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    Indian companies propel Brexit-bound UK

    2018-08-02T12:37:26+00:00May 11th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

    As many as 800 Indian companies in the UK generated £47.5 billion in combined revenues in 2016 and contributed significantly to Brexit-bound UK’s economic growth outlook, a new report reveals. The ‘India meets Britain Tracker 2017’, released annually by professional services major Grant Thornton in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has found that Indian companies employ around 110,000 employees in the UK and last year had a combined capital expenditure of £4.25 billion. Anuj Chande, Head of [...]

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      An all-weather relationship

      2020-03-06T10:24:21+00:00May 11th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

      ‘India Global Business’ analyses UK-India relations and identifies key areas of cooperation that the two countries must build upon and key areas of divergence that they must bridge in order to fulfil the potential of the relationship. The potential of the relationship is massive, but India and the UK are barely scratching the surface. The optimism that the two countries would sign a trade deal in the immediate aftermath of Brexit and signal closer all round ties has waned considerably [...]

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        As May files for EU divorce, wooing India must be a priority

        2018-09-04T12:57:29+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

        Now that Mrs May has triggered formal divorce proceedings with the EU, India Inc. CEO Manoj Ladwa explains how the UK could learn a lesson or two from the Japanese on getting up close to Modi's India. The late Sir James Goldsmith, the billionaire financier who spent a considerable part of his personal fortune on a campaign to force Great Britain out of the European Union, once famously said: “When a man marries his mistress, he creates a job vacancy.” [...]

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          Not a time to pull up the drawbridge

          2018-06-08T13:28:33+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

          Britain’s minister in charge of international trade makes the case for an open global trading order with the Commonwealth as its cornerstone.  I hosted the inaugural Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Meeting, an event that brought together politicians, officials and policymakers from over twenty Commonwealth nations. It is a testament to the strength of the Commonwealth that so many of its countries were represented at this landmark meeting, during which we discussed the opportunities for trade, investment, and enhanced friendship that lie [...]

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            A dealmaker’s guide to getting things done

            2018-06-11T10:31:04+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

            A Dealmaker for the British government does some tough-talking to explain the secret behind clinching a good deal. For the past decade as the UK government’s Dealmaker within UKTI’s [UK Trade and Investment] Global Entrepreneur Programme, I have been responsible for bringing the most innovative young companies from India, China and South East Asia to the UK. I have had an unusual insight into what help they need, and a lot of success in helping them do it, so I’ve [...]

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              Blended finance is the answer to sustainable development

              2018-10-22T12:35:10+00:00May 9th, 2017|2017/2018, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, Year|

              Suma Chakrabarti has been charged with one of Europe’s leading development banks for five years and has spent considerable energy in striking a strong connect with India. Sir Suma tells ‘India Global Business’ how Indian companies can take the lead in re-defining the world’s development agenda. What is your bank’s engagement with India like? The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) already works with a number of Indian companies in our countries of operation and we want to engage [...]

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                India has become a pivotal power of the 21st century

                2018-08-02T12:44:13+00:00April 10th, 2017|2017/2018, April 2017, INDIA-UK, Special Edition – May 2017, UK/Europe, Year|

                ‘India Global Business’ caught up with India’s minister of state for External Affairs, M.J. Akbar, during a recent London visit to attend the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) meeting. The Commonwealth must become more people-centric and find ways of creating meaning for the citizens of the 52 member countries, India’s minister of state for external affairs M.J. Akbar believes. In his message at the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG), the minister also highlighted India's hope that the organisation will work towards increasing [...]

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