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Trade Horizons’ Market Entry Blog
Our market entry blog covers a range of topics relating to international business expansion. Articles tackle many different subjects, including the initial planning and preparation stages of growing your business, advances in technology you can take advantage of, through to sales & marketing, packaging and branding advice. Written by leading experts in their field, you’ll be sure to find something of interest and real-world practical advice if you are looking to grow your business around the world.
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June #1 Update: East of England FDI, UK impact startups, UAE Corporate Tax, 10k Scottish jobs, UK Israel NHS tech partnership
The UK attracted the second highest numbers of projects in Europe at 993 and Germany fell further behind. London was the most attractive city for FDI projects attracting 40% of total FDI into the UK including mergers and acquisitions, building new facilities and the purchase of an interest in a company by an overseas entity. London is the 4th city globally and 1st outside America to attract highest VC investment at $25.5bn with fintech leading the way. London gave birth to 20 unicorns (startups valued >£1bn).
Geschäftsanbahnung Vereinigtes Königreich im Bereich Elektromobilität und Autonomes Fahren
Vom 24.10. bis zum 27.10.2022 führt Trade Horizons Limited, im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), eine Geschäftsanbahnungsreise im Bereich E-Mobility & Autonomes Fahren nach Birmingham, Warwick und Coventry, UK's Zentrum der Elektromobilität, durch.
Germany-UK Business Development Trip for E-Mobility & Autonomous Driving
Trade Horizons Limited is conducting a business development trip for German SMEs in the field of e-mobility & autonomous driving to the West Midlands, the UK's centre of electromobility.
May #3 Update: UK to join CPTPP, Philippines FDI law change, Entering China, World Economic Forum Digital Initiative
The UK has completed stage 1 of negotiations to join the £8.4 trillion Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The partnership currently consists of 11 countries Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, Peru, and Vietnam. The UK will be the first new addition since the organisation was launched in 2018. It represents one of the largest and most dynamic free trade areas and constitutes 13% of global GDP. In 2020 member countries imported 8.6% of UK goods and services and the source of 6.8% of imports.
May #2 Update: Global FDI, Scotland, Bogota, Scotland in America, Japanese Mexican energy investments, UK corporate tax
A new OECD report says global FDI at $1.82trn in 2021 was 88% up on 2021 and 37% up on pre-pandemic 2020 levels. The report states the main factor as foreign owned companies not redistributing profits back to parent companies rather reinvesting in the local subsidiary. In addition, cross-border M&A was up 50% in developed countries and 25% in developing countries. The top FDI destinations were America followed by China, Canada and Brazil. America was also the greatest source of outflows. FDI inflows grew by 96% in OECD G20 economies.
May #1 Update: London FDI boom, Luxembourg gets stricter, Vietnam Q1 FDI up, Indonesia opens up, US tops FDI in Germany, Poland steams ahead
More than 18,500 tech startups incorporated London in 2021, a 94% increase on 2020. In addition, the number of new tech companies in UK increased 62% in the same year at more than 38,000. Nick Jordan, Trade Horizons CEO, said “London and the UK are increasingly attractive to overseas tech companies because of our innovation culture, ease of doing business and generous support schemes to encourage accelerated, sustainable growth for new companies. The Government’s various support schemes for new technologies in crypto and sustainability areas is making the UK a very hot place right now for tech startups and scaleups.”