FDI

Hitachi signals new rail era in Durham

Brexit option?
Event marks ties between Japan and Central and Eastern Europe
People issues
The results of M&As in the UK
E-bulletin
Old bilateral ties draw new train plant

Added value of inward investment
Japanese firms support education and community links
Africa: Riches and Risks
The risks of doing business in Africa were graphically underlined in January, when fundamentalists opposed to France’s intervention in Mali took more than 800 workers hostage from the Tigantourine gas production facility near the Algerian town of In Amenas.
Myanmar: Investor Haven?
A history of political instability, ethnic violence, international sanctions and a lack of legal protection for foreign investors are the hallmarks of the economic climate in Myanmar. But have we turned a corner?
Investing in the Best
From Mr. Men to contact lenses, aircraft-leasing, green energy, technology, cars and parts, Japanese corporations are stepping up their deals in Britain. That has, in part, been encouraged by the strength of the yen, but long-standing ties between the two tea-drinking island nations that have for generations stressed their similarities are also convincing more Japanese firms that the UK is the place they need to be.