that climate change is going to be the challenge of the next few generations. The UK is playing its part and has done a great deal to reduce its output of
Supplier auditing in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia offers many trading advantages for UK businesses. It has an already well established trading route with the UK, as well as a strong willingness to do business. It’s also a growing market with low labour costs, highly skilled workforce, and a diverse range of suppliers. For UK
Is there life after Brexit for UK importers?
After leaving the EU, an increasing number of UK businesses are discovering that the world really is their oyster as exports to, and imports from non-EU countries continue to rise. One reason for this is the new and largely unprecedented customs red tape and mountains of paperwork that has
Brexit – can we have our cake and eat it?
As local businesses struggle to maintain some sort of normality through the current pandemic, those that have any dealings with the EU, and that’s most of us, are now facing a new dilemma. There’s red tape, and lots of it. From customs systems to data protection, the ‘oven ready’ withdrawal
Brexit – what happens next?
In April 2016, the UK government spent £9.3m on producing a 14-page booklet delivered to 27m households, extolling the virtues of this country’s membership of the EU. This was in preparation for the June referendum on whether we should stay in the EU or leave. We all know the result. 51.9% of the