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    Indian companies firm on UK & Europe

    2018-08-01T13:09:44+00:00August 18th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

    From steel, energy and healthcare to food packaging, Indian firms make a mark across the UK and Europe. Tata Steel completes sale of UK mills The UK’s Liberty House Grouphas completed the purchase of two pipe mills from Tata Steel UK in north-east England. Liberty, which is part of the GFG Alliance, had signed a provisional agreement to acquire the units at Hartlepool last month and appointed top steel pipe specialist, James Annal, to head the new pipe and tube [...]

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      GST will not impact smartphone boom in India

      2018-09-27T11:59:24+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

      India’s historic tax reform is unlikely to impact the scale of smartphone demand in India, a latest German analysis reveals. The new Goods and Services Tax (GST) will have no impact on the smartphone demand in India, according to latest telecom research by a German research firm. GfK found that smartphone demand in India remained resilient in 2017, having levelled out slightly to 14 per cent year-on-year. “GfK expects the recently announced Goods and Services Tax (GST) will have no [...]

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        India a bright spot for Brexit-hit UK car market

        2018-08-01T13:16:18+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

        The number of Indian-built models registered by British buyers rose by almost half (48.6 per cent) to 21,135 units in the first half of this year alone. UK car production fell by -13.7 per cent in June, with 136,901 cars rolling off production lines, according to recent figures released by the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The third consecutive month of decline, following changes in production schedules for new model introductions, resulted in a -2.9 per cent [...]

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          India takes a global lead on counter-terrorism

          2018-08-01T13:16:21+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, UK/EU, Year|

          Indian Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi recently concluded a visit to the UK for the India-UK Home Affairs Dialogue to collaborate on issues such as counter-terrorism. The India-UK Home Affairs Dialogue was set up during British Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to India last November. The first meeting took place in New Delhi in May and the latest meeting was co-chaired in London in July by Mehrishi with UK Permanent Secretary Philip Rutnam. India used the meetings to exchange ideas in the field on [...]

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            An organisation with Indian roots can perform at a global stage

            2018-08-01T12:14:50+00:00August 16th, 2017|2017/2018, August 2017, December 2017, INDIA-UK, UK/EU, Year|

            Abhishek Lodha is the Managing Director of the Lodha Group, a Mumbai-headquartered developer which made its global foray with high-profile projects in the UK. ‘India Global Business’ caught up with him to get an update on this international vision, plans for the group’s luxury London developments and the Brexit effect on the property market. What was the motivation behind the Lodha Group’s expansion to the UK? We started in London in December 2013, early 2014 and the idea was to [...]

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