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New
Strategy Puts UK Trade & Investment at the Heart of Government
Response toGlobalisation Challenge |
JULY 21, 2006 |
UK Trade & Investment's new five-year strategy, 'Prosperity
in a Changing World', puts the organisation at the heart of
Government efforts to maximise the UK's ability to attract foreign
direct investment (FDI), win market share in the new high growth
economies, and help business internationalise in a globalised
world. more
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Best
Year Ever for Canadian Investment in the UK |
JULY 5, 2006 |
The UK Continues to be one of the World’s Most Attractive
Economies for Foreign Investors
TORONTO (July 5, 2006) – Canadian businesses continued
to choose the UK as their preferred European investment location
in 2005/2006. A record number of 75 Canadian companies expanded
their operations into the UK, up more than 10 percent over
2004/2005 and creating more than 1,900 new jobs. By project,
Canada was the fourth largest investor in the UK behind the
U.S.A., Japan, and India but ahead of Germany, France, Ireland,
and China. more
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UK-based
Captec Opens Captec Americas Inc. in the Waterloo Region |
APRIL 12, 2006 |
Captec Ltd., a UK-based designer and manufacturer of industrial
computers and communications equipment, has established its
North American headquarters, Captec Americas Inc., in Canada’s
Technology Triangle (CTT). Recognising the need for a North
American presence for continued growth, Captec opened the Kitchener
facility under the leadership of Brian Inglis, General Manager,
Captec Americas Inc. more
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Cashing
in on the iPod Generation |
MARCH 16, 2006 |
With the help of UK Trade & Investment, an Essex based company
has boosted its export business and signed a lucrative deal
to produce podcasts for a Toronto company. more
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Britain
Tops World in Foreign Investment |
JANUARY 24, 2006 |
Britain has come top of the international league table of recipients
of foreign direct investment (FDI) after an exceptional year
in which it benefited from nearly a quarter of all cross-border
business, the United Nations said yesterday.
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UK
ECONOMY |
AUGUST 2005 |
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SUMMARY
- GDP growth was 0.4% in 2005 Q2, quarter-on-quarter, and
1.7% year-on-year. New independent forecasts for 2005 average
2.1%.
- Inflation reached 2% in June and is now on target for
the first time since the adoption of the new target measure
in 2003. The MPC cut rates by 25bps on 4 August to 4.5%.
- Unemployment increased slightly to 4.8% in June, and
there was a modest fall in the employment rate from 74.8%
to 74.7%.
- For the first time since early 2001, annual house price
growth has fallen below annual earnings growth.
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Canadian
Investment in the UK Climbs |
JUNE 29, 2005 |
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Canadian businesses continued to choose the UK as their preferred
European investment location in 2004/2005. Sixty-seven new
Canadian projects were set in the UK, up 24 percent over 2003/2004.
Canada finished second only to the U.S. as a leading investor
by number of projects in the UK for the 12 months ending March
31, 2005. For 2004/2005, the UK recorded its highest ever
number of inward investment projects at 1,066, creating over
39,000 new jobs, according to figures published today by UK
Trade and Investment. more
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UK
Economy |
JUNE 20, 2005 |
- GDP growth was 0.5% in the first quarter of 2005, and
2.7% year-on-year. Independent forecasts for 2005 average
2.5%.
- Inflation increased to 1.9%, close to the Bank of England's
target rate of 2.0%.
- Unemployment remained at 4.7% with a modest fall in the
employment rate to 74.8%
- The current amount deficit improved in the fourth quarter
to stand at 1,7% of GDP. more
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Chromosome
Decoded |
MARCH 17, 2005 |
An international team led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute,
Cambridge, UK has succeeded in coming up with complete analysis
of the X chromosome. more
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UK
economy 'continuing to grow strongly |
MARCH 16, 2005 |
The UK's economy is continuing to grow strongly and the Government
is meeting its strict fiscal rules for sound public finances
the British finance minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Gordon Brown, said during his Budget speech today. more
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Red
tape slashed for business |
MARCH 16, 2005 |
Encouraging enterprise is essential if Britain is to compete
in a global environment, said Chancellor Gordon Brown in his
Budget speech. more
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The
latest quarterly economic indicators for the UK. |
MARCH 2005 |
The latest quarterly economic indicators
for the UK. more
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UK
Bids To Be Best Place For Science |
JANUARY, 2005 |
A new five-year development programme
by the United Kingdom government aims to make the UK the most
attractive place in the world for scientific research. The
Creating Wealth From Knowledge programme drawn up by the Department
of Trade & Industry makes it clear that science, innovation
and technology will be the key to the UK's future industrial
success. more
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British, Canadian healthcare firms team up to create innovative
technology |
NOVEMBER, 2004 |
Plasso Technology has developed and refined a novel chemical surface
coating technique with huge potential in the healthcare and life
science sectors. more
MONTREAL (CP) - SNC-Lavalin Inc. and British-based Serco have been
selected to build a major mass transit system in the Vancouver area.
The project will link up suburban Richmond, Vancouver International
Airport and the city's downtown. more
In a speech to the Prince of Wales Business and Environment Programme
in London on 14 September, British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned
of alarming climate change. more
The British Consulate General in Toronto hosted a reception
for Roots Canada to help launch their new line of
Team Great Britain Olympic Parade Wear. more
The UK needs to remain an agile economy to maintain
its position as global trading nation, says a new
discussion paper published today by UK Trade &
Investment. Remaining an attractive location for inward
investment is vital if the UK is to maintain its position
as a key player in the global economy into the future,
says the paper, written by James Woudhuysen, Professor
of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University,
Leicester. more
Inward investment projects coming from Canada into the UK continued
to be strong in the year 2003/2004, confirming the UK’s position
as the top investment location in Europe. Figures published today
by UK Trade & Investment show that in total the UK attracted
811 investment and expansion projects by overseas companies, including
more than 50 projects from Canada. more
IN THE United Kingdom, last year’s deregulation of the wholesale
power market lowered energy generation costs and residential electricity
prices compared with many other European energy exporting countries.
This has also required companies that only produce energy, rather
than being also energy distributors or utilities, to store less
energy that can be used simultaneously.
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Once again, the United Kingdom ranked the best place to locate
a business in Europe, according to the 2004 KPMG Competitive Alternatives
international business cost study.
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Britain's School of Art & Design at Coventry University in England
won in four categories, including first place, in the 2004 Canadian
International Auto Show World Automotive Design Competition.
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A World Bank survey of 130 countries found that the UK was in
the top 10 least regulated nations. more
THE go-ahead has been given for development of the largest oilfield
to be discovered in the UK's North Sea in the past decade. more
THE United Kingdom is blessed with the best renewable
energy resources in Europe, if not the world. Its hundreds of kilometres
of coastline, an extensive wave front to the Atlantic Ocean and
a huge wind resource put the UK in a position to exploit natural
resources to generate enough electricity to power the country three
times over. more
BT has said every community in the UK can have broadband net access
by 2005. more
UK Trade & Investment is the new single identity for the UK
Government’s business support organisation British Trade International
and its operating arms Trade Partners UK and Invest.UK. more
London has been voted Europe's best city for business by Cushman
& Wakefield Healey & Baker's European Cities Monitor 2003
- for the fourteenth consecutive year. London is awarded the first-class
ranking over 29 other European cities, including Paris, Frankfurt,
Brussels, Amsterdam and Barcelona.
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