by Gabriela | Sep 29, 2012 | Doing business, Mercosur
As an economist, bureaucracy in Latin America fascinates me. Its causes and its consequences are so intertwined in our cultural and historical web that it has taken me years of living away from the continent to actually understand our own bureaucracy better. As a...
by Gabriela | Jun 27, 2012 | Chile, Colombia, Doing business
A year ago we blogged about the potential for luxury British consumer brands in Latin America (click here). Since then, the market has kept growing and attracting attention from businesses and analysts. I was recently contacted by a market research agency launching a...
by Gabriela | May 14, 2012 | Doing business, General
As you might already know, we recently visited Argentina and Uruguay. Both countries have a long history of affinity to the UK. After all, it was the Brits who brought the trains, utilities and football to both River Plate countries. English schools proliferate across...
by Gabriela | Jan 21, 2012 | Doing business, General
Empresas “multilatinas” – or Latin American multinationals Latin American businesses are benefiting from the economic growth of the region and thinking globally, some for the first time. While exporting to neighbouring countries (for example from Mexico to...
by Gabriela | Jan 12, 2012 | Doing business, General
We are delighted to welcome John Pearce from Plié to our blog. John will tell us more about importing from Brazil and the challenges of doing business in this country. Tell us about Plié… The Plié brand was created from scratch by the Highstil Corporation in...
by Gabriela | Nov 18, 2011 | Doing business, General
UKTI has recently reported that “there are almost 300 million people in Latin America that can be considered “middle class”, more than in China and India combined” (1) Are you shocked? “That’s a lot of people I am not reaching” told me a businessman when I shared the...
