One of the biggest headaches that surround businesses these days is making sure that they comply with local and global manufacturing regulatory laws of trade. Many businesses see regulatory compliance as a big hurdle that hampers their expansion but we have to appreciate that regulatory compliance in business is keeping both the businesses and the […]
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One of the Relationship Managers in our UK office came across a clever bit of global marketing from the people at AT&T.
US Consumers actually voted the campaign as “America’s Favorite Magazine Ad” in a contest sponsored by Magazine Publishers of America back in 2009. In the “Hands” campaign, created by BBDO, human hands are intricately […]
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Research published at the end of 2010 shows that Welsh companies could increase their export sales by almost 50 percent if they employed staff with better language skills.
This has lead to Welsh businesses and language experts to call for more to be done to get young people learning foreign languages. These statistics show the enormous […]
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Nestle has announced that it will open a research and development centre in India as part of a wider plan to harness the growing economy and young population of the country. This move reveals the current trend within larger Western companies to focus on India as a gateway to the emerging economies of the East.
Although […]
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With the advancement of video-calling in the last few years, including this year’s introduction of Apple’s FaceTime for the iPhone, we examine the benefits (and shortfalls) of both Tele- and Video-calling in the business world.
The first issue that often affronts the use of video-conferencing is ‘familiarity’ and how this relates to price. ‘Video-conferencing’ can be […]
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The 31 August edition of Info Age made note of an impending acquisition of a South African IT “cloud computing” company by a Japanese Telcom. It just so happens that the Telcom (NTT) is Asia’s largest. The South African company is Dimension Data and also provides Cisco products to its market. On the surface, the […]
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The allure of the Chinese market is prompting western companies and business locations to have their names translated into Chinese. It is a ticklish task, since Mandarin characters can have both phonetic and descriptive meanings.
Guernsey has lately taken the plunge, registering a Chinese name whose characters imply that it is a “finance island”. According to […]
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The New York Times covers a fascinating story on how Japanese companies are outsourcing calls centres abroad in order to save costs. However, the companies used have no other choice other than to hire Japanese staff in order to deal with the clients at the end of the phone. Why? Because they cannot do without […]
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Everyday items such as T-shirts, socks and jeans, in the jargon of the garment industry—are not normally considered the most exciting part of the business. But they are found in almost every wardrobe. Uniqlo, a successful Japanese firm with big ambitions, has transformed them into a goldmine. Having conquered Japan, it is now taking on […]
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