Hiring overseas: A guide for SMEs
If you want to hire overseas candidates, but are unsure about the legal and financial implications, then this guide is for you.
What do you need to run a business successfully from a sunny beach?
Increasingly business owners and employees alike are questioning the merits of an office environment, including whether it’s actually conducive to productivity. If you’re prepared to up sticks and take your business abroad, here’s how to run it from anywhere, including from a sun-dappled beach.
Exporting pain: 1 in 5 businesses struggle to choose a new market
Growing a business in overseas markets might sound daunting, but in reality, it’s easier than ever before – so why isn’t everyone doing it?
Santander opens China to SMEs with ecommerce platform JD.com
To give SMEs an international expansion opportunity in China, Santander has sealed an agreement with ecommerce business JD.com.
Don’t be afraid to pitch to international investors
Entrepreneurs and business owners in search of growth capital should look beyond their native shores and to international investors, new research has suggested.
The top ten barriers to international growth
Exporting can seem like a monumental task for some, even though there are more avenues than there have ever been before with the rise of online marketplaces for entrepreneurs to sell their wares.
Infographic: Business etiquette blunders from across the globe
If you’ve travelled overseas for a meeting, you’ll want it to go well, yet there are major business etiquette fails that Brits are making on their travels.
Expanding your brand and stepping outside of the comfort zone
If businesses don’t move with the times, they risk being left behind – expanding your brand means getting on board with new technology, even if it’s outside your comfort zone.
What to expect when you’re exporting: How SMEs can manage overseas trading
Despite the economic climate and uncertainty face, overseas trading can be managed by SMEs – here’s what to expect when you’re exporting.
The world’s most expensive cities for working abroad
Many working abroad will consider holding a job beyond their native borders an incredible experience, but doing so can also be quite damaging for wallet.
Your essential guide to exporting success
World First recently held the Think Global event in London to help SMEs looking to make their mark overseas and achieve exporting success.