by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Dec 8, 2020 | Doing business, Trade Shows
Taking part of a group trade mission to a foreign market has many benefits, such as getting to know other exporters back home, learning from each other’s experiences, and usually being able to split the bill and reduce costs. We recently wrote about organising trade...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Dec 7, 2020 | Doing business, General
Last month, we wrote about virtual trade missions for those in charge of organising them at embassies, trade promotion bodies, associations and other kind of organisations. We promised we’d also write a post for SMEs who participate in those missions to Latin America,...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Nov 29, 2020 | Doing business, General
We started off this year with the intent to share with our blog and newsletter readers one stat-based article a month. We began with the Prosperity Index and Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index – and we even wrote about why and how to use...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Nov 29, 2020 | Doing business, General, Trade Shows
I’m not sure about you, but I’m starting to come to terms with the idea that we will not be able to travel internationally much next year, at least for the first six months. That means that we are very likely to see the number of virtual trade missions grow and,...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Oct 13, 2020 | Doing business, General
Guest post by Ioanna Orfanidi, Customs Broker at Chamber International Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have reminded the UK how much it relies on other countries for supplies and for export sales. The European Single Market and Customs Union, together with the...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 27, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Doing business
We get asked often about the pandemic situation in Latin America and how it’s affecting business. It’s tough, we know. But there are some opportunities. Rather than looking at specific countries or sectors, another way of identifying current (and future) opportunities...
