Mainland China and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
As an Asian business hub, a tax efficient city, and one of the freest economies in the world, Hong Kong (HK) is internationally renowned for being an ideal business city. Like all economies, Hong Kong would have been hard hit by the global economic crisis. However, lessons learnt from the previous financial crisis and closer collaboration with Mainland China have helped to lessen the impact of the recession.
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Mainland China and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
I am so proud to anounce the new Trend Blog by my collegue Aileen Brindle. Read what she does and follow her blog: For way too many years to mention my colleague Helen Lockie and I have been lucky enough to work with craftspeople all over the world. This has been in the role of designers, buyers, product managers, trainers and mentors for different international development organisations, fair trade companies, mainstream importers and retailers.
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trends — unpicked Design Blog by Aileen Brindle
Shipping companies are unique in the sense that they are only called upon when we have a delivery of a particular nature to make. The moment our shipment is too big for our local post office to handle we are faced with finding the right freight provider to help us with our delivery.
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Shipping Companies and Their International Cargo Services
New Zealand’s biotech industry is flourishing and the government is dedicated to speeding up the development of this knowledge based industry. The opportunities for investors will continue to grow as a result of the government taking a series of positive steps to promote the growth. It has established a US$40 m venture investment fund specifically for the development of bio-tech sectors.
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Biotechnology Investment Opportunities in New Zealand
Whether you’re a manufacturer or a retailer, if you operate within the UK then it is important you pay close attention to what information you put on your product’s labels and packaging. If you don’t you run the risk of breaching industry regulations and consumer protection laws that won’t just damage your reputation – they could easily lead to both legal action and even prosecution.
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Making Sure Your Product’s Labels Comply With UK Law
Finding a good freight company is one of the most important elements to setting up any new import/export business. When it comes to international freight, the need for a reliable and experienced service provider is even more crucial as there is a greater chance for error when a shipment is being sent over a long distance.
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The Difference a Good Freight Company Can Make
Have you ever noticed that things just don’t get done unless you have a proper plan of attack? Keeping a hard copy of your to-do list handy will keep you on track. Just like at home, your professional to-do list should contain obtainable goals and coincide with a feasible timetable for you to check the items off the list
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The International Trade Professional’s Top 5 to Do List For 2010
Businesses from all over the country and indeed throughout the world have been in competition for property located in the heart of London. The prestige of a central London address is something coveted by many smaller firms and jealously guarded by those who already have it. Because of this fierce competition, businesses that offer property for temporary hire have found an ideal niche in the centre of the UK capital.
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Doing Business in the Heart of London
Freight forwarders are among the most important elements of the shipping industry. Without freight shipping services, businesses and individuals alike would be hard pressed to deliver their goods around the world. Commercial cargo is one of the driving factors of the global economy, and such bulk shipments are only made possible by the services of freight forwarders.
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Freight Forwarders and the Shipping Industry
International shipping has become very much common in today’s time. Overseas shipping of goods from one place to another has become the gist for today principally from one country to another. This is the reason why international freight shipping company is regarded as an improved option.
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International Freight – One of the Effective International Services
Throughout history, international trade has led to the creation of arbitration machinery and legal frameworks. In looking to the future of arbitration, one similarly has to look at the current and future needs of international business practice to consider what future developments will occur in the field of international commercial arbitration.
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Where Has International Commercial Arbitration Come From?
The city of Napier is a port city located in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand with a population of 58,100 according to 2009 estimates. The population of its “twin city” Napier Hastings, an urban area, is 122,600 which makes it the fifth largest urban area in New Zealand.
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Napier’s Upcoming Developments Make it a Favorable Investment Destination
In Mauritius, the residence and work permit has been grouped under one name: the Occupational Permit or Work Permit. There are three categories of expatriates who are eligible for a work permit in Mauritius: investors, employees and independent contract employees. Anyone who acknowledges in one of these categories, an expatriate can then apply for a permit to work and live in Mauritius
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Living, Working and Investing in Mauritius
Biotechnology is considered to be a quickly emerging and far-reaching technology. It’s a branch of science that may play a major role in the development and growth of India. Biotechnology refers to any technological application that uses biological systems and forms in a governable manner, to not only produce new and useful processes or products but also modify the existing ones.
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Biotechnology – Fast Emerging Sector of India
There are many successful business models for identifying and successfully acquiring another company. Research says that many fail, according to the Financial Times. The success of the integration is usually in direct proportion to the effort expended by senior management when it comes to managing the integration.
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A Case Study of the Successful Integration of an Overseas Acquisition
As more and more countries join the new global economy, the Unites States will be forced to go through some very bumpy growing pains in order to play catch up. Quite simply, our employees here make the highest salaries in the world while American manufacturers have spent years moving operations to Mexico or overseas
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The Biggest Disrupters Affecting Business Today – Part 2
Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFO Canada) was founded in 1980 by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) following a decision of the Canadian government to establish an office “to assist developing countries to export to the Canadian market.” More than 25 years later, TFO Canada , operating as a not-for-profit corporation, has become the primary provider of information on and linkages to the Canadian import market and a source of training for exporting and for investment attraction for developing and transition economy countries.
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it’s not only Europe: TFO – Canada
Everyone knows how important a user or instruction manual is for their product and for those selling their goods overseas they know it’s important to have the content of these translated into the correct language/s. But what many don’t realise is that it’s not as easy as simply translating the English version into another language via an online tool, for example.
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Why You Need Technical Translation Services
Export import business yields better profit than any other business because you naturally tend to import products from one country at a lower cost and export it to another country with high profit. Besides this, there are various other benefits too in trading.
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Are You Fed Up of Working For Others? Start Your Own Export Import Business
Situated off the coast of mainland China, this tiny island formerly known as Formosa (which means “beautiful island”) has endured quite a history in terms of economic growth. Once an acquisition of Japan, Taiwan is property of the Republic of China yet enjoys a booming and influential capitalist economy that had grown annually since its post-World War II transformation into one of the four “Asian Tigers” of global trade.
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Taiwan – A Rising Asian Tiger in Global Trade