The importance of global trade to the UK’s economic recovery

By |2020-07-21T17:32:40+00:00July 21st, 2020|Newsroom|

The UK economy, like the economies of most developed countries around the world, has been significantly damaged by the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the economy is “in the doldrums”, having contracted by 24.5% since February 2020.   There are reasons to be optimistic, though. For one, the ONS’ latest [...]

Technology has democratised eCommerce so sole traders can take on multinationals

By |2020-07-09T08:36:28+00:00July 9th, 2020|In News, Newsroom|

There was a time when international sales were only reserved for large corporations; it was only they that could overcome the prohibitive transport, regulatory, and marketing costs to sell cross-border.   Over the course of the 20th Century, economic globalisation saw the largest consumer companies (Coca-Cola, Nike, and so forth) become ubiquitous across every continent [...]

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