International Business Meanderings

I am getting lots of contact these days from Offshore development companies - mostly from China and India - who want “business partnerships” to enter European markets.
Fair enough, that’s what I do.

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northen Ireland is a great place to do business in, certainly the finest in western Europe. But when, as a citizen of that great world and sea-faring country you need your passport renewed, it costs you 176 Euros! That is an amazing amount of money to pay to […]

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This is not a new discussion, but I am faced with this question. Can a real world presence help your online sales. When the item you are selling is aimed at “real people”, not gadget heads like me.
Does it help to see the product on a shelf, to get people to buy? In a strange […]

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It’s always an exciting moment when the work we’ve been doing for a client starts to pay off. It’s a special day.
The trouble with doing international business via internet is that you can’t say to your client… I’m taking you out to lunch, or turn up with a cold bottle of Champagne.
Today is a big […]

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