Export To EU - Press Releases

A breakthrough for an Australian print product to be exported to world-wide markets.

One of the oldest and most respected graphic design companies has joined with a leading International Marketing Consultancy to launch the Multi- Award winning Body of Work™ Photographic Collection into the Global Markets.

Sterling hit one-week lows against the dollar and euro this morning, as the pound fell to political uncertainty as Prime Minister Gordon Brown fought off an attempt within his party to unseat him.

Cheques are set to become a thing of the past by the end of October 2018, following a decision by the Payments Council.

Results for the financial year to date confirm that 14 Indian companies have set up or expanded their operations in London alone. Encouragingly the outlook for the full year suggests that the growth seen in 2008/09 will be sustained through 2009/10.

From 1 January 2010 there are three very important changes to VAT. You'll need to be fully aware of the implications of these changes; what they mean for your business, what you need to do and when.

Manchester based Copernicus Consulting, a strategic planning consultancy with a rapidly expanding international presence, is to recruit associate consultants as Business Evangelists to create new international trade opportunities for US companies in the various markets where Copernicus are represented, and to indentify potential trading partnerships within the US for international clients. "This was a natural progression for the business after our success in the UK, elsewhere in Europe and the opening of our office in China. We have already created a platform across the UK, Scandinavia, The Netherlands and Germany which has opened a network of opportunities for our clients. This first phase of expansion into Southern Europe has already created new possibilities that we have been able to generate for our clients in respect of international trade"explained Colin Fell, Group Managing Director. "Already we have had approaches from interested parties which may lead to our services being available in France, Portugal and Italy in 2nd quarter 2010, along with enquiries from government bodies in North Africa and UAE to explore how we can best assist them in developing or facilitating international growth in selective target markets. This in itself is a fantastic endorsement of the growing strength of the Copernicus brand and is fair recognition of the quality of the individual consultants carrying out the tasks and projects on behalf of our clients.

As a further step to improving the services offered to our clients Copernicus has been recognized as a member of the prestigious Market Research Society. (www.mrs.org.uk)

Copernicus opens new international business office in Valencia, Spain Growing international strategic planning consultancy Copernicus opens their first office in Southern Europe in Valencia, Spain.

The latest office within the Copernicus International consulting network opens today in the Sorolla Centre, Avda. Cortes Valencianas, 58, planta 5, 46015, Valencia - España

Copernicus Consulting has just run the first International Business Day of their Autumn 2009 programme in association with the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency and Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

Conservit.co.uk launched 22.06.09 as a truly innovative glass cleaning and protection system for the UK domestic conservatory market.

New to the safety work wear market is www.protekt365.com Protekt365 have created a range of products that they believe tick all of the boxes as a workwear supplier. Their products are high quality and at a great prices. As a workwear supplier they understand cost and quality are equally important factors in the decision making process when selecting a prospective supplier. When it comes to the workwear range...

"The first sun lounger for the 21st Century"is how Copernicus Partner Bill McFall describes this incredibly innovative sun lounger.

Economic Forecasts from the Budget April 2009 * Economy forecast to shrink 3.5% in 2009 * Growth expected to pick up in 2010, expanding by 1.25%. * Economy to grow by 3.5% annually from 2011 * Public borrowing to increase to £175bn this year * RPI inflation forecast to hit -3% in Sept 09 before recovering Copernicus View: Seemingly very optimistic forecasts - the really worrying figure being the inflation figure set for September.

Government plans to extend flexible working rights to an extra 4.5 million workers will impose a further "šÃ„òburden"šÃ„Ã' on British businesses, according to a new report.

Although all the provisions of the Companies Act will not be fully implemented until October 2009, as of 1 October a significant number are now in place.

Discount stores, DIY outlets and shops catering for teenagers, affluent adults and rich tourists are looking to be the winners during the credit crunch. A recent Copernicus survey on behalf of a leading financial institution has contrasted the above with weaker chains, and the 2nd tier retailers that are facing possible extinction.

by up to 350,000 in the next year, according to an "alarming" new report.

Guests from Sweden including Sten-Åke Håkansson CEO of Svepark , Siv Törmä of SCA Packaging Munksund AB and Monica WollménVice CEO/ HR Manager of the world famous Ice Hotel were joined by local business people from the North West at the invitation of Neal Barfoot of the North and Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce.

Dating agencies and websites are seeing a dramatic increase in business as singles, and a few who say they are single but really aren't, look for cheaper ways to find romance other than investing in a night out in a club or bar.

Entrepreneurs are being paid less for their businesses by trade and private equity buyers than at any time in the last 6 years , according to a report published by BDP Stoy Hayward.

Running counter to economic sluggishness in the consumer sector last year, b-to-b purchases grew 13% compared with 2006, according to Abacus, a division of Epsilon, in its 2008 Abacus Trend Report published last month.

A UK mother is entitled to a year off Growing numbers of people are concerned about the impact of working mothers on family life, a survey by Cambridge University suggests. It compared results of social attitude polls from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In 1998, 51% of women and 45.9% of men believed family life would not suffer if a woman went to work. This had fallen to 46% of women and 42% of men in 2002, amid "growing sympathy" for the old-fashioned view women should be in the home and not the workplace.

The Government is proposing to limit the amount of new legislation that Whitehall can introduce by handing each department a regulatory budget. If the plan goes ahead, Britain would become the first country in the world to try to restrict the flow of new regulations by requiring governments to take into account their economic as well as social impact. "I think it's going to be a big shock to Sir Humphrey, but a necessary one," said John Hutton, the Business Secretary, referring to the verbose civil servant in the classic BBC comedy Yes Minister.

The government needs to do more to help small businesses take on apprentices, a business lobby group has claimed. Nearly 80% of small businesses said they would employ apprentices if there was financial support on offer from the government, according to a poll by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

UK businesses will face a trying time as energy bills continue to rise, MPs have warned.

The number of businesses in the UK increased by 212,000 to a record 4.7m in the 12 months to the beginning of last year, according to official figures published yesterday.

Britain's broadband speeds are threatening business efficiency, warns the Communications Management Association (CMA), part of the BCS Group.

Large companies are exploiting small businesses by delaying invoice payments and imposing new terms and settlement fees on owners, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). The FSB says it has unearthed evidence that big organisations are unashamedly making smaller firms wait over 100 days before getting paid, often changing terms and conditions with little notice.

People from minority ethnic communities are more likely to start a social enterprise than members of the white community, new research has suggested. The findings, by entrepreneur think tank Delta Economics, also indicated that although white women are only half as likely as men to become mainstream entrepreneurs, they are just as likely to become social entrepreneurs.

Britain's small firms yesterday received a welcome boost from new European commission proposals to allow lower rates of VAT on locally provided, labour-intensive services including hairdressing, bicycle repairs, gardening and restaurant meals.They and their European counterparts also endorsed moves by the commission to cut red tape by automatically approving government aid for risk capital and innovation, as a boost to jobs and growth.