INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
22 September 2015
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – 
Sarah Carroll, Grow Global’s founder, will be running a half-day Masterclass for UKTI North West on Website Optimisation for
International Trade in Manchester on 22 September 2015. The aim of the workshop is to show you how to: gain new customers in new markets, increase the number of online enquiries and sales from overseas and generate more revenue from international trade. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Imagine you had to start paying to view content on all your favourite websites. Would you give up on the internet completely or happily stump up for good journalism and entertainment? These are the choices we could be facing if ad blocking programs go mainstream. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Google has refused to comply with a French request to scrub some search results from its global index. The row has blown up over the ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling that lets people request that some webpages be removed from results. This only applied in Europe but in June France’s data regulator told Google to remove results seen by everyone. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
businessmag.co.uk – The latest regional trade statistics published by HMRC have shown encouraging signs for trade within the region, with the South East now contributing to 14% of all exports from the UK – the highest exporter among all the UK regions. Exports for both the South East and South West were up from the same period last year, with the South East up from £9.6 billion to £11b. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The UK was much less productive than the rest of the G7 in 2014, lagging by the most since 1991, official figures have shown. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said output per hour was 20 percentage points below the G7 average. The UK was behind the US, Germany and France by a large margin and was slightly worse than Italy and Canada. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – Apple’s App Store infected with XcodeGhost malware in China>>
BBC – George Osbourne to push for ‘new era in UK-China relations’>>
BBC – Scotch whisky: How to regain momentum?>>
BBC – Vintage tech goes under the hammer>>
BBC – The Vocabularist: Are fans fanatical or fanciful?>>
BBC – Concorde fans hope to get jet airborne by 2019>>
BBC – Why Australia’s PM is now ‘sugar bun’ in China>>
BBC – Beauty beyond – winning astronomy photography>>
BBC – Man Booker Prize 2015: At a glance>>
BBC – US moves to ease Cuban trade embargo and open businesses>>
BBC – Cuba: Pope Francis meets Fidel Castro after Havana Mass>>
CIM – Culture counts>>
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