Exporting

Temporary suspension of cargo operations due to airspace closure
March/April/May 2026
Qatar Airways Cargo scheduled flight operations remain temporarily suspended due to the closure of Qatari airspace. Qatar Airways Cargo will resume operations once the Qatar
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Exporting Budget Blues
December/January/February 2026
You may have been disappointed with the recent budget by its lack of ambition for the growth in the UK economy leaving you with concerns
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Exporting 101: Back to basics
September/October/November 2025
All too often in my years of exporting, I’ve found that businesses resistant to the idea see it as far more complicated than it really
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Britain’s Trade Tango
June/July/August 2025
The UK’s trade landscape is undergoing significant changes with trade realignments and geopolitical shifts. Three key agreements, with the EU, India, and the US, are
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The only certainty is uncertainty
April/May 2025
It will come as no surprise to anyone when I state that we live in turbulent times, and that the intersection of politics and international
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Playing a trump card
February/March 2025
The global political discourse over the last few months has been heavily shaped by the impending re-accession to the Presidency by Donald Trump. Now that
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New scheme launched by Government to help small businesses to export
December/January 2025
Every new Government wants to show that they are doing ‘something’, and the current Labour administration is no different. The perennial question is what? It
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The law of unintended/intended consequences
October/November 2024
New car sir? Sorry, we can’t sell you the one you want. Do you want an electric vehicle instead? Possibly you were still living under
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The times they are a changing…
August/September 2024
Bob Dylan’s prescient lyrics from 60 years ago fit well with the changing order following the recent election. On the national level the fog of
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Exporting in uncertain times
June/July 2024
We have an election! However – most people have been caught off guard by the timing, everyone was expecting it to be in the second
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Lone Star exporting shines brightly for the UK
April/May 2024
Greg Abbott visited London in March to sign an agreement with the British government. The significance of this event seems to have passed most people
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What’s the beef – with the beef?
February/March 2024
The recent suspension of Free Trade Agreement negotiations between the UK and Canada has caused some surprise and consternation. The “pause”, initiated by the UK,
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