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Big profits could be unearthed in Chile
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Chile is an excellent market for UK and Irish businesses
Chile is a country that has featured prominently in the news over the last few months, firstly due to the earthquake and secondly for the amazing good news story of the rescue of the 33 miners. These events and the subsequent visit of Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera to London have dramatically raised the profile of a country that until now has been relatively overlooked in terms of UK and Irish businesses interested in expanding overseas.
I have had the good fortune to work extensively with the Chilean market and to have travelled there frequently for business. I have worked in 55 different world markets and Chile certainly rates in my top 5 favourite places to do business. I first travelled out to Chile in 1998, working for a Northern Irish company who had ambitious growth plans for Latin America. I had at this stage already been working overseas throughout Europe and South Africa, but for me Latin America was something really exotic and I didn’t quite know what to expect. I think I expected llamas and panpipes but what I got was the modern capital city Santiago which would not look out of place somewhere in Spain or Italy. There is a distinctly European feel to the cities in Chile, both in how they look and how business is conducted there – much of the population is made up of immigrants from Europe.
Export success in Denmark for local kitchen company
Posted by: | CommentsHandel Export client CKOS Kitchens has recently won significant new business and has just appointed 5 new wholesalers in the Danish market to sell their wide range of kitchens. CKOS Kitchens, established just over a year ago, specialises in bespoke kitchens to the wholesale market. Their main customer base is on the UK mainland where they have already secured over 100 wholesalers in their first year of trading.
Architectural & Engineering Service – Export Marketing Breakfast Seminar
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Markets in Central Europe
Suzanne Hill Managing Director of Handel Export Consulting will be speaking at an Invest NI event to encourage companies in the Architectural and Engineering Services industry to look at generating new business in export markets. The event will take place on Thursday 26th November at Invest NI Headquarters in Bedford Square, Belfast.
The current economic downturn has had a significant impact on the local market for many Service Subsectors including Architectural and Engineering Services. Invest NI aims to strengthen the economy by helping businesses to develop and increase their sales in export markets. Over recent years the Services Sector has become an increasingly important part of the Northern Ireland economy and Invest NI is committed to providing the appropriate support for those service businesses that have the potential to trade in export markets.
Take advantage of construction sector opportunities in Poland
Posted by: | CommentsThe Northern Ireland Chamber of Commercewith partners Handel Export Consulting is running an initiative to encourage local companies in the construction sector to consider business opportunities in Poland. The initiative is funded by Invest NI The initiative is designed to give companies fast-track access to business contacts and opportunities in the Polish market and includes a market visit which will take place from the 26th – 30th October 2009. The initiative provides an excellent opportunity for companies to meet with potential customers and decision makers in their individual product or service sector. Poland is the only market in the EU which has not gone into recession and still maintains a rate of 1% growth.
Handel Export launches trade visit to Poland in October 2009
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- Map of Poland
This week Handel Export is officially launching a new trade development programme to Poland in cooperation with our partners, the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Invest NI. The purpose of the project is to enable Northern Irish companies to gain fast-track access to contacts and business opportunities in the Polish market and to build trading relationships with their Polish counterparts. The Trade development Programme encompasses a market visit to Warsaw which will take place from the 26th – 30th October 2009.
This project will be the 7th such venture that Handel Export and the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce have carried out to Poland in the last several years. Numerous Northern Irish companies have participated, this has facilitated trading relations with Polish partners. Many Northern Ireland companies have established offices in Poland, sourced Polish suppliers, established distribution networks for their products and services and established strategic alliances with Polish partners.
