How to trade with Saudi Arabia: Customs tips Economic diversification increases Many of the countries in the Middle East are energy exporters with “fiscal cushions” that remain robust even when energy prices fluctuate. However, the countries are aware that natural oil...
Freight forwarding market continues to grow
Consultants Mike King and Cathy Roberson conducted a survey for the new APAC Forwarding Index, indicating that airfreight volumes on major East-West trade lanes, are expected to continue to grow in the coming months, with only nine percent of respondents expecting...
Ingrid Kirkby joins IFS
Ingrid brings with her many years of valuable industry knowledge and experience having worked for Courier Logistics as the customer services manager for the last 11 years and prior to that with TNT for 6 years, “There are many aspects to International shipping which...
International Trade Outlook for 1st Quarter 2017
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in partnership with DHL, has launched its Quarterly International Trade Outlook (QITO) for Q1 – January to March – 2017. The QITO report is designed to give an insight into the confidence of British businesses that are trading...
More than 1.5 million UK small businesses now export worldwide
Research from international payments platform, WorldFirst, has revealed that more than 1.5 million of the UK’s small businesses are now involved in worldwide trading. Their estimates suggest the combined value of UK exporting now stands at £78 billion every month,...
Spring Budget 2017: Key Points for British SMEs and exporters
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, presented the latest Budget to Parliament on 8 March: a review of the UK’s finances and economic forecasts. Here is an overview of the key points of the Budget 2017: UK economic growth In 2016 the British economy grew...
Exporting is Great News for Britain
Check out our latest news article on The British government’s new international trade initiative.